Nonprofit Mastermind
Our speaker, Rita Santelli, has spent 20+ years leading brands in both the for-profit sector and the nonprofit sector including Walt Disney World, Comfort Inn, and BoardSource. At this month’s Nonprofit Mastermind, Rita will share her experiences representing both sides in partnership proposals and discussions. She will lead a discussion of the keys to establishing strong, lasting corporate partnerships and the common mistakes that derail those discussions.
More about our speaker: Rita Santelli has spent her career transforming creative ideas into innovative, consumer-centric products, programs, and services.
Rita began her career developing growth strategies for the theme park and hotel brands of Walt Disney World. She then joined Choice Hotels where she held various leadership positions including Brand Leader for Comfort Inn and Department Head of Brand Experience. Following Choice, Rita transitioned to the non-profit sector. She was retained by Rebuilding Together, a leader in safe and healthy housing, to teach marketing seminars to their 200+ affiliates and expand corporate partnerships. At the end of her contract, Rita joined BoardSource, the premier association focused on non-profit governance. As VP of Marketing & Communications, Rita was responsible for 60% of the organization's revenue generation, their individual membership program of 10K+ non-profit leaders and their publications arm of nearly 100 titles.
Today, Rita offers speaking and training on building customer-centric, flexible, innovative teams who thrive in the face of change. She assists a select group of clients with marketing and membership projects. And she is adjunct faculty at Georgetown University’s Master of Integrated Marketing Communications program. Rita earned her MBA from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler School of Business and her BA in Economics from Fairfield University. She lives in Hyattsville, Maryland with her husband and their two rescue dogs.
Date and Time
Thursday Sep 7, 2017
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Location
The Treatment and Learning Centers
2092 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD
Fees/Admission
This event is free for Nonprofit ONLY members of the Rockville Chamber.