Advisory Board...
YNPN San Diego Board of Directors reviews applications in the spring and fall of every year. Board terms are for one year beginning in the spring (March) and the fall (September). If you are interested in joining the YNPN San Diego Board of Directors be prepared for an exciting ride and a lot of return on your investment. Click here to learn more on how to apply for board membership.
Current Board Priorities Include:
- Providing members with outstanding programs: Meet and Greet events, Professional Development programming, Networking and resources.
- Recruit and nurture emerging leaders to serve the nonprofit community.
- Establishing organizational structure: Internal and external committees, ad hoc teams.
- Capturing best practices through policies and procedures.
- Creating strategic partnerships throughout the nonprofit community.
- Improved member communications.
- Implementing our Fundraising Plan.
- Creating a Mentorship Program.
Current Board Members:
- Emily Davis, Founder & Board Chair
- Megan Lim, Vice Chair
- Jeremiah Sacksteder, Treasurer
- Caitlyn McTaggart, Secretary
- Emily Bhatti, Member at Large
- Lenise Andrade, Member at Large
- Jaci Feinstein, Member at Large
- Joe Buehrle, Member at Large
- Laura Stein, Member at Large
- Mariel Berry, Member at Large
- Jessica Rodgers, Member at Large
- Cynthia Skogerboe, Member at Large
Emily Davis, Founder and Board Chair
At
this time, Emily Davis, is the founder and a board chair for YNPN San
Diego. Emily relocated to San Diego from Boulder in early 2008. While
living in Boulder, CO she served on the Denver YNPN Board of Directors
and has seen a great need for a YNPN Chapter in San Diego. Emily began
her career working in the field of ending violence against women more
than 10 years ago as a community activist, victim advocate, and
trainer. In addition to focusing on women’s health and sexual assault,
she became involved in environmental and international issues. In 2003
she was awarded the Boulder County District Attorney’s Victim Advocacy
Award.
Since Spring 2007, Emily has been serving as a nonprofit
consultant and philanthropic advisor to various individuals and
organizations through her company, Emily Davis & Associates
Consulting. She has served on numerous nonprofit committees and boards
in Colorado
and recently completed her Masters of Nonprofit Management from Regis
University. She continues to pursue grassroots projects in the local,
national, and international communities from San Diego, CA.
Emily
recently completed innovative research on intergenerational issues
within the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. She travels nationally
and internationally presenting the topic and her research on emerging
leaders within the nonprofit and philanthropic communities.
Caitlyn McTaggart, Secretary
A
native San Diegan, Caitlyn McTaggart currently works as the Development
Director for the Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA in Encinitas. Her
responsibilities include overseeing all fundraising activities for the
branch, including major gifts, grants, annual giving, corporate giving
and planned giving. Prior to accepting the position with the YMCA,
Caitlyn worked as the Development Coordinator and the Foundation and
Grants Manager for the YWCA of San Diego.
Caitlyn has a B.A. in
Communication and Professional Writing from the University of
California, Santa Barbara, and a M.A. in Nonprofit Management and
Leadership from the University of San Diego. She is currently involved
with various community organizations including the Association of
Fundraising Professionals, Rotary and the San Diego Hunger Coalition.
Jeremiah Sacksteder,CPA, Treasurer
Jeremiah currently serves as the controller of the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego. Prior to relocating to San Diego in July 2007, he worked in public accounting for eight years, managing the audits of nonprofit organizations and privately held for-profit corporations. His professional affiliations include membership in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Emily Bhatti, Member At Large
Emily
Bhatti has been working and volunteering for nonprofits since 2003. She
currently works for the San Diego Symphony as the Major and Planned
Giving Officer. Prior to relocating to San Diego in June 2007, she was
with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in Indiana as the Donor
Relations Associate. Emily is passionate about encouraging support of
the arts and the importance of arts organizations in communities.
Emily
has a bachelor’s degree in Arts Administration with a dance
concentration from Butler University in Indianapolis. Following a stint
in New York City pursuing a dancing career, she returned to
Indianapolis and began her career in the nonprofit sector. While in
Indianapolis, Emily was a founding member, Core Artist and volunteer
Development Director for Motus Dance Theatre, an emerging modern dance
company. Emily is a member of the Association of Fundraising
Professionals San Diego Chapter.
Lenise Andrade, Member At Large
Lenise
Andrade was raised to help others, from attending anti-war marches with
her family as a toddler to stuffing envelopes with her dad while he
worked in public television. A Los Angeles native, she spent much of
her youth volunteering and raising funds for various charities, never
imagining that people did it for a living. She has a bachelor’s degree
in English and Education from the University of Southern California and
is working on completing her Certificate in Fundraising and Development
through UCSD’s Extension program. She also spent several years in
education, working as a substitute teacher and as a teaching assistant
in a day care.
