About Us

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EXPERIENCE MATTERS

Valencia has more than twenty years in executive leadership roles within the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. Most recently she served as the Head of Philanthropy for the United Nations Foundation where she led the Foundation’s development efforts to grow revenue and increase the capacity of the Foundation to help advance the mission of the United Nations. 

Prior to joining UNF, she held several senior leadership roles with United Way Worldwide including Chief of Staff for the Chief Experience Officer (CXO) and Vice President, Fundraising Performance where she was responsible for building effective cross-functional integration for all donor-facing functions to deliver best-in-class donor experiences for individual, corporate, and institutional donors contributing more than $1Billion annually. 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Of her many accomplishments at United Way, Valencia led the development and execution of a star-studded, televised fundraising event that raised more than $20 million, in less than 60 days, from individual and corporate donors to support United Way’s COVID relief efforts. 

Valencia also served as the Executive Director of the Destination & Travel Foundation and SVP, Strategic Initiatives for the Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI), a trade association for tourism organizations. Under her leadership, she transitioned the Foundation’s fundraising model and increased annual giving by 300% the first year. 

 Valencia has managed relationships with a vast network of corporate, foundation and institutional donors always toward the goal of harnessing their generosity to help solve some of humanities most pressing issues.