Maria Reyes has over 15 years of experience managing non-profit programs with a demonstrated track record of financial sustainability and measurable outcomes. She oversaw a team of 35 professionals from 10 countries as Director of the YWCA Immigrant and Refugee Program. Reyes has experience diversifying funding, developing new services, and increasing membership from 0% to 53% Latino members through health programs. She also led the nationally recognized naturalization program "Project Citizenship" selected by USCIS.

1. MARIA REYES
141 Brentwood Rd. Exeter, New Hampshire 03833 ♦ (918) 706-8061 ♦
mtrhollylane55@gmail.com
Professional Summary
Innovative senior level director with over 15 years of versatile non-profit management experience.
Demonstrated track record of managing financially sustainable federal, state grants and private
foundation programs with measurable outcomes and community impact. Versatile experience
overseeing youth and adult community programs in a variety of settings including health, social
services,public schools,libraries and other institutions. Additional leadership experience includes
board of director’s service, appointed to local government positions and community coalition
building.
Professional accomplishments
 Developed program infrastructure and capacity from six to thirty-five employees and
increased budget revenues by 48%. Reputation as good steward of resources.
 Diversified funding portfolio thru expansion of new foundations, grants and boosted fee for
services by creating new ancillary products.
 Known for creating and implementing entrepreneurial services that produce revenue.
 Sought out public speaker/educator- Annual public speaker at OU Medical School-
Impact-created first medical Spanish elective course for 1st
and 2nd
year medical students
that was instituted as a first in the school’s history.
 Consultant to non-profits on how to work with diverse populations.
 Led YWCA in multi-community wide partnerships under the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation one million dollar diabetes prevention grant-Created and managed: “Academy of
health” diabetes prevention program for Hispanic women and their families. After 8 years
program became operationalized under YWCA Health and Wellness program which
diversified health and wellness membership from 0% to 53% Latino paying members.
 Key designer and director of nationally recognized naturalization program- “Project
Citizenship” One of 13 in the country (out of 300 applicants) selected and funded by the United
States Citizenship and Immigration Services-Program continues to present.
 Versatile experience and affiliations include: Oversight of programs that target youth and
diverse populations in health prevention/education i.e., American Heart Association “Vestido
Rojo” (Red Dress) campaign, refugee parenting and nutritional classes with the Tulsa County
Health department, depression screenings,voter registration drives, Tulsa Police Department
community relations member, crime prevention, emergency management, 211,
United Way campaigns, Teach for America presenter, Leadership Tulsa, Tulsa Emergency
management member, and others.
YWCATulsa Tulsa, Oklahoma
Director of Immigrant and Refugee Program 2/ 2000-4/2015
During my 15 year tenure as director of YWCA Tulsa Immigrant and Refugee Center provided
direct oversight to a team of 35 diverse professionals from over 10 countries. Responsible for
managing core program services: Immigration legal services, English Language classes for adult
immigrants, refugee social services and numerous community projects/collaborations that
provided education and outreach to underserved communities. Other job duties include:
budget/fiscal administration, marketing, media experience-TV/Radio/newspaper donor
relationships, fundraising, facility management, develop work plans, supervise interns/ volunteers,
oversight of outcome data collection systems and evaluation, community educator/workshops
strategic planning.
Tulsa Community College Tulsa, Oklahoma
Adjunct Professor, Part-Time 2003-2006
 Taught Chemical Dependency and Treatment Course to community college students.
 Community presenter on culture and mental health/substance abuse education to Tulsa’s
immigrant populations.

2. MARIA REYES
141 Brentwood Rd. Exeter, New Hampshire 03833 ♦ (918) 706-8061 ♦
mtrhollylane55@gmail.com
Professional Experience (continued)
Parkside Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor 1990-2000
 First mental health professional in Tulsa to collaborate and implement community depression
screenings to limited English proficiency populations.
 Launched the first Spanish-speaking case management caseload in the hospital’s history.
 Trained agency staff on developing culturally competent practices for Limited English
Proficiency populations.
 Delivered group and individual addiction counseling to adults in inpatient and outpatient care.
 Crucial member of multidisciplinary team that assisted with court order evaluations.
CREDENTIALS
EDUCATION Plymouth State University, Plymouth New Hampshire-B.A. Spanish, Latin
American Studies-1981
University of Valencia Spain-Junior Year Abroad program 1978-1979
CERTIFICATIONS Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor since 1990, (current) #226
(Maintain 20 CEU’s yearly in addiction/mental health)
Oklahoma Non-Profit Management Training
American Red Cross-Certified Emergency Response Training (CERT)
SKILLS Proficient in Microsoft suite, Daxco membership software, bilingual in
Spanish and English
ACHIEVMENTS YWCA Tulsa Community Outstanding Service Award-2015
Tulsa Mental Health Association, Education Award, 2005
Tulsa Partners Inc., Language Cultural Bank Volunteer of the Year-2011
Parkside Hospital Employee of the Year 1985
Foreign Language Award, Plymouth State University, New Hampshire
COMMUNITY Vice President of Coalition of Hispanic Organizations (2001-2007)
Board member of Tulsa Mental Health Association (2005-2008)
Board member and Co-President of Tulsa Language Cultural Bank (2001-
2014)
Appointed commissioner for the Tulsa Mayor’s Commission on the Status
of Women 2002-2005
Tulsa Police Department Community relations member-2004-2008
Interests Fly fishing, hiking, kayaking, camping, arts, educating youth about
outdoors, volunteer as docent at Tulsa Zoo
Reference Available upon request