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12th Annual Forum on Nonprofit Effectiveness
“Our Mosaic Sector: Strategies for Achieving Cultural Relevancy ”
March 5, 2010 • Phoenix Convention Center
Conference Presenters
Keynote
Speaker:
Omowale Satterwhite, Ph.D., Founder & senior advisor, National Community Development Institute
 Frank J. Omowale Satterwhite is a community-builder who completed an undergraduate degree at Howard University, a Master's Degree at Southern Illinois University and a doctoral degree at Stanford University.
Omowale founded the National Community Development Institute in Oakland, California where he now serves as a Senior Advisor to the President. NCDI is a non-profit, technical support center whose mission is to build capacity for social change in communities of color and other underserved communities in a culturally-based way.
Omowale was previously employed as Associate Director, Western Regional Office, College Entrance Examination Board; Associate Dean and Chairman of African American Studies, Oberlin College; Assistant to the Superintendent and Acting Superintendent, Ravenswood City School District; President, Institute for the Study of Community Economic Development; and President, Community Development Institute which he founded in 1979.
In a typical year, Omowale provides management services to 75 social justice, health/ human service and community-building organizations; he conducts training programs for consultants working in communities of color; and he helps design and implement community building initiatives in cities around the country. During the past 25 years, he has assisted more than 1,100 organizations in 85 cities and 40 states.
Omowale is the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Nonprofit Management, headquartered in Washington, D.C. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Applied Research Center and Urban Habitat ( Oakland, CA); Community Development Institute, Girl’s Club of the Mid-Peninsula, and Teen Home ( East Palo Alto, CA); and Praxis Project ( Washington, D.C.). He has also served on the East Palo Alto City Council and the San Mateo County Planning Commission.
During his career, Omowale has been honored
with numerous professional and civic awards including the
Unsung Hero Award by KQED Public Television in San Francisco,
Person of the Year Award by the Peninsula Community Foundation,
and Community Service Award by the National Council of Negro
Women, Golden Gate Section. In 2005, NCDI, under Omowale’s
leadership, was given a national “Leadership in Action”
award by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
"The
Local Experience" Panelists:
Cara
Chaney, Director of Community Services, Valle del Sol
Panelist
Cara Chaney has a B.A. from the University of Southern California
and over 10 years experience working in the social work field.
Four years have been dedicated to the research of evidence-based
programs and evaluation of national welfare reform. She has
worked in a multitude of social service settings including
foster care and adoption, domestic violence, residential care,
the Regional Behavioral Health Authority and Prevention services.
She has been the Director of Community Services at Valle del
Sol for three years. Cara presented findings of research-based
programs at the National Council of La Raza Conference in
2007 and 2008. She also acts as Valle del Sol's Cultural Competence
Liaison responsible for agency and community wide cultural
competence efforts.
Marion K. Kelly, Director, Office
of Community Affairs, Mayo Clinic
Moderator
Marion provides leadership for Mayo Clinic's efforts to build
solid neighbor, civic and corporate relationships for the
entire Southwest region of the United States. He is also responsible
for institutionalizing "Diversity" as a corporate
objective within the strategic plan of Mayo Clinic. Marion's
broad experience spans teaching elementary education, working
in the United States Senate, Indiana University School of
Medicine Administration and Mayo Medical School. He was an
appointee in the former Bush White House administration as
Special Assistant for At Risk Youth Initiatives at the United
States Department of Labor, and as the White House Liaison
for the Labor Department. Marion holds degrees from Kentucky
State University and University of Kentucky. He has completed
graduate coursework toward a Ph.D. at Indiana University in
Behavioral Science.
Essen Otu, Diversity & Cultural
Competency Director, Mountain park Health Center
Panelist
Essen Otu, as Diversity & Cultural Competency Director
for Mountain Park Health Center (MPHC), is responsible for
initiating and developing internal and external diversity
strategies as well as ensuring that the organization has a
clear, consistent, and effective cultural competency plan
ultimately geared at providing the best possible service at
all five of MPHC's Clinics. Prior to his role at MPHC, Essen
served as the Special Assistant to Seattle City Light (SCL)
Superintendent, Jorge Carrasco in Seattle, Washington while
completing his Master's degree in Public Administration through
the prestigious National Urban Fellows Program. Essen also
served in the Office of the Honorable Governor Janet Napolitano,
where he received special recognition for leading the efforts
in developing the first Cultural Competency Plan and training
within the Governor's Office.
Phil Pangrazio, Executive Director,
Arizona Bridge to Independent Living
Panelist
Phil Pangrazio is the Executive
Director of the Arizona Bridge to Independent Living (ABIL),
one of the largest Center's for Independent Living in the
United States. He oversees a wide array of programs designed
to empower people with disabilities to achieve or maintain
independent lifestyles within the community, including the
planning, construction and financing of the Disability Empowerment
Center of Arizona that opened in October of 2008. This has
become shared office space for ABIL and 10 other nonprofit
organizations devoted to serving persons with disabilities.
Prior to his post with ABIL, he was employed for 10 years
at Maricopa Integrated Health System and Maricopa Medical
Center where he held several positions in hospital financial
management and administration. As a quadriplegic and wheelchair
user for over 30 years, Phil is a knowledgeable source on
an array of topics pertaining to the disability community
and independent living philosophy. Phil holds a master's degree
in Health Services Administration and Policy from Arizona
State University.
Barbara Poley, Executive Director,
The Hopi Foundation
Panelist
Barbara Poley, Hopi /Laguna, serves as the Executive
Director of The Hopi Foundation, a nonprofit corporation established
by local Hopi people to promote self sufficiency, proactive
community participation in their own destiny, self reliance
and local self determination. Barbara is a member of the Bear
Clan and is from the Hopi village of Bacavi. Prior to her
work with the Hopi Foundation, she served as Staff Assistant
to the Office of the Chairman of the Hopi Tribe. Other positions
include management positions with the Hopi Tribe Department
of Education, Loololma's Plaza, a private business, and Native
Americans for Community Action, an urban nonprofit human service
agency. She has urban, rural and reservation grassroots community
experience as well as professional experience with diverse
communities. She holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration
and a master's degree in Education.
Carol A. Poore, President and CEO,
Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS
Panelist
Carol A. Poore is President and CEO of Southwest Center for
HIV/AIDS, a nonprofit HIV/AIDS research, clinical trial and
education resource center based in Phoenix. Prior to her role
at Southwest Center, Carol served as Vice Provost of Public
Affairs at Arizona State University's West campus, senior
administrator at ASU's West campus from 2002 to 2007, and
Director of Communication for New West Energy, a separate
affiliate of Salt River Project (SRP), from 1997 to 2002.
Carol earned her (MBA) from Arizona State University as a
member of the Executive MBA Program, and holds a B.S. in Television
Production, Broadcasting and Journalism from ASU. She currently
is a doctoral candidate completing her Ph.D. in Public Administration
at ASU.
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