Lourdes A Chávez
Consulting Associate
lourdes@cvfundraising.com

Lourdes has been the Director of Museo Interactivo de Tijuana A. C. where she was responsible for coordinating the board agreements regarding the children’s museum project. She created regional and local relationships with corporations and foundations, hired and trained a staff of seven in local fundraising and oriented board members in resource development responsibilities.

Lourdes organized special events and capital campaigns, coordinated grant funding of $10 million USD, and worked with the government to obtain a contribution of $500,000 USD per year during six years. She has also held numerous other management positions including that of Director of Operations for Feria Tijuana, and serves as a volunteer for Fundacion Castro Limon pro ninas con cancer where she is a member of a professional, voluntary and philanthropic team that was formed as a civic association, with non profit goals. She is responsible for international relations and fund raising events.

Education and Professional Development:

Lourdes has received education in philanthropy and fundraising through the Hemispheric Congress of Latin America in Mexico City, Congress on Fundraising in Tijuana Mexico, National Seminar on Fundraising at Hermosillo, Mexico, AFP International Conferences in Seattle, WA, San Diego, CA, and New Orleans, LA. In addition she has attended a course in knowing the board of directors and associations by the Mexican Center of Philanthropy, the basic points of a proposal by INFRE PROCURA and the University of Monterrey, Mexico.

Lourdes holds a bachelor’s degree in Tourism Business from the University of Baja California, is an active member or the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), was co founder of Association of Fundraising Professionals in Tijuana B.C. APROF, and is a member of the AFP Mexico board and vice president of Tijuana board.