Vu Le (“voo lay”) writes the blog NonprofitAF.com. He is the former executive director of RVC, a nonprofit in Seattle that promotes social justice by supporting leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color, and fostering collaboration between diverse communities. Vu is a founding board member of Community-Centric Fundraising, a movement that aims to ground fundraising practices in racial equity and social justice. Vu was born in Vietnam. He and his family came to the US when Vu was eight. He spent several years in Seattle, attending elementary and middle school, before moving to Memphis, Tennessee for high school and St. Louis for college and graduate school. He has a BA in Psychology and a Master in Social work. He is a vegan, a father of two kids (ages nine and six), and a staunch defender of the Oxford Comma.

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Michelle was appointed Executive Director of HSC on May 2020 after serving as Acting Executive Director since January 2020, and previously served for many years as the Deputy Executive Director and Deputy Director. HSC advocates for the nonprofit human services organizations that provide critical services for New Yorkers such as programs for seniors, youth, and the homeless and people with disabilities. Currently, Michelle leads the #JustPay Campaign, which seeks equitable pay for human services workers. During her tenure as Executive Director, Michelle has overseen the COVID-19 response within the human services sector, coordinating with government and other external partners to ensure that human services providers are equipped to address the profound social, economic, and public health challenges facing communities and the human services workforce. 

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Tree Williard (they/them) is a JEDI (justice, equity, diversity, inclusion) focused MultiCultural Community Builder and Systems Change Leader. My personal experience as a light-skinned Indigenous, Two Spirit person with invisible disabilities means this is the work I "can't not do." (Thanks, Paul). Besides my personal, life experiences, I have years of professional experience creating community with people of many cultures, languages, and backgrounds and have developed a sharp eye for critical analysis where dismantling oppression is concerned. I have also been facilitating teams and group processes since 2001. I am committed to creating a more peaceful, nurturing society together.

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Throughout my career in the nonprofit sector, I am grateful to have worked with creative and compassionate people who seek to manifest a more just and equitable world. At Nonprofit Finance Fund, I partner with mission-driven organizations to support their financial health and sustainability so they can carry out their strategic visions for the future. Prior to joining NFF, I served as Senior Manager of Institutional Giving at Sundance Institute (Los Angeles, CA), where I developed partnerships with foundations and government agencies to foster inclusive representation in film and media, promote public engagement with the arts, and improve sustainability in the field of independent storytelling. I was also Director of Development at Finger Lakes ReUse (Ithaca, NY), where I led fundraising and administrative operations, and began my nonprofit career at Willie Mae Rock Camp (Brooklyn, NY). 

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Ashley Oolman, founder & equity consultant of Allied Folk, guides partners through evidence-based best practices, organizational development, and progressive thought leadership. From large corporations to non-profits, she transforms strategic business initiatives and advances equitable community spaces. With more than a decade of leadership experience in advocacy, employment, and workplace culture, she understands how to navigate complex environments and provide actionable insights for growth. Ashley strives to advance community equity through her contributions on the African American Leadership Forum’s collective impact task force, and serves on a coalition of providers supporting transracially adopted youth to reinforce their development of positive black identity. Ashley earned an MBA with a concentration on human resource management, a BA in psychology with a minor in human development and family studies, and a certification in organizational diversity & inclusion.

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Dr. Lourdes Dolores Follins is a psychotherapist, author, and public speaker. She has worked with people of color who are marginalized because of their ethnoracial background and gender and/or sexual identities for 30 years. Dr. Follins’s clinical and research interests are the resilience and resistance of queer, trans, and intersex (QTI) people in the African diaspora; using EMDR to psychologically liberate QTI people of color; and health disparities faced by QTI people of color. She has published several academic articles and book chapters and spoken internationally about the factors that impact the health of QTI people of color. Dr. Follins’s co-edited, award-winning book, Black LGBT Health in the United States: The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation was published in 2017. She is currently working on a book about her experiences and evolution as a psychotherapist.

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