National Leader and Consultant in Multicultural Competence and Systems Reform Joins Fieldstone Alliance
ST. PAUL, MN (August 16, 2007)—Fieldstone Alliance today announced that Jannina Aristy, a nationally known consultant and leader in transforming systems of care in mental health and human services, has joined the organization as a Principal Consultant.
Fieldstone Alliance’s President Carol Lukas said: “The addition of Aristy to our staff broadens our expertise and capacity to address the dramatic changes, including increased cultural competence, collaboration, and policy, that are needed to improve how health and human services and systems of care function in many of our communities. We are delighted to have Aristy on our team.”
In her role as Principal Consultant, Aristy will lead Fieldstone Alliance’s consulting work on strategic alliances, policy reform, philanthropy, and the development of innovative service and planning models related to multicultural competence in service design, delivery and reform.
Aristy commented “I am excited to be part of Fieldstone Alliance at this time given the tremendous demographic growth of diverse populations and their impact on communities, service systems, and the philanthropic and nonprofit sector. We have an exciting opportunity to infuse cultural competence into the fabric of nonprofit work, and build cohesive and sustainable organizations and communities through greater integration.”
About Jannina Aristy
Jannina Aristy has more than ten years’ experience as a consultant to federal and state government and community based organizations in both rural and urban settings. She specializes in capacity building of nonprofits, developing coalitions and networks that promote cultural identity and community integration, strategic planning, advocacy, design and administration of culturally and linguistically competent services, and multicultural reform initiatives.
Prior roles include Director of the National Cultural Competence Initiative for Children’s Mental Health at Georgetown University, Sr. Program Consultant for the Minnesota Department of Human Services, and Commissioner for the City of Hopkins. She is the current Vice President of the National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health. Jannina is Latina, bilingual, and bicultural.
About Fieldstone Alliance
Fieldstone Alliance is a national intermediary that works to strengthen the performance of the nonprofit sector. With a 24-year history of providing capacity building services and knowledge resources that strengthen the nonprofit sector and the communities it serves, Fieldstone Alliance offers a comprehensive array of resources for nonprofit leaders, grantmakers, and consultants. Fieldstone Alliance typically assists close to 50 organizations and networks a year and trains 1,000 or more nonprofit leaders, consultants, and funders.
Fieldstone Alliance publishes books on nonprofit management, philanthropy, and community development, which are distributed around the world. Headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, Fieldstone Alliance has a staff of 18, supplemented by a network of affiliated consultants and authors.
Fieldstone Alliance, in partnership with Nonprofit Finance Fund of New York, is the home of the Kellogg Action Lab, a three year pilot project to provide knowledge resources and capacity building assistance to W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s U.S. grantees, and to use the knowledge created in that work to strengthen the nonprofit sector across the country.
Contact
Fieldstone Alliance
Carol Zapfel
651.556.4505
czapfel@FieldstoneAlliance.org
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