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Tonya Koslo

Tonya Koslo, Vice President, Finance and Operations

Tonya Koslo

Tonya Koslo is the Vice President, Finance and Operations at the disability advocacy nonprofit organization Disability Belongs™.

Koslo is an experienced administrator whose skills include database management, state charitable registrations, computers, billing, legal requirements of human resource administration, websites and support services.

Prior to joining Disability Belongs™, Koslo worked for Laszlo and Associates as the Executive Assistant and Office Manager and for eleven years in various capacities for the Mayor, Town Board and Town Administrator Biltmore Forest, North Carolina. In her free time, she volunteers at her church, is the president of her homeowner’s association and is active in local adoption groups.

Contact Tonya Koslo

Reach Koslo at TonyaK@DisabilityBelongs.org.

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Graciano Petersen

Graciano Petersen, Vice President, People, Culture, and Learning

Graciano Petersen

Graciano Petersen is the Vice President, People, Culture, and Learning, at the disability advocacy nonprofit organization Disability Belongs™. [continue reading…]

Phillip Saldana

Phillip Saldana, Senior Manager, Operations

Phillip Saldana

Phillip Saldana (He/Him/They/Them) is the Senior Manager, Operations, at the disability advocacy nonprofit organization Disability Belongs™. [continue reading…]

Theresa Soares

Theresa Soares, Manager, Strategic Partnerships

Theresa Soares

Theresa Soares is the Manager, Strategic Partnerships, at the disability advocacy nonprofit organization Disability Belongs™.

Soares brings more than 10 years of experience in the news media and entertainment, corporate, and private philanthropy sectors where she has cultivated success in sourcing, strengthening, and growing business development and donor relationships.

Previously, Soares served as the Corporate Development Director for PBS in Central California, overseeing corporate development underwriting and sponsorships including notable collaborations with Ken Burn’s “Country Music,” Nature “American Spring Live,” and the National Sikh Campaign’s development of public service announcements.

Passionate about diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, Soares previously co-founded the Young Adult Leadership Council (YALC) at the National Center for Learning Disabilities where she participated as a mentor for young adults as they progressed through higher education and into the workforce.

Soares obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mills College, where she created a major titled “Business, Management, and Social Innovation.” Soares resides in California where she spends her free time exploring and hiking through National Parks or visiting her hometown of Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula.

Contact Theresa Soares

Reach Soares at TheresaS@DisabilityBelongs.org.

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Donjeta Sahiti

Donjeta Sahiti, Senior Associate, Executive Relations

Donjeta Sahiti

Donjeta Sahiti is the Senior Associate, Executive Relations, at the disability advocacy nonprofit organization Disability Belongs™.

Sahiti earned her Master’s in Public Administration from Seton Hall University. She previously interned at Senator Cory Booker’s Office and for the nonprofit organization JESPY House. Her experiences have inspired her to enter the nonprofit field because it is where she feels she can make the greatest change in society moving forward. [continue reading…]