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9/08-Current
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP CONSULTANT, Bozeman, MT
One Valley Community Foundation
- Design and execute interactive, experiential diversity, equity and inclusion training
- Work with staff to create and monitor department theories of change
- Facilitate strategic planning and policy development for the organization
- Generate work plans with staff and board members to support strategy implementation
- Work closely with the staff and Board of Directors to develop strategic action plans
for the organization
Support evaluation and program design
Combs and Company - Community Engagement Exchange (CEE) Program Leadership Coach,
US State Department
- Serving as one of five leadership coaches (with Combs and Company and IREX) guiding
30 international fellows in creating individual leadership plans and community engagement
projects that they will implement in their home countries
- Supporting 6-8 Specialist Mentors in building their mentorship skills, in creating
international networks of professionals, and designing regional hubs of civil society
initiatives with their CEE Fellows
- Teaching a 60-minute decision making workshop for Specialist Mentors
- Teaching a 90-minute leadership workshop for 120 international fellows
Wyoming Community Foundation – Wyoming Funders United
- Leading a consortium of foundations through the design of a strategic collaborative
of funders focused on statewide systems change work in Wyoming
- Designing policy education initiatives during legislative session.
State of Montana, Office of Aging
- Evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of the Montana Lifespan Respite Program
- Helping create a sustainability plan for respite services in the state of Montana
George B. Storer Foundation
- Evaluated five years of grantmaking within the Wyoming Landscapes and Communities
Program
- Surveyed the philanthropic field to determine Wyoming’s philanthropic capacity and
potential for strategic collaboration
CFLeads
- Evaluated effectiveness of seven national initiatives to create learning networks
of community foundations where individuals and organizations can share knowledge and
tools and build capacity through hands-on leadership projects
- Facilitated and coached teams through the leadership network process
- Designed metrics for organizations to use to gauge their internal leadership capacity
- Assisted in the design and evaluation of the Family Economic Security Action Alliance
for community foundations focused on developing community wealth building and child
savings account programs
Big Sky Institute for the Advancement of Nonprofits
- Evaluated the effectiveness of the statewide Demonstration Phase of the Montana Nonprofit
Connections Program to assess capacity building success for 20 nonprofits
Wildlife Conservation Society
- Evaluated external perceptions of WCS Rocky Mountain Program
- Provided recommendations for strategic approach moving forward based on external perceptions
report, a niche analysis and an internal perceptions evaluation
Tides Canada
- Evaluated the first three years of the Capacity for Conservation Program (C4C)
- Established metrics and on-going monitoring and evaluation plan for the C4C Program
Book Trust
- National annual evaluation of nonprofit literacy program, assessing effectiveness
of process and impact on clientele
- Facilitated integration of findings into organizational processes and strategies
- Helped design national large-scale evaluation of impact
9/12-7/14
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY – LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, Bozeman, MT
Adjunct Faculty
- Instructor for UC202 Leadership Foundations, core course for students involved in
the Leadership Fellows program
- Advise and mentor past and present students and teaching assistants
- Recipient of Faculty/Staff 2013 Award for Excellence
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Reid Hall 242
(406) 994-2016
marisarbueno@gmail.com
7/06-7/08
LUCILLE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDRENS HEALTH, Palo Alto, CA
Evaluation Consultant
- Created evaluation framework to assess the effectiveness of the foundation’s grantmaking
programs in youth development and child abuse prevention and performed impact analysis
using the framework
- Presented framework on behalf of the foundation to Northern California Grantmakers
9/05-7/08
STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, Palo Alto, CA
Research Assistant in Administration and Policy Analysis, John W. Gardner Center for
Youth and Their Communities
- Worked as part of an executive team with CFLeads, the Aspen Institute and The National
Taskforce on Community Leadership to create The Framework for Community Leadership
by Community Foundations.
- Designed and implemented an evaluation of the success of community school reform efforts
as part of a research team (with a focus on the results of working to engage parents
in schools)
- Performed a policy analysis of California’s Preschool for All initiative for the state’s
Secretary of Education
1/04-9/05
DECISION EDUCATION FOUNDATION, Palo Alto, CA
Managing Director
- Lead Executive Board in creating five-year strategic fundraising and program plan
- Directed new program development including designing and implementing a Whole School
Integration Program and formative evaluation with five partner schools
- Developed curriculum, training materials and summative evaluation of 2-week Summer
Institute
- Taught decision skills group for teens at the Boys and Girls Club and for incarcerated
youth at ranch schools
- Created and managed budgets for all programs
- Spearheaded successful fundraising effort to bring in $2 million dollars in grants
and matching funds
- Founded and coordinated organization’s Youth Advisory Council
Education
Current
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
PhD candidate in Administration and Public Policy, ABD
9/04–6/05
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
M.A. Policy, Organization and Leadership Studies
8/95-5/99
Amherst College, Amherst, MA
B.A. Cum Laude in Biology; academic scholarship recipient
Publications
- Family Economic Security Action Alliance Process and Impact Evaluation
- Transformative Capacity Building: Strengthening Nonprofits in Big Sky Country
- Michigan Community Leadership Network Evaluation, February 2017
- Resident Engagement Community Leadership Network Evaluation, December 2014
- Bueno, M., Darling-Hammond, L., Gonzales, D. A Matter of Degrees: Preparing Teachers
for the Pre-K Classroom. The Pew Charitable Trusts, Center on the States, March 2010.
http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/
report_detail.aspx?id=57550
- Community Leadership Network Evaluation — Key Findings from a Survey of Participants,
March 2010. http://www.cfleads.org/resources/
commleadership_pubs/2010_CLN-survey.php
- Supporting the Local Preteen Youth Development Field: An Evaluation of the Lucile
Packard Foundation for Children’s Health’s Early Years of Grantmaking in San Mateo
and Santa Clara Counties, October 2008.
- (Contributor) Framework for Community Leadership by a Community Foundation, 2008.
http://www.cfleads.org/resources/
commleadership_pubs/2008_Framework.php
Current Volunteer Activities
1/22 -current
Peak Potential Academy, Bozeman, MT
Pro-bono education consulting
Leadership elective teacher
1/21-current
READMontana, Bozeman, MT
Board of Directors
10/19-6/21
One Valley Community Foundation, Bozeman, MT
Southwestern Montana Covid-19 Response Fund Advisory Board member
Strategic Planning Facilitator
5/19-current
Montana State University Leadership Institute, Bozeman, MT
National Advisory Board member
Student leader mentor
9/16-current
Longfellow Parent Association, Bozeman, MT
President, Board of Directors
Superintendent Advisory Committee
9/15-9/18
Montana Community Foundation, Helena, MT
Grants Committee Member
Facilitated strategic planning for the Montana Community Foundation Advisory Committee
3/15-3/19
Montana Science Center, Bozeman, MT
Advisor to board and staff
President, Board of Directors
Vice President, Board of Directors
- Strategic planning
- Program development and fundraising
Training
Community Engagement Facilitation
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