Hola, I’m Michelle Flores Vryn!
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Full bio:
Michelle Flores Vryn, CFRE, is a strategic marketer and fundraiser with 15+ years of driving results across conservation, education, and civic engagement nonprofits. From major gifts to message strategy, she bridges brand and revenue to move missions forward. Michelle's work lives at the intersection of strategy and story — helping nonprofits find the words, the clarity, and the confidence to fund their boldest ideas.
Michelle co-founded the AI Equity Project and the Social Impact Staff Retention Project, two research ventures that sit squarely at the intersection of values-alignment and the future of work. Michelle frequently writes and speaks on building healthier nonprofit systems, is a Community-Centric Fundraising (CCF) Texas Chapter organizer and serves as the Vice Chair of Professional Development on the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Global Board of Directors.
Outside of work, you can find her on long walks with her dogs, discussing big ideas with her (endlessly patient) husband, sharing nonprofit memes on LinkedIn, or practicing meditation.It's awkward to write in the third person, right? I made myself do it anyway.
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Short bio (40 words): Michelle is a marketing and fundraising expert dedicated to missions of environmental conservation, capacity building, and civic engagement. As a board member and organizer, she is passionate about community-centered fundraising and nonprofit brand-building.
Affiliations:
Association of Fundraising Professionals, Global - Board Member & Vice Chair, PD
Social Impact Staff Retention
Project Co-Founder
AI Equity Project
Project Co-Founder
Community Centric Fundraising -
Texas Chapter Organizer