CCCE Associate Director Yvonne Van Haitsma sat down with BNY Mellon Vice President and Pittsburgh Regional Manager Andrea Stanford and her team to discuss the importance of nonprofit board service.

We are excited for this continued partnership, which has trained more than 70 BNY Mellon employees through BoardsWork!, and eagerly anticipate the upcoming cohort this fall.

BoardsWork!, our signature board governance program, turns 10 this year!

We elevate both sides of the governance equation—equipping nonprofit boards to be more strategic, effective, and equitable and training board members with the knowledge and skills they need to help our community thrive through great board leadership.

BoardsWork! is a proven resource for nonprofits and businesses alike. Through individual governance assessments, interactive training, board member matches, ongoing support, and discounts on the many classes we offer, we can help you. [Read more…]

When Tanya Vokes started working nearly a decade ago in the nonprofit sector, she was impressed by the number of philanthropic organizations in the Pittsburgh region. However, she didn’t understand why more of them weren’t collaborating, particularly smaller-sized ones.

“That really stood out to me because some small shops have little resources and small budgets, but there’s not a lot of sharing of resources,” said Vokes, CEO of Dress for Success Pittsburgh. “I always was really interested in sharing those resources.”

Ms. Vokes met others with a similar desire to connect during a “building productive partnerships” cohort through the Bayer Center and PACE, which provides programs to help small community-based nonprofits build organizational capacity. Other cohort participants included When She Thrives and New Century Careers.

Together, they developed EmployHER Pittsburgh — an initiative that will bring pop-up resources to women in Allegheny County to help them access employment opportunities, personal development and other educational tools.

Sara Bauknecht, Pittsburgh Post Gazette

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