Our Vision
Equity In The Center® envisions a future where nonprofit and philanthropic organizations adopt a Race Equity Culture™ focused on proactive counteraction of social inequities.
We must build a future where white dominant culture is dismantled within all social sector organizations, institutional and structural racism have been eliminated at all levels of nonprofit and philanthropic organizations, and race equity has been achieved within organizations, across the social sector, and in communities.
Meet Our Team
Mara Brennan-Magidson
Training Coordinator
Herna Cruz-Louie
VP of Operations
Pawan Haulkory
Resource Development & Curation Consultant
Sandra Herrera
Communications Associate
Ericka Hines
Managing Director
Niki Jagpal
Executive Vice President
Maggie Potapchuk
Racial Equity Tools Managing Editor
Sonya Robin
Project Manager Consultant
Juan Serrano
Director of Training
Kerrien Suarez
President & CEO
Why Equity In The Center?
Meet Our Board
Amanda Andere
CEO, Funders Together to End Homelessness
Holly Delany Cole
Advisor, The Leaders Trust
Jara Dean Coffey
Founder & CEO, Luminare Group, Equitable Evaluation Initiative
Carly Hare
Portfolio Director, The Colorado Health Foundation
Ericka Hines
Principal, Every Level Leadership
Maggie Potapchuk
Founder, MP Associates, Co-Founder, RacialEquityTools.org
Andrew Plumley
Chief People and Equity Officer, Arabella Advisors
Sean Thomas-Breitfeld
Co-Director, Building Movement Project
Our History
In 2015, participants in Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Social Sector Talent Pipelines Strategy & Learning Lab cohort program grappled with the question “Why are there so few people of color in the non-profit and social service sector?” It became clear that the vision for improving leadership in the sector needed to look beyond merely diversity to addressing structural racism. With that shift, Equity In The Center was formed.
In 2020, EIC became an independent 501c3. For a full timeline of our history, click the button below.