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Rose Community Foundation Staff
Elsa
I. Holguín
Senior Program Officer
As senior program officer at Rose Community Foundation, Elsa Holguín directs the Foundation’s Child and Family Development area, which oversees development and improvement of early-childhood education, as well as parent-education programs that help parents raise healthy children. She is also responsible for the development of economic self-sufficiency strategies to strengthen families.
Named the 2000 Outstanding Professional in Philanthropy in Colorado, Holguín has over 20 years of experience in the nonprofit sector. She came to Rose Community Foundation from The Hunt Alternatives Fund where she served as executive director. In addition, she worked at The Women’s Foundation and served as associate director of Mi Casa Resource Center for Women where she established and oversaw the Business Center for Women, a nationally recognized entrepreneur-training program.
Holguín was appointed by Governor Ritter as a commissioner for the Early Childhood Leadership Commission in 2010. She also currently serves on the boards of Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families and SkillBuild Colorado. In addition, she is a board member of the Just Media Fund. Former board memberships include: Colorado Nonprofit Development Center, Denver Welfare Reform Board, Denver Department of Human Services, Hispanics in Philanthropy, LARASA, Latina Initiative, Metro Volunteers, Metropolitan State College of Denver’s Alumni Association, National Council of Nonprofit Associations, and The Women’s Foundation. Holguín earned her Bachelor of Science in Finance from Metropolitan State College of Denver.
In 2001, Holguín was included in the Women’s Leadership Circle of the Girls Scouts – Mile Hi Council. In 2003, she received two awards: the Outstanding Microenterprise Advocate from the Colorado Association of Microenterprise Initiatives and Spirit of Tlatelolco from Escuela Tlatelolco. Holguín considers her most important accomplishments, however, to be her two daughters, Denise and Tiffany.
Elsa I. Holguín