NONPROFIT UNIVERSITY
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About Us

About Nonprofit UNIVERSITY

Nonprofit University is a professional development subscription series for all levels in your organization. Taught by university faculty and subject matter experts from across the region, Nonprofit U’s interactive and engaging workshops cover all aspects of nonprofit operations and management.

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About the Institute

The Institute of Nonprofit Leadership and Community Development is an interdisciplinary community that works to improve nonprofit efficiency and impact in the Capital Region. Founded in 2016, the Institute is a collaborative of the University at Albany’s Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, the Colleges of Public Health, Social Welfare, Criminal Justice, Business, and Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cyber Security, Albany Law School, and Albany Medical College. The Institute embodies the University at Albany’s priorities of engagement and service.

The Institute’s programs are designed to:
  • Develop, strengthen, and retain a robust talent and leadership pipeline for the nonprofit sector in the greater Capital Region;
  • Create affordable professional development opportunities for nonprofit leaders;
  • Support community-based research on issues affecting the nonprofit sector and communities they serve;
  • Stimulate the exchange of ideas among researchers and nonprofit practitioners;
  • Equip the nonprofit workforce by expanding nonprofit management degrees, certificate programs, and courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. ​

Our Team
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Pam Skripak, Executive Director

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Pam has spent her career in the field of education, human and organizational capacity-building, and program design and development. Pam is a trained facilitator of circle practice. She received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Women’s Studies from Hamilton College and a Master of Public Health from Columbia University. Pam served as a youth educator in Peace Corps Ecuador. 

Dhanisha Nandigama, Graduate Intern

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Industrial / Organizational Psychology
Dhanisha earned her Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry and combined psychology and neuroscience from the University at Albany and is currently a second-year I/O psychology MA student. She is a co-leader on the diversity and inclusion assessment on nonprofit boards in the Capital Region. 

Julie Redmond, Graduate Intern

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Nonprofit Management
​Julie is a second-year public administration MA student with a concentration in nonprofit management. She serves on the board of JaJa's Kids and has been instrumental in developing the operational infrastructure of Nonprofit University.


CONTRIBUTING Faculty

Instructors for Nonprofit University Workshops consist of UAlbany Faculty members along with subject matter experts from across the region. 
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NPU FACULTY

Special Thanks to:

Our nonprofit community professionals for the commitment they make every day to bettering our world, our amazing contributing faculty, our generous sponsors, Scott Mathias, Mathias Marketing for his unending support, and Jonathan Meagher-Zayas for providing website images.
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115 Milne Hall 
135 Western Avenue Albany, NY  12222
(518) 442-5255
Nonprofit University is building capacity and community through professional development workshops for nonprofit organizations
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