Sandra Denton is the NUA’s Administrative Support Director. She has served the NUA in a variety of capacities since joining the organization in 2007. Ms. Denton, a native Colombian, has worked in Administration Support for over twelve years, nine of which were in the nonprofit community. Among her responsibilities, she directs the activities of the NUA and works with the Director of Operations to sustain and grow the organization’s programs and services, supports NUA’s strategic alliances and partnerships, incorporates strategic planning into the organization’s calendar, assists in budget creation and expense tracking, manages logistical coordination for staff meetings, marketing presentations and academies, ensures that performance goals are set and achieved, manages projects through the delegation of duties to support staff and monitors progress to ensure success, and prepares reports to analyze client needs in order to tailor mentoring presentations to see that they are addressed.
Prior to her service at NUA, Ms. Denton worked as a Program Manager for Hospitality Marketing Concepts (HMC). She also served as a Spanish intake coordinator at North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center. Ms. Denton holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Trade from Saint Thomas Aquinas University, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and Economics, with a concentration in Human Resource Management, from SUNY Empire State College. Ms. Denton has a passion for improving the quality of life in our region; one program at a time.