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Leadership

How the Social Sector Can Develop the Next Generation of BIPOC Leaders

Presented by Curtis Chang, Adriana Caldera Boroffice, and Regina Williams
Moderated by Aaron Bady
Date Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Time 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PT / 2-3:30 p.m. ET

This 90 minute interactive SSIR Live! program will:
•    Explore the critical need in the social sector to develop the next generation of BIPOC executive leaders
•    Present an innovative new model to do so that has already produced game-changing results in the Bay Area
•    Share the key design elements of this collaborative and cohort-based approach
•    Contextualize these insights for program participants to apply in their own communities

According to a 2017 national study, 87% of executive directors or presidents of nonprofit organizations and foundations were white, with minimal representation of African Americans (6%), Asian Americans (3%), and Hispanics (4%) in those positions. Yet not only do many of these organizations serve Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, the tiers below the senior executive level are often staffed by young BIPOC leaders. The social sector’s efforts towards Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) will be unnecessarily constrained unless it can unlock the in-house development of the next generation of BIPOC executive leadership. 

How can our sector accelerate this critical kind of leadership development?


This 90 minute interactive SSIR Live! program will address this critical question by analyzing an often overlooked factor in the dominant model of leadership development: the expectation that organizations develop talent on their own, in an ad hoc manner, and with an individualistic framework.

The speakers will explain why this dominant model particularly disadvantages the development of BIPOC leaders, and will introduce you to a promising new model of leadership development that is strategic, collaborative, and cohort-based. This model is already being implemented in the Bay Area nonprofit sector and has produced encouraging outcomes.

This LIVE program will address issues including:

  • Why expecting existing executive directors to take primary responsibility in developing BIPOC leaders is a flawed recipe
  • What the key developmental needs are for emerging leaders with the potential to become executive leaders – including the one need that most leadership programs neglect
  • How to foster an approach to leadership development that is collaborative between organizations, even in a competitive labor market
  • Why the “tap on the shoulder” effect is so critical
  • How to interest funders in a new vision for BIPOC leadership development


Program Features:

 Expert Speakers: 

This webinar is designed, facilitated, and presented by Curtis Chang, who teaches strategic planning and leadership development at the School of International Service at American University and is a consulting faculty in innovation and organization at Duke Divinity School. He has won a White House award for social innovation as the CEO of Consulting Within Reach (CWR) where he designed the ‘Silicon Valley Next’ program. In this webinar, Curtis will be joined by two participants of the pilot ‘Silicon Valley Next’ cohort who have since become executive leaders of key nonprofit agencies in the Bay Area: Adriana Caldera, CEO of YWCA Silicon Valley, and Regina Williams of [email protected]

 Highly Interactive:

This program will be conducted as an interactive live webinar. You will explore the key concepts through illustrative examples and case studies. You will be encouraged to ask the speaker questions during the session to explore the topic further. The speaker will answer some additional questions after the broadcast in the “Comment Box” at the bottom of this page.

Real-world Case Studies:

The program will explore the insights gained from two cohorts of Silicon Valley Next, including in-depth interviews with the two participants mentioned above.

Who Should Attend?

This program provides insights for leaders across the social innovation ecosystem. The audience for this webinar are nonprofit and for-profit social change leaders from around the world and those aspiring to lead organizations who are making a difference in the world.

Closed Captioning Available

Live transcription is available for this program. To activate Closed Captioning during the LIVE broadcast, click on the upward arrow next to the CC icon and select the Subtitling option. To disable Closed Captioning, click on the upward arrow next to the CC icon and select the Hide Subtitling option.

On-Demand Version:
Register and access the recording of the live event on-demand 24 hours after the webinar ends and anytime over the next 12 months.

dollar symbol FinalPrice for this webinar: $69 

This price includes access to the live interactive webinar and unlimited access to the recorded webinar video and resources for twelve months from the date of broadcast.

 



If you have any questions about this program, write to us at [email protected]. 

Presenters

  • Adriana Caldera Boroffice
    Boroffice currently serves as CEO of YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley, and is a non-profit leader with a wealth of knowledge and expertise in the movement to eliminate violence against women. Boroffice began working within the domestic violence field in 2009, as a grants manager for the Support Network for Battered Women. In 2015, she was elevated to the role of chief program officer of the YWCA Silicon Valley, overseeing the Counseling, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Child Care and TechGyrls programming. Boroffice is an alumnus of the Strong Field Project Leadership Development Program (2011-2013), the Leadership San Jose Program (2013-2014), and has participated in Silicon Valley Next. She is an active member of the Santa Clara County Domestic Violence Advocacy Consortium (2011-present), and served as a commissioner on the Santa Clara County Domestic Violence Council (2012-2020). Most recently, she served as a Board Member of the statewide domestic violence coalition California Partnership to End Domestic Violence (2016-2020). In February 2021, she began serving as an advisory member to the Santa Clara County Hate Crimes Task Force. Boroffice received a bachelor's degree in sociology (with an emphasis on law and society) and a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Davis. She also received her master’s in public administration and public policy from San Diego State University. When not working, you can find Adriana (and her husband Temitayo) chasing after their 4-year-old son Benjamin, and trying to keep up with their 18-month-old son, Josiah.
    CEO,
    YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley
  • Curtis Chang
    Chang guides clients in planning, marketing, and fundraising. In addition, he oversees the entire CWR team on our full range of services. He has won national recognition from the Obama White House for innovative work in the social sector. He is on the faculty of the School of International Service at American University (Washington DC), where he teaches graduate level courses on strategy and planning. He also is a consulting faculty member at Duke Divinity School. He regularly shares his expertise with national audiences via his regular column at the Stanford Social Innovation Review, and served as the designated expert on capacity building for the Skoll World Forum. Prior to founding Consulting Within Reach, Chang served in executive leadership roles in a family foundation, various nonprofits, and startups. He has experience in a multitude of different sectors: as the lead pastor of a church, teaching undergraduate public policy courses at Harvard, and working in overseas development in Soweto, South Africa. Chang graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in Government. He has authored or contributed to several books, and is a past winner of a Rockefeller Fellowship.
    Faculty,
    American University (Washington DC)
    Founding CEO and Lead Consultant,
    CWR
  • Regina Celestin Williams
    Williams has spent her entire career working towards housing and economic justice through affordable housing and community development. She has most recently served as director of housing development at First Community Housing, a leading San José-based affordable housing developer. Previous to joining First Community Housing, Williams was a member of the National Development Council’s East Team providing housing and economic development consulting services to several East Coast municipalities, leading NDC’s green initiatives, and teaching several courses on community and housing development finance. She has also worked at the National Housing Trust, structuring financing for and overseeing the rehabilitation of occupied affordable housing properties while employing green construction features. Born and raised in Richmond, CA, after a significant stint on the East Coast Williams has called San José home for many years, having both of her daughters here in the heart of Silicon Valley.
    Executive Director,
    Silicon Valley at Home
  • Moderator
    Aaron Bady
    Aaron Bady is editor at Stanford Social Innovation Review. Previously, he was an editor at Popula and The New Inquiry. His writing and interviews have appeared in publications including The Week, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The New Yorker, The New Republic, The Nation, and Pacific Standard. He has a bachelor's degree in English from Ohio State and a PhD in literature from the University of California, Berkeley.
    Editor,
    Stanford Social Innovation Review