Lenise began her nonprofit career with Poets and Writer’s California Programs, coordinating their events and public relations in the Los Angeles area. She continued working in the nonprofit arts funding arena by consulting for Red Hen Press and Write Girl, helping them advance their fundraising efforts. She then ventured into environmental concerns at Heal the Bay, organizing numerous annual events, working with corporate and major donors and overseeing the retail line. In early 2007, she moved to San Diego to join the Development Department at the Zoological Society of San Diego. She works primarily with major donors, focused on fundraising efforts for projects and exhibits at the World Famous San Diego Zoo.
Megan Lim, Vice Chair
Megan
Lim has nearly a decade of nonprofit experience and recently joined the
San Diego Public Library Foundation as their Development Director.
Prior to which she served as the Capital Campaign and Major Gifts
Manager for Girl Scouts, San Diego - Imperial County where she oversaw
the organization's successful $5.5 million capital campaign. Megan
began her career working as a development intern while still a student
at Bowdoin College in Maine and she continues to hold leadership
positions as an elected member of the Alumni Council and as President
of the Bowdoin Club of San Diego.Megan's work experience also include
fund development and environmental science for a Boston-based
nonprofit.
Megan is actively involved in several community
organizations, including the Junios League of San Diego, and is a board
member for both the San Diego Chapters of the Association of
Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and the Young Nonprofit Professionals
Network (YNPN).
Joe Buehrle, Member at Large
of Nonprofits. He relocated from Michigan in the fall of 2008,
bringing over ten years of experience in the nonprofit sector. His
career includes positions in workforce development, child welfare,
mental health, and grassroots community organizing. Joe is
particularly passionate about multicultural, interfaith, and
inter-group relations.
Joe received a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan
with a minor in Management. There as a Community Based Initiative
Fellow he concentrated his study on “communities and social systems”
while serving as a community organizer at low income housing in urban
Detroit. Published work includes the article “Just Us” or Justice,
shared in the Commission for Social Justice Educators June 2008
newsletter The Voice.
Mariel Berry, Member at Large
Mariel holds a B.A. in Art History from St. Mary's College of Maryland.
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Laura Stein, Member at Large
Laura B. Stein currently works as the Assistant Director for the University of San Diego’s Institute for Nonprofit Education and Research. Laura is responsible for the administrative management and coordination of the Institute for Nonprofit Education and Research which includes the Nonprofit Leadership & Management Program, Caster Family Center for Nonprofit Research, and Institute-sponsored community events.
Laura has a B.A. in English from Florida State University, and a M.A. in Higher Education Leadership from the University of San Diego. She is a member of the 2009 LEAD San Diego class.
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Jaci Feinstein, Member at Large
Jaci is the Service Events Manager at Volunteer San Diego, where she is responsible for the coordination, development and implementation of corporate volunteer events and special events of Volunteer San Diego. Prior to coming to Volunteer San Diego, Jaci worked for Procter and Gamble as a Packaging Engineer in Cincinnati, Ohio. After spending a year serving our nation through AmeriCorps, Jaci decided to stay in the nonprofit sector when she accepted her current role at Volunteer San Diego.
Jaci graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Business Administration.
Jessica Rodgers, Member at Large
Jessica Rodgers was raised in San DIego and left to attend Scripps College, an all women's school in Claremont, CA. With a degree in sociology, Jessica entered the nonprofit arena as an Administrative Assistant at Oxfam America in Massachusetts, where she was an active member of YNPN Boston. Upon her return to California, Jessica got her teaching credential and spent some time teaching in the field of education. She turned again to nonprofits by joining the Communications and Fundraising Committees at YNPN San Diego. The network was a strong support system through which Jessica found work at Volunteer San Diego as a Program Assistant.
Again, through support she found from colleagues in the nonprofit world, Jessica has recently become the Office Assistant at 211 San Diego. There, she schedules meetings for the CEO and has the opportunity to meet various nonprofit and governmental personnel throughout San Diego. Jessica is also playing a strong role in volunteer management to support the Office Coordinator. In her spare time, Jessica enjoys volunteering, baking, cooking and finding new and exciting restaurants to eat at with good company.
Cynthia Skogerboe, Member at Large
Cynthia received her Master's in International Affairs with a focus on Latin American International Development and Nonprofit Management from the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego and a BS/BA in both Management and International Business from Drake University. She is a READ/San Diego Adult Literacy tutor with the public library's literacy, English as a Second Language and family free literacy program for adults
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