SHPE CEO Suzanna Valdez Wolfe has over 25 years of experience in the public, non-profit and private sectors, including several roles in public service serving in the House of Representative, U.S. Senate, White House and Department of Labor. She has also served as an advisor on more than a dozen NGO boards. She excels in leadership and team development, strategic planning, fundraising and philanthropy, coalition building, and process integration. Suzanna comes to SHPE most recently as a founding member of Partners For NonProfits, an advisory firm dedicated to advancing the mission of nonprofit organizations. Prior to that role, she served as the first-ever Chief Impact Officer at Taproot Foundation. And before that, she spent nearly 11 years at the Adrienne Arsht Center of the Performing Arts raising over $40 million during her tenure. She also has extensive experience working in the public sector, including the White House, and a master’s in public administration from Columbia University. Suzanna currently lives in Miami with her husband and her son.