Four New Members Join National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Board

Bill Dempsey, Cristina Jiménez, Molly Schultz Hafid and Rev. Starsky P. Wilson elected to philanthropy watchdog's board of directors

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National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

Sep 25, 2015, 08:00 ET

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) elected four exceptional new nonprofit leaders to its board of directors during its board meeting on Thursday, Sept. 24. The new directors include:

Bill Dempsey, chief financial officer for the Service Employees International Union.
Cristina Jiménez, co-founder and managing director of the United We Dream Network.
Molly Schultz Hafid, assistant director at Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock.
The Rev. Starsky D. Wilson, president and CEO of Deaconess Foundation.

"We are thrilled to add talented and experienced individuals like Bill, Cristina, Molly and Starsky to our board," said Sherece West-Scantlebury, president and CEO of Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation and chair of NCRP's board of directors. "Their proven leadership and commitment to social justice will enhance NCRP's efforts to promote philanthropy at its best."

Dempsey has 25 years of experience managing innovative social change organizations that empower low-income families and working class communities to advance economic and racial justice. He co-founded CtW Investment Group, which advises public and private sector pension funds sponsored by unions affiliated with the Change to Win Federation. He also previously worked for the Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock and Nathan Cummings Foundation.

Jiménez was recently named among Forbes' "30 under 30 in Law and Policy," one of "21 immigration reform power players" and one of five nonprofit leaders who will influence public policy by the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has spent the past nine years organizing immigrant youth and workers to pass pro-immigration policies.

In her role at Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock, Schultz Hafid is responsible for managing the organization's program and leadership within the broader philanthropic sector. She is the lead author of a recently published article in Foundation Review on how eliminating budgets can improve due diligence and increase the value of grants. Additionally, she plays a leadership role in Funders for Justice, a coalition of funders formed recently to advance racial justice.

In addition to his work making child well-being a civic priority in the St. Louis region at the Deaconess Foundation, Rev. Wilson has been a pastor at Saint John's Church (The Beloved Community) in St. Louis since 2008. In 2014, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon appointed Rev. Wilson co-chair of the Ferguson Commission to study the underlying conditions and make policy recommendations following the police shooting death of Michael Brown Jr. The commission released its findings and recommendations earlier this month.

The board also voted to make board member Vivek Malhotra, director for equality and justice at the Ford Foundation, the new treasurer on the board's executive committee. West-Scantlebury, Vice Chair Gara LaMarche, Secretary Priscilla Hung and At-Large member Cynthia Renfro were all re-elected to the executive committee.

NCRP also announced that board Treasurer Judy Hatcher, and board members Marjorie Fine and Ana Garcia-Ashley are stepping down.

"Everyone at NCRP is thankful for the passionate leadership and commitment to responsive philanthropy Judy, Margie and Ana demonstrated as members of the board," said NCRP Executive Director Aaron Dorfman. "Their efforts have made NCRP a better and more effective organization. We will miss them."

Please visit http://blog.ncrp.com for an upcoming blog post featuring reflections from Hatcher, Fine and Garcia-Ashley on their experiences as members of the NCRP board of directors. A complete list of NCRP's current board of directors and brief biographies are available at www.ncrp.org.

About NCRP

Since 1976, NCRP has served as the voice of nonprofits and the communities they serve in philanthropy. Through research and advocacy, NCRP works to ensure that philanthropy contributes in meaningful ways to the creation of a fair, just and equitable world. Visit www.ncrp.org for more information.

Complete List of NCRP's Board of Directors:

Executive Committee