LGBTQ+ Alliance Fund Advisory Board
LGBTQ+ Alliance Fund Team
Desiree Hammond
(she/her/hers)
dhammond@cfsaz.org
520-209-1673
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.
Jeaiza Quiñones
(she/her/hers)
jqivory@cfsaz.org
520-447-8927
Jeaiza Quiñones began her journey into nonprofit work as a volunteer and student worker in her native St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Eight years later, her work with CFSA has allowed her to nurture a passion for grantmaking, program planning, IDEA work and nonprofit capacity building. Her personal goal is working toward ensuring access to communities who are underrepresented in philanthropic work and pursuing more opportunities for unrestricted grantmaking which has been a transformative aspect of her work in Southern Arizona.
Jeaiza earned her BA in English at Prairie View A&M University and an MS in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations at Syracuse University. Her favorite things to do in Arizona are road trips, hiking, and driving up Mount Lemmon whenever she has the opportunity.
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