Marta Collier-Youngblood, MA

Co-Founder of Youngblood and Associates
Marta Collier-Youngblood

Biography

(NORDP Consultant since 2021)

With 20 years of expertise in fundraising and education leadership, Marta is the Co-Founder and Senior Associate of Youngblood & Associates, LLC. She serves as a trusted consultant in education, nonprofit and workforce sectors specializing in Minority Serving Institutions and Emerging Research Institutions. Her passion centers around connecting organizations to the resources they need for advancing vital economic and community development goals.

Marta supports her clients' needs by providing strategic planning assistance to C-Suite leadership teams through facilitated team building and coaching in concert with the training and development of fundraising and research development and administration personnel at all levels of the enterprise. Her mission is to help organizations build creative and strategic solutions that are effective and sustainable. She delivers high-quality workshops and trainings including:

  • Pathways to Publication for Early and Mid-Career Faculty
  • Proposal Writing Workshop for Fundraising Professionals
  • Grant Writing 101 – The Basics
  • Nonprofit Board Basics
  • Fundraising for For-Profits
  • Understanding Nonprofit Organizational Charts
  • and Research Innovations Lab: Integrating Competitive Research Into the Campus Strategic Plan of Emerging Research Institutions.