Cecilia has over 30 years of experience in the greater Phoenix market with community outreach and organization, event planning and logistics, marketing and communication strategy, project and organizational management, and fundraising. She has a broad, long-standing network of strategic relationships with municipalities, utilities, commercial real estate development, academia and non-profit organizations.
Her professional employment includes the Office of U.S. Representative Morris Udall, City of Phoenix, Salt River Project (SRP), Valley Partnership and City of Scottsdale. She is currently a Director at the University City Exchange at ASU, and is working on the Rio Reimagined initiative among other urban design projects. In her work, she facilitates, convenes and manages projects with a wide cross-section of partners - national and local non-profit organizations, private sector leadership, public agencies at all levels of government and social impact organizations.
She has a history of active community service with many Valley non-profits including YWCA Maricopa County, St. Vincent de Paul, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, and Girl Scouts of Arizona. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Arizona Forward, the leading state environmental non-profit organization.