AlfredoVergara-Lobo
Principal
Vergara-Lobo Associates
P.O. Box 12281, San Francisco, CA 94112-0281
Phone: (415) 585-5833
Fax: (415) 585-2712
With backgrounds in education, social work, organizational change, and recreation, Alfredo brings years of experience with non-profit and public entities domestically and abroad to his work with organizations and individuals. He received his MSW from the School of Social Welfare at UC Berkeley and his BA from San Francisco State University.
Alfredo has taught in public and private schools the United States and Latin America, and has guest-lectured for the schools of Social Work and Social Welfare at San Francisco State University and the University of California, Berkeley respectively. A popular speaker and presenter, he has trained and presented to hundreds of audiences throughout the country and abroad in English and in Spanish, including the train-the-trainer series “Institute for Nonprofit Consulting” (INC), which prepares nonprofit consultants for successful careers in the sector.
Throughout his tenures as senior consultant at CompassPoint Nonprofit Services and La Piana Associates, Alfredo has trained and consulted with hundreds of nonprofits, foundations, and government entities domestically and abroad, in English and in Spanish in the areas of strategic planning, board development, strategic partnerships, and cultural competence.
An expert in nonprofit partnerships, he was a founding consultant for the Strategic Solutions project, a national initiative to advance the field of nonprofit partnerships and fine tune knowledge and practice in that area.
As a coach, Alfredo has worked with nonprofit and public sector leaders to assist them in accomplishing their organizational and personal goals. He is a principal coach at Prism Coaching, a consortium of six multicultural coaches who provide culturally aware coaching services. He is currently enrolled in the coaching certification program at Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC).
Published work
§ “The M Word: A Board Members Guide to Mergers – How, Why and Why Not to Merge Nonprofit Organizations” © 2005, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services.
§ “Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations: A Practical Guide and Workbook” © 2005, John Wiley and Sons. Contributing author.
§ “Crossing Borders, Sharing Journeys: Effective capacity building with immigrant and refugee groups” © 2006, Fieldstone Alliance. Contributing author.
§ “Cultural Competency in the Nonprofit Sector: Starting the Conversation” © 2009, Fieldstone Alliance. Contributing writer.