Nonprofit Build Up

This week on the Nonprofit Build Up, we’re talking with Lawrence Mendenhall . Lawrence is the Chief Operating Officer of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the 32,000-member association for America’s eye surgeons, where he leads the Academy’s communications, memberships, marketing, finance, technology, facilities, security, and corporate services functions.  Lawrence has held operational and l...

This week on the Nonprofit Build Up, we’re talking with Geoffrey Canada . Geoff is a leading advocate for children and an innovator in the field of education. He created the Harlem Children’s Zone, a birth-through-college network of programs that today serves more than 13,000 low-income students and families in a 97-block area of Central Harlem in New York City. The unprecedented success of the Ha...

This week on the Nonprofit Build Up, we’re talking with Carol Baldwin Moody , President and CEO of Legal Momentum, The Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund. Carol has developed a reputation for her outstanding efforts to fight for equality. Her work specifically focuses on educational, economic, and gender equality. She's widely recognized for her broad regulatory experience, domestically...

This week on the Nonprofit Build Up, we’re talking with Jay Williams , President of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Jay is currently leading the Foundation’s commitment to dismantle structural racism, achieve equity, and improve social and economic mobility, in partnership with nonprofit organizations and community stakeholders. Jay is so thoughtful and clear in how he explains the role...

Jean Lee is clear and compelling in how she speaks about MCCA’s work and how they’re being creative and responsive during the crisis. She also talks about the importance of thinking outside-the-box, appreciating the diversity of the nonprofit ecosystem, and reflecting on the reason why your organization exists in order to better serve the communities you work with. During this conversation, Jean a...

This week on the Nonprofit Build Up, we’re talking with Ricardo Castro , the Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of the International Rescue Committee. This conversation was recorded last year in 2020 when we were at the height of an international health crisis...that we’re still finding our way through. Ricardo is captivating in how he speaks about IRC’s work and how IRC is resp...

Angelyn Frazer-Giles is honest and compelling in how she speaks about the work of NNJ and how they’re staying true to their mission. She talks about how to support grassroots organizations, leanly-staffed organizations, and organizations engaged in direct services work in the criminal justice space.  In this episode, Angelyn shares her advice for nonprofits to remain true to their mission and goal...

Dorian Burton ’s passion for shifting the conversation in the sector from a deficit-based framework to an asset-rich framework comes through so clearly during our conversation. He shares practical advice for nonprofits and funders on how to begin the shift from charity to justice. In this episode, Dorian focuses on how funders can and should listen to, work alongside, and partner with communities...

The idea of a free press and protection of investigative journalism is so critical, and Kay Murray ’s role ensures that much-needed information is shared within society.  In this episode, Kay talks about the role that journalism plays in ensuring that marginalized voices are heard. She shares her perspective on what’s currently happening in journalism, the impact on small nonprofit news organizati...

This week's guest on the Nonprofit Build Up is Dr. Randal Pinkett . Randal is an entrepreneur, speaker, author, and scholar, and a leading voice in business, technology, diversity and inclusion. He is the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of his fifth venture, BCT Partners, a multimillion-dollar research, training, consulting, technology, and data analytics firm headquartered in Newark, NJ.   Ran...

Susan Burton ’s life story is incredibly powerful. She is a leader in the criminal justice reform movement, the founder of A New Way of Life Reentry Project, and an outspoken voice to end mass incarceration. And in this episode, she shares why she founded A New Way of Life, shines a light on the policies and practices that encourage mass incarceration, and offers advice for leaders and organizatio...

In this episode,  Melanie Brown  offers advice to nonprofits and funders on how they can address racial injustice and inequity, within their organizations, the sector, and society. You’ll hear Melanie share her thoughts about Black women being the vanguard of philanthropy and the need to center Black women in philanthropy’s response to the moment.   Melanie shares so many insights for nonprofit le...

This interview is a must-listen for leaders who want to build robust organizations carefully and are interested in seeing the global perspectives that are present within the sector in order to build big-bet organizations that are community-led and focused. Amanda has a strong track record for the successful development and implementation of new business and project ventures. You’ll see this expert...

Throughout her 25-year career,  Tonya Allen  has been a bridge-builder and a civic diplomat. She is a champion of diversity, inclusion, and equity practices, driven by her passion for justice. This passion is so clearly illustrated in how she talks about building infrastructure focused on culture as well as the importance of compelling storytelling and making the correct cultural pivots in buildin...

Nonprofits need to be responsive to the immediate and critical needs of the communities they serve while also tackling bigger structural issues. This powerful message emerges throughout this episode in which A. Nicole Campbell talks to Sherrilyn Ifill , the seventh and current President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund  (LDF), the nation's premier civil rig...

Welcome to the  Nonprofit Build Up, hosted by A. Nicole Campbell . Discover insights from nonprofit and philanthropy leaders about assessing and building better organizational infrastructure, programmatic strategies, and challenging traditional sector approaches on how to support some of the world’s most vulnerable communities. Nic is passionate about using her legal training, operations and strat...