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Meet Our Panelists
Hilda Polanco
Managing Partner, BDO
Hilda Polanco founded Fiscal Management Associates in 1999, which became BDO FMA in 2021. BDO FMA has one of the largest client bases of nonprofits in the country, spanning all types and sizes of organizations. Despite the depth and breadth of all that, Hilda somehow always has her fingers on the pulses of those organizations. She delivers training to the staff of nonprofits and supports grantmaker strategies to encourage financial resilience in their grantees. Hilda has been published widely on various topics in nonprofit fiscal management and leads FMA’s nationwide staff in partnerships that build a community around fiscal management best practices.
John Summers
Managing Director
John was with Fiscal Management Associates for 15 years before FMA joined BDO in 2021. Prior to FMA, he worked on a freelance basis with progressive organizations as a consultant and analyst, primarily focusing on issues of economic opportunity and political participation. He works as part of BDO’s Nonprofit & Grantmaker Advisory team to analyze business opportunities or challenges facing organizations, and to provide recommendations that link mission goals with financial realities. He also works extensively with philanthropic organizations on tailoring their grantmaking systems, processes and policies to best support the organizations they fund.
Corey Smith
Chief Financial Officer at KOOTASCA Community Action
Corey Smith is the Chief Financial Officer at KOOTASCA Community Action, an anti-poverty agency and nonprofit human service organization in northern Minnesota (serving Itasca and Koochiching Counties). Corey is an experienced nonprofit accounting and financial professional, as well as a licensed CPA and Nationally Certified ROMA (Results Oriented Management and Accountability) Implementer. Corey is also deeply interested in the risk management and leadership fields and is passionate about advancing the rural Minnesota business environment.
Ethan Evans, PhD
Dana Britto
Consultant to nonprofits and foundations and moderator at Nonprofit Financial Commons
Dana (she/her) has spent the past 16 years working with and for nonprofits and foundations across the country to help strengthen their financial and operational infrastructure, practices, systems and strategies to maximize impact and build sustainability. As a lender, consultant and Board Treasurer, Dana has spent the majority of her career providing financial services and delivering consulting engagements, group workshops, and one-on-one coaching aimed at supporting nonprofit leaders in building capacity for effective, strategic financial management. As a long-time champion for advancing greater equity within nonprofit management and philanthropic practices, Dana remains a steadfast supporter and thought-partner to nonprofit leaders working to advance justice and equitable systems-change.