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
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Dr. Raquel Gutierrez
Practitioner Community of Practice Facilitator
![pawan Sandra Herrera](https://equityinthecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pawan.jpeg)
Pawan Haulkory
Resource Development & Curation Consultant
![ericka hines Seana Jean, Race Equity Culture Associate of Equity in the Center](https://equityinthecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ericka-hines.png)
Ericka Hines
Managing Director
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Andrew Plumley
Managing Director
![Maggie Potapchuk Maggie Potapchuk](https://equityinthecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Potapchuk2019-1-e1602112820180.jpg)
Maggie Potapchuk
Racial Equity Tools Managing Editor
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Sonya Robin
Project Manager Consultant
![Kerrien-Suarez-2023-web Kerrien Suarez](https://equityinthecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Kerrien-Suarez-2023-web.jpg)
Kerrien Suarez
President & CEO
Why Equity In The Center?
Meet Our Board
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Amanda Andere
CEO, Funders Together to End Homelessness
![May 2016 HDC Photo Holly Delany Cole, Director, Flexible Leadership Awards, The Haas Leadership Initiatives, Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Fund](https://equityinthecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/May-2016-HDC-Photo-e1601436955599.jpg)
Holly Delany Cole
Advisor, The Leaders Trust
![JDC Headshot Alternative (2) Jara Dean Coffey, Director and Founder, Equitable Evaluation Initiative and Founder, Luminare Group](https://equityinthecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/JDC-Headshot-Alternative-2-scaled-e1601436983359.jpg)
Jara Dean Coffey
Founder & CEO, Luminare Group, Equitable Evaluation Initiative
![photo_78101_landscape_650x433 Carly Hare, National Director/Coalition Catalyst, CHANGE Philanthropy](https://equityinthecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/photo_78101_landscape_650x433-e1601438336219.jpg)
Carly Hare
Portfolio Director, The Colorado Health Foundation
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Ericka Hines
Principal, Every Level Leadership
![Potapchuk2019 (1) Andrew Plumley, Director of Inclusion, American Alliance of Museums](https://equityinthecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Potapchuk2019-1-e1602112820180.jpg)
Maggie Potapchuk
Founder, MP Associates, Co-Founder, RacialEquityTools.org
![Andrew Andrew Plumley, Director of Inclusion, American Alliance of Museums](https://equityinthecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Andrew-e1601437359909.jpg)
Andrew Plumley
Chief People and Equity Officer, Arabella Advisors
![Sean-500x500 Sean Thomas-Breitfeld, Co-Director, Building Movement Project](https://equityinthecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sean-500x500-1.jpg)
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.