Nancy Northrop Wolanski- Director, Alliance for Nonprofit Impact, United Way of Rhode Island

Nancy is the inaugural Director of the Alliance for Nonprofit Impact at United Way of Rhode Island, the statewide resource center for nonprofits in the Ocean State.  Nancy has spent her whole career in the nonprofit sector, with responsibilities in management, program development and oversight, leadership development, fundraising and grant writing, membership and communications. She has worked in diverse organizations, from a small community science museum to a professional trade association, to several colleges and universities. Nancy has taught Leadership Studies at Johnson & Wales University, and immediately prior to the development of the Alliance, Nancy was the Executive Director of Grantmakers Council of Rhode Island for eight years.