Emilie De Angelis, Principal & Owner
For more than 25 years, Emilie has helped nonprofits in the arts, culture, and education fields find and connect with donors to achieve transformative ambitions.
Her experience includes:
• Managing and raising $20+ million for the early stage of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre expansion
• Managing top level donor gifts for the $400 million Modern Wing expansion at the Art Institute of Chicago
• Overseeing the annual goal for corporate, foundation, and government gifts at the Art Institute
• Organizing a groundbreaking retreat for 60 trustees and donors to jump start a $50 million endowment campaign
• Consulting with dozens of organizations across the US on capital campaigns, feasibility studies, major gifts initiatives, annual fund programs, prospect research, sponsorships, board development, and more.
Emilie is a fourth-generation New Mexican, born in Albuquerque. She earned a Bachelor's in Art History at Saint Mary’s College of Notre Dame and spent 18 years working at top nonprofits in Chicago. Her consulting practice serves nonprofit clients locally and nationally.
She’s served as a recurring guest lecturer for exhibition studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and as a career panelist for the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. She's taught major gifts, grant writing, and evaluation workshops for Metropolitan Library Services (Chicago), the Center for Nonprofit Excellence (Albuquerque), and the Santa Fe Community Foundation.
Emilie has served as a reviewer on several funding panels, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services in Washington, DC, the CityArts panel for Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Albuquerque Community Foundation.
In 2016, Emilie moved back home with her husband and son to reunite with family and rediscover sunshine. She's a past chair of the City of Albuquerque Arts Board that oversees its public art program, appointed by Mayor Tim Keller. She's Board Chair of Escuela del Sol Montessori and Harwood Art Center. She's a past trustee of the Albuquerque Film and Music Experience Foundation, Global Ties ABQ, and FUSION Theater Company.
As the state leader of Moms Demand Action NM from 2017-21, Emilie helped pass three landmark anti-gun violence bills in the New Mexico legislature and ran for Albuquerque City Council in 2021. She's also a proud breast cancer survivor.
LinkedIn profile here.
Her experience includes:
• Managing and raising $20+ million for the early stage of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre expansion
• Managing top level donor gifts for the $400 million Modern Wing expansion at the Art Institute of Chicago
• Overseeing the annual goal for corporate, foundation, and government gifts at the Art Institute
• Organizing a groundbreaking retreat for 60 trustees and donors to jump start a $50 million endowment campaign
• Consulting with dozens of organizations across the US on capital campaigns, feasibility studies, major gifts initiatives, annual fund programs, prospect research, sponsorships, board development, and more.
Emilie is a fourth-generation New Mexican, born in Albuquerque. She earned a Bachelor's in Art History at Saint Mary’s College of Notre Dame and spent 18 years working at top nonprofits in Chicago. Her consulting practice serves nonprofit clients locally and nationally.
She’s served as a recurring guest lecturer for exhibition studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and as a career panelist for the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. She's taught major gifts, grant writing, and evaluation workshops for Metropolitan Library Services (Chicago), the Center for Nonprofit Excellence (Albuquerque), and the Santa Fe Community Foundation.
Emilie has served as a reviewer on several funding panels, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services in Washington, DC, the CityArts panel for Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Albuquerque Community Foundation.
In 2016, Emilie moved back home with her husband and son to reunite with family and rediscover sunshine. She's a past chair of the City of Albuquerque Arts Board that oversees its public art program, appointed by Mayor Tim Keller. She's Board Chair of Escuela del Sol Montessori and Harwood Art Center. She's a past trustee of the Albuquerque Film and Music Experience Foundation, Global Ties ABQ, and FUSION Theater Company.
As the state leader of Moms Demand Action NM from 2017-21, Emilie helped pass three landmark anti-gun violence bills in the New Mexico legislature and ran for Albuquerque City Council in 2021. She's also a proud breast cancer survivor.
LinkedIn profile here.
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Natalie Voelker, Executive Assistant, Operations & Research
Natalie brings over two decades of service to non-profit and humanitarian organizations. She has served as a Prevention Specialist for the Laguna Department of Education on the Laguna Pueblo; conducted public health assessments in rural villages in Burkina Faso, West Africa; and taught Art, Health, and GED courses for disenfranchised youth in Las Cruces, NM. Her skills span a broad spectrum of roles including direct service, mentorship, supervision, instruction, and research.
Beyond her non-profit endeavors, Natalie is a professional working artist. Her oil paintings explore the complexities and nuance of human experience. Significant milestones in her career include her painting, Davetta, being exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Her work has also been shown at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh and the Ulster Museum in Belfast, and she's been featured in the anthology BARED and the French-English magazine VolUp. She has completed public art commissions for the Harwood Art Center, the 508 Mural Festival, and the City of Albuquerque. Her paintings are held in private collections internationally.
Originally from Milwaukee, where she earned her BFA from the University of Wisconsin, Natalie has since embraced New Mexico as her home for over two decades, drawing inspiration from its rich culture and landscapes. When she's not working or painting, you'll find her perusing antique markets for hidden treasure or meandering the shores of the Rio Grande with her dog, Xica.
Beyond her non-profit endeavors, Natalie is a professional working artist. Her oil paintings explore the complexities and nuance of human experience. Significant milestones in her career include her painting, Davetta, being exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Her work has also been shown at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh and the Ulster Museum in Belfast, and she's been featured in the anthology BARED and the French-English magazine VolUp. She has completed public art commissions for the Harwood Art Center, the 508 Mural Festival, and the City of Albuquerque. Her paintings are held in private collections internationally.
Originally from Milwaukee, where she earned her BFA from the University of Wisconsin, Natalie has since embraced New Mexico as her home for over two decades, drawing inspiration from its rich culture and landscapes. When she's not working or painting, you'll find her perusing antique markets for hidden treasure or meandering the shores of the Rio Grande with her dog, Xica.