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Verna A. Greer, Executive Vice President of Strategic Partnershipsat ALPFA, is a results-driven Accredited Business Advisor and aCertified Fundraising Executive (CFE) with Business Developmentexperience. She specializes in providing executive leadership andguidance to build new and existing organizations in the not-for-profitand private sectors. She is consistently successful in increasingeffectiveness, productivity and profitability at all levels, whilesurpassing goals and expectations.
At ALPFA, Ms. Greer serves on the Corporate Development teamas a leader in corporate development whose primary responsibility
is fostering corporate relationships and raising revenue for the organization nationally.
Prior to joining ALPFA, Verna oversaw the Resource Development Department of the NationalAssociation of Black Accountants, Inc., as its Senior Director of Corporate Strategic Alliances andNational Programming. An experienced financial executive, Ms. Greer was responsible for generatingover 80% of the organization’s total revenue. She has perfected the art of generating diverse fundingsources and has secured millions of dollars in support throughout her career. In support of that effort,she has developed and implemented numerous targeted programs, specifically customized to meetstakeholder needs, including the Women of NABA Network workshops to train senior andmiddle-management female professionals in leadership and the essential skills needed to advancetheir careers. She also enhanced the Leadership Institute, which enlists some of the country’s mostrenowned Universities such as Harvard and Georgetown Universities, to provide specialized trainingto senior managers and executives on how to advance to the c-suite and lead effectively.
Before working at NABA, Inc., Ms. Greer was Principal of ATC Services, Inc., a business and financialmanagement consulting group in Boston, where she built a thriving contract-based advisory firm thatworked with senior executives of small and medium companies to increase organizational efficiency,effectiveness, productivity and profitability. Ms. Greer’s has also served as the New England RegionalDirector for Accountants 4 Contracts (A4C) and as Vice President of Small Business, Mass MarketOperations at Fleet Boston Financial. In these roles, Ms. Greer has proven her ability to buildcross-functional teams that create value and pave the way for corporate success. In the course ofdelivering superior results, she recruits, hires, trains, mentors and evaluates staff in light of criticalfundraising priorities always providing staff and volunteers with targeted training and professionaldevelopment. She is an expert change agent and transition manager, and has facilitated majorleadership and program evolution, while maintaining high morale during high-stress cycles.
Ms. Greer received her Bachelor of Science degree with honors from Northeastern University andlater graduated among the top 10 in her class from the Northeastern Graduate School of Businesswhere she earned an MBA with an emphasis in Entrepreneurialism. Ms. Greer earned her CFE fromNew York University in August of 2013 and received a Certificate from Georgetown University inExecutive Leadership Development in June of 2014.
Ms. Greer has served as a member of the Board of Directors the NABA, Inc. for two terms. Recreationally,Verna loves international travel. She also is a big fan of tennis and enjoys playing as well.
Association of Latino Professionals For America
®
Empowering Latino Leaders
MissionOur mission is to empower anddevelop Latino men and women asleaders of character for the nation, inevery sector of the global economy.
Verna GreerExcutive Vice President,Strategic PartnershipsALPFA Inc.
New York Office85 Broad Street, 16th FloorNew York, NY 10004Mobile: [email protected]
VisionOur vision is to strengthen America
by transforming the lives of over
1,000,000 Latino students, profes-sionals, and entrepreneurs.
We strengthen America by developingleaders of character in every sectorof the global economy who lead withpurpose and passion.
We are transforming the lives ofour members by helping align theirpurpose and passion with theirvocation, introducing them to ourALPFamilia where they establishdeep authentic relationships withother Latinos, and empowering themwith mentors and relevant skills tosupport their growth and success.
We’ll reach over 1,000,000 membersby 2020.
