Brenda Swartz
President CEO @Concordia Place
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WORK HISTORY
President CEO @Concordia Place
Chicago, IL, US
A vibrant faith-inspired nonprofit creating solutions to key social issues through a focus on growth and opportunity in early childhood, teen leadership, and adult enrichment programs.• Provide strategic leadership to ensure future relevance, credibility, and viability.• Drive organizational priorities through strategic and annual planning processes.• Promote and strengthen current social ministries and direct mission growth in high-need communities.• Advance civic/corporate partnerships to enhance community and family services.• Ensure financial viability through earned income revenue, diversified funding streams.• Leverage knowledge, agency identity, and markets to fund existing and new social programs.
EDUCATION
Iowa State University - College of Business
BS
ABOUT BRENDA SWARTZ
Senior executive with 20+ years of leadership experience aligning business mission with revenue strategy, processes, and technology to ensure high-performance operations. Proven record of positioning organizations for growth and transformation to adjust to a changing market. • Transformed a single preschool to a multi-service organization to what is now 4 centers impacting nearly children, teens, and families each year. • Drove a small nonprofit to operational excellence; Concordia Place was presented the 2013 Alford-Axelson Award for Managerial Excellence in Nonprofits. • Directed and guided the $8.5 million renovation of a square foot community and child care center on-time and under-budget. • Built net assets from $42k to $1.6 million in support of mission growth/expansion in anticipation of public funding decreases. • Led a demonstration model for the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, proving Concordia Place’s business model results in greater access to quality care for families of all economic levels.
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