CFSA is pleased to announce that Desiree Hammond has been appointed to the role of Community Impact Manager, in our Community Impact Department. In this role, Desiree will provide high-level support and coordination for the foundation’s portfolio of initiatives and grants.
Desiree Hammond, a third generation Arizonan, brings with her over a decade of experience in nonprofit management, women’s advocacy, and healing justice. Prior to joining CFSA, Desiree worked with Greater Tucson Leadership, The Dunbar Pavilion, and Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona, serving in both program and operational roles to expand programming and increase community impact. She also served as a Board Member and Commissioner for the Tucson Shambhala Meditation Center and Pima County/Tucson Women’s Commission. Recently, Desiree graduated from State of Black Arizona’s African American Leadership Institute and Greater Tucson Leadership’s Lead Tucson Program.
Beyond her nonprofit work, Desiree is a certified Yoga Instructor, Somatic Practitioner and Full-Spectrum Doula. She actively supports her community as a workshop facilitator, convener, grant review panelist and space-holder, previously collaborating with human rights activist and professor, Loretta J. Ross on her “Calling In” framework. In 2023, Desiree was featured in the University of Arizona’s Afro-Chicanx Digital Humanities Storytelling Project and also produced and co-directed a storytelling docuseries titled, “Unerased: Stories of Black Tucsonans” in partnership with The Dunbar Pavilion and Arizona Commission on the Arts.
Desiree is a pleasure activist, holistic health enthusiast, and world traveler who is dedicated to creating inclusive spaces that prioritize equity and strives to create a world in which everyone has access to what they need to thrive.