Matt Carpenter
Board President
Matt Carpenter is executive vice president, chief operating officer, and corporate secretary for El Pomar Foundation. He joined El Pomar in 1999 in the Fellowship program and currently oversees the grants office operations. He currently serves on the boards of the Colorado Springs Chamber and EDC, Peak Vista Community Health Centers, and Philanthropy Southwest. Matt is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science in political science and earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of Colorado Springs, with an emphasis on nonprofit management.
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Sandra Y. Nathan
Interim Executive Director
Sandra Nathan comes to Philanthropy Southwest with extensive executive leadership experience in philanthropy, government, and the nonprofit sector. Most recently, she served as senior vice president of philanthropic services and community investment at the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona in Tucson, where she was the chief strategist for the foundation’s grantmaking, community investment opportunities, and diverse capital streams. Sandra served in a similar role as vice president of grants and loans at the Marin Community Foundation. Her earlier experience includes her roles as CEO of Richmond Children’s Foundation, which she led through the process of conversion to a community foundation, and interim executive director of the AIDS Emergency Fund and Breast Cancer Emergency Fund in San Francisco, where she led both organizations through strategic restructurings. Highlights of Sandra’s public sector career include department head for Oakland and San Francisco as well as deputy county executive for Santa Clara. She serves on the board of directors of Northern California Grantmakers, The Task Force, Bay Area Black United Fund.
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Lauren Haskins
Director of Communications & Strategic Partnerships
Lauren Haskins joined Philanthropy Southwest in 2017. Her responsibilities include spearheading internal and external communication efforts, strategic partnerships, public policy initiatives, as well as assisting the team in its service to members. She has more than a decade of experience in communications, partnerships, and community relations – for both nonprofits and for-profit organizations. Most recently she was the communications and development director at New Friends New Life, an anti-human trafficking organization in Dallas. Prior to that, she was the vice president of account services at an integrated marketing and communications firm, which served both local and national nonprofits and foundations. Lauren began her career at the agency of record for American Express, developing and implementing their customer loyalty program. She attended social work graduate school at Columbia University and worked for two years at the largest homeless services provider in New York City, both in direct client services and in their communication and donor relations departments. She graduated summa cum laude from Vanderbilt University where she was a recipient of the Dean's Award for Outstanding Scholarship.
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Adrienne Clay
Director of Operations & CRM Administrator
Since 2001, Adrienne Clay has managed a variety of responsibilities to ensure the smooth operation of Philanthropy Southwest's operations. She brings to the organization a wide range of expertise in the nonprofit sector, including several years at The Center for Nonprofit Management in Dallas, where she was assistant director of management consulting services, database administrator and volunteer coordinator, at The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture as registrar, associate development officer, public relations, database manager, volunteer coordinator and publications manager. Adrienne has also been active in volunteer organizations, providing board leadership for WordSpace: A North Texas Home for Imaginative Language, and chairing the education section of a task force on household hazardous waste. Adrienne earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts in French from Austin College. She is a Certified Salesforce Administrator.
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Amy J. Askari
Manager of Member Services
Amy Askari joined Philanthropy Southwest in 2008. Today, she serves as Manager of Member Services and works closely with the organization’s leadership team to support Philanthropy Southwest’s diverse membership, including the development of membership initiatives, offerings, and benefits. In addition, she provides day-to-day support for all operational areas of the organization. Prior to joining Philanthropy Southwest, she worked in the financial services industry and brings extensive experience in client relations, portfolio and vendor management, customer service and operations from major banking and investment firms including The First American Corporation, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns and GMAC. Amy earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from The University of Texas at Arlington.
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