Chamisa Colvin

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About Chamisa Colvin

Nonprofit Executive * Collaborative Leader * Passionate Fundraiser * Strategic Tactician* A passionate advocate for improving the lives of the most vulnerable among us, Chamisa has honed expertise and experience in complex grant development and management, funding strategy development, program development, project management, staff management, and non-profit leadership. During her 12+ years of executive-level experience in strategic leadership in grant development and management, she has led nonprofit organization and program teams in the creation of grant-funding strategies and proposal development for national-level, multi-site initiatives, and has developed lasting relationships with private, corporate, and government grantors. In addition, she has provided training and technical assistance to nonprofit organization development staff at all levels of experience. Chamisa is originally from Albuquerque, NM, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of New Mexico. She later went on to earn her Master of Public Administration, with honors, from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She has held a Certified Fund Raising (CFRE) credential since 2016 and currently serves on the board of directors for Alpine Autism Center located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.