Athena Adkins, Board Chair

Athena Adkins has worked in the nonprofit and philanthropic sector exclusively for more than ten years, with stops at the Minnesota Children’s Museum, the Girl Scouts and the College of Human Ecology at the University of Minnesota. She has provided service as a grant writer, managing communications and as a program manager for these various entities. Most recently she was the senior community affairs manager at Travelers. Additionally, she has volunteered with The Saint Paul Foundation, Minnesota Council of Foundations, Minnesota Child Care Resource and Referral Network and the West Side Citizens Organization. Athena is looking forward to completing her Masters in Public Policy degree at the Humphrey Institute in 2010.

Patricia Tototzintle, Chief Executive Officer

Patti Tototzintle oversees all organizational programming, internal operations, and local collaborations and partnerships. Patti has more than twenty years of experience in the nonprofit sector. She has worked in leadership capacities for the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, WomenVenture and Hispanic Women’s Development Corporation. Patti created a comprehensive leadership development program for leaders from communities of color and immigrant communities for the Blandin Foundation.

Amy Sánchez, Chief Executive for External Relations

Amy Sánchez oversees all external organizational relationships, including fundraising, communications, policy, research, product development and marketing. Amy has fifteen years of nonprofit management experience focusing on organizational development, program development, fund development and strategic planning. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Charities Review Council.

Rosie Hidalgo, Director of Public Policy

Rosie Hidalgo has worked in the movement to end domestic violence for the past eighteen years. As an attorney, she worked at legal services programs for low-income families in New York City and in Northern Virginia, providing representation in the areas of family law, domestic violence, child welfare and education. She served as the Director of Programs at the National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence (Alianza) and later as the Director of Policy and Research. Rosie spent four years in the Dominican Republic, coordinating a community-based domestic violence prevention and intervention network and working as a consultant for the World Bank on their social protection initiatives. Rosie received her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and her law degree from New York University School of Law.