Meet the Team

Vicky Tello is the Director of Philanthropy at Nicasa Behavioral Health Services. She is responsible for the fundraising and marketing activities of the organization, including nurturing and cultivating relationships with current and prospective donors, volunteers, sponsors, foundations, and corporations, writing grant proposals and managing reports, increasing the overall donor base for the organization, increasing visibility of the organization, and managing overall development efforts. She is a bilingual, licensed social worker focused on emotional intelligence and the people’s side of leadership. Previously, she was working in quality improvement, which allowed her to understand all facets of the inner-workings of an organization. One of the most important moving parts within an organization is the people engaged in the work. Without their understanding and commitment to the field and quality of services, fundraising, and philanthropy practices become impossible. In addition to her experience in quality improvement, she has experience overseeing various working parts, including compliance, program evaluation, and process outcomes, grant writing and management, data tracking and analysis, accreditation, customer service, training, communication, strategic planning, risk management, behavioral health Medicaid, and nonprofit management in general. Vicky’s overall career goal is to work in social services that support immigrants in any capacity, as she believes that all individuals have a right to be treated as human beings regardless of their differences.