Three years ago, Network for Victim Recovery of DC (NVRDC) began a multi-year journey to create our organizational theory of change. This past year, we’ve engaged the entire NVRDC staff in a series of “fireside chats” to further build on the ideas and philosophies we want to center as an organization. The next step in this journey will be for NVRDC to host a series of shared spaces with external partners to discuss how our field is evolving and the role we all can play in shaping progress in the larger nonprofit sector.
Over the course of the next year, we hope to bring local nonprofit leaders together for a virtual discussion on strategies to drive impact, lessons learned in organizational advocacy, culture shifting, community empowerment, and transforming systems. Our hope is that by creating this shared space for like-minded visionaries, together we can discuss and explore the ways we can promote these ideas at our own organizations while also working together to advocate for broader systemic change that strengthens the nonprofit community.
As we move into 2022 we invite national leaders to share ideas and approaches around core values that support sustaining talented and diverse staff in this mission-driven work.
Braving in Nonprofits: Equity & Allyship on March 10, 2022 at 12 pm, will focus on how to promote equity and allyship through inclusive policies and cultures driven by racial justice that support staff and clients while navigating limitations on time, funding and resource challenges, and the force of white dominant culture on the larger nonprofit sector.
Spanish and ASL interpreters will be available.
Glen O’Gilvie has served as chief executive officer of the Center for Nonprofit Advancement since 2008, providing education, networking, advocacy and back office services to nearly 1,000 organizations. A leader with more than 23 years of management experience in the National Capital region's nonprofit sector, Glen is passionate about addressing the issues affecting people and communities. Before joining the Center, Glen served as President and CEO of Earth Conservation Corps, Program Officer at The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region and National Coordinator at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial. During his tenure at each organization, he strengthened programmatic and administrative infrastructure and forged partnerships with nonprofits, government, foundations and corporations to advance each mission and increase outcomes. He is a Certified Association Executive -CAE, leadership and management adjunct professor. He resides in Prince George’s County, Maryland, with his wife and two children.
Elisha Rhodes is a leader, movement builder, and change maker. For the past fifteen years, Elisha has guided the organization’s strategic and operational growth, to ensure that YWCA’s mandate to eliminate racism and empower women, never falters. As YWCA USA’s Chief Operating Officer, Elisha effectively stewards critical resources to support a federated network serving over 2.4 million women and girls each year. She serves as the operations, finance, strategic and people leader of YWCA USA and provides leadership to ensure key initiatives, culture transformation, program regulations, performance outcomes, and operations are managed appropriately. Elisha plays an instrumental role in streamlining operations, while playing a leadership role in strategic enterprise wide initiatives, such as the Strong Foundation Fearless Future Initiative, the Strategic Business Plan, and successful oversight of YWCA USA’s operating budget. She regularly plans regional, national and international events for the network and strategic partners.
Elisha is often called upon to share her subject matter expertise in gender and racial justice, young women’s leadership, operations, people management, and federated networks, within national and international forums, and was recently invited joined the Forbes Nonprofit Council. Her leadership continues to garner recognition from national and international institutions: YWCA South Africa honored Elisha for her leadership during the 29th World Council in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Procter & Gamble invited Elisha to take part in The Georgetown University New Strategies Symposium. Elisha also serves as a Chief Diversity Leader for Leadership 18’s Executive Committee.
Kateleigh Hewins Clark is a UX Strategist at Booz Allen Hamilton. In this capacity, she leads design teams to create better customer experiences for government products and services. Prior to working at Booz Allen, she was the Outreach Support Specialist at NVRDC, where she currently serves as a member of the Junior Board. She also has direct service experience as a staff member with the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (ATASK) in Boston, MA, and as a hospital chaplain. Throughout her career, Kateleigh has felt connected with meeting human needs, whether it was in the aftermath of a crime or in connecting with government services and benefits. She holds a Masters in Divinity from Harvard Divinity School and a B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross.