Save the date November 16, 2022 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
Event Details Queens Chamber Not for Profit committee presents: " The Strength of Queens Nonprofits". Our nonprofit organizations are indispensable partners with government in the delivery of essential services, and they contribute significantly to our local economy. Susie Tanenbaum, Director of Nonprofit Opportunities at the Queens Borough President's Office, will provide an overview of the local nonprofit landscape.
She will be joined by a panel of Queens nonprofit leaders from diverse service sectors who will share their expertise. During the Q&A, attendees will have a chance to ask the nonprofits questions and also explore ways that small businesses and nonprofits can forge productive and mutually beneficial collaborations.
Our featured nonprofit: Forestdale, Inc., Lucia Coffey, Senior Community Engagement Office will provide an overview of their organization.
Mark your calendar, click the link to register and join us.
Speakers
Susie Tanenbaum Director, Nonprofit Opportunities of Queens Borough President's Office Susie J. Tanenbaum has worked at the Queens Borough President’s Office for 20 years. She builds borough-level networks, bringing hundreds of community stakeholders to the table to solve problems and find common ground.
Chris Allieri Founder of NYC Plover Project Chris Allieri is the founder of NYC Plover Project a non-profit organization he began in March 2021 upon seeing a need to protect endangered Piping Plovers in New York City, who were otherwise left to fend for themselves. In under two years, the organization has grown to a force of 75 volunteers who have performed more than 5,000 volunteer hours protecting nesting plovers and their chicks on the busiest beaches in the city.
Wanda Best Founder/Executive Director of Art Transforms, Inc. Ms. Best believes Art is a way to interpret the world. Through art she communicates social injustices that plague communities of color. Art is a non-threatening way to express the traumatizing pain of poverty, hyper-incarceration, environmental racism and other social ills that are present in urban areas.
Lucia Coffey Senior Community Engagement Officer at FORESTDALE INC. Lucia Coffey is the new Senior Community Engagement Officer at Forestdale Inc. and loves her work in development to support families in need. Before, she was in management at Mill Neck Family of Organizations.
Stephanie Mulcock Executive Director of Garra Stephanie is a first generation Brazilian-American working to improve public policy and the current immigration system. She is the Executive Director of Garra, a nonprofit organization focused on increasing the economic and political power of Brazilian immigrant women in New York. Stephanie is also a consultant for the Brazilian General Consulate in New York's newly founded Women's Space, specializing in legal service providing for vulnerable communities.
Wendy Phaff Gennaro Director of Development at Queens Centers For Progress Wendy Phaff Gennaro is the Director of Development at Queens Center for Progress (QCP), a nonprofit agency in Jamaica, New York that provides services to people with developmental disabilities. Ms. Gennaro joined QCP in 2010 and became the director of development in 2018. Through her strategic efforts, QCP has experienced a 300% increase in its annual fundraising over the past five years -through its signature events and initiatives spearheaded by Ms. Gennaro.
Sonia Bhuta Sisodia Executive Director of SAYA South Asian Youth Action Sonia is SAYA’s Executive Director. Since joining the organization in 2014, she has spearheaded the enhancement and expansion of our core program offerings. Prior to SAYA, Sonia spent close to a decade at Educational Alliance where she led the design, implementation, growth and evaluation efforts of their college prep programming.
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