Mayor Mamdani Appoints Annie Elisa Minguez as Executive Director of Mayor’s Office of Nonprofit Services

 

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced the appointment of Annie Elisa Minguez as Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office of Nonprofit Services.

“Nonprofits step in where the need is greatest. They help families find housing, give young people a shot at summer jobs, feed hungry veterans and repair our social safety net when it frays,” said Mayor Mamdani. "Annie E. Minguez has spent her career fighting for the organizations and workers who deliver those essential services. Her leadership will help us build a stronger partnership between City government and nonprofits so that together, we can better serve New Yorkers.”

"Nonprofit organizations are vitally important to the communities they serve and New York City's social safety net as a whole," said Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Dr. Helen Arteaga. "Annie Minguez, with her years of experience in the nonprofit sector, understands the urgency of these organizations' work and what it takes to make their impact felt, which are qualifications that make her exceptionally well-equipped for this role. I look forward to working with her to assist the New Yorkers who need help most."

“For the last 12 years, I have seen firsthand how stagnant funding, cuts to essential programs and changes in policies impact service delivery by the nonprofits that are the backbone of communities tasked to respond to the needs of the most vulnerable New Yorkers,” said Annie E. Minguez, Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office of Nonprofit Services. “From housing to immigration to after school to early childhood education to child welfare to youth justice, nonprofits are the government partners at the forefront of ensuring New Yorkers thrive.  I look forward to working with the nonprofit community in this new capacity on a whole of government approach that centers on strengthening nonprofits so they too, can thrive.”

Minguez most recently served as the Vice President of Government and Community Relations at Good Shepherd Services, a leading New York City youth and family development organization that serves more than 30,000 children and families across the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan. In that role, she led the organization’s advocacy efforts on education, juvenile justice, child welfare, procurement reform and after-school programming.

She also held leadership positions in several child, youth and family-focused coalitions, including the Campaign for Children, Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies (COFCCA), the Fostering Youth Success Alliance, Coalition for Equitable Education Funding, the Coalition for Community Schools Excellence and the Learning to Work Coalition. Her experience spans the nonprofit, philanthropic and federal government sectors and includes holding positions in the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. House of Representatives, the America Initiative of the Clinton Global Initiative, and ACCION U.S. Network.

Minguez was born and raised in Washington Heights to Dominican immigrant parents and lives in the Bronx. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business management with a minor in communications from George Mason University. Minguez has served on the Boards of the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Good Shepherd Volunteers and the National Dominican Day Parade.

The Mayor’s Office of Nonprofit Services (MONS) is dedicated to strengthening New York City’s nonprofit sector. As the first office of its kind in the nation, MONS serves as a bridge between City agencies and nonprofit organizations, helping improve service delivery through performance management, procurement and contracting reform, communication, capacity building and cross-agency coordination.