Lela Diaz

Expertise
Lela Diaz has over 20 years of experience providing strategic vision and focus to global nonprofits, which has resulted in increased private funding that advances missions, capital projects and societal change. She brings extensive experience in campaign planning, strategy, and management for capital, endowment, programmatic campaigns with goals ranging from $10 million to over $500 million and has broad experience in Board development.

Focus at Carter
Lela is an instrumental leader and strategist in the Carter team’s business development efforts and supports Carter’s consultants in developing custom approaches to meet our partners’ challenges and opportunities. She is also an active consultant in partner engagements spanning Carter’s service offerings.

My promise to our team and partners

“I believe great partnerships start with listening and are built on trust. Drawing on decades of experience with nonprofits around the world, I take the time to understand what drives each leader, from their mission and goals to the challenges in their way. I work to ensure every Carter partner feels empowered with a strategic solution and a supportive team to strengthen their impact and move their mission forward.”