Molly grew up in Corpus Christi, TX where she spent the majority of her adult life as a radio “personality.” She received her BA in theatre from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, then went on to get her master’s degree in political science from UTSA. Molly worked as the Director of UTSA’s Center for Policy Studies, where she led the Nonprofit Management and American Humanics Programs. Her focus in nonprofit capacity building grew to include her own consulting business, Nonprofit Fancy Pants. In March 2013, she joined SA2020 as the Chief of Engagement and in early 2015 became President & CEO of SA2020.
My love affair with community visioning started ten years ago. I witnessed, as a volunteer table facilitator for the original visioning process, the power of thousands of people coming together to articulate a shared vision. In 2011, I consulted for
Crafting an end of year message, in general, is not my favorite. There is an expectation—maybe self-imposed—that it will inspire or deliver hope in a beautifully crafted paragraph or two. Then, the end of the year 2020 arrived… For the small
Sonia Rodriguez began her work with SA2020 in 2010 when she was tapped as one of the tri-chairs of what began as a community engagement process to create a ten-year vision for the future of San Antonio. In 2012, she
I’ve been with SA2020 since the jump, and since I’m turning 40 this year, I thought I’d make a list of the 40 things I think of when I think of SA2020. These are in alphabetical order, only ‘cause they
I want to talk to you about budgets. No, wait! Don’t fall asleep. This is important! Each year, the City of San Antonio crafts their (our?) budget – arguably the most important policy document for our city—‘cause you can’t pass
It’s a bizarre role a person must play when on the Board of Directors for a nonprofit organization. This volunteer position holds a lot of legal responsibility: duty of care, ensuring prudent use of all assets; duty of loyalty, ensuring
I am often asked: “So…what do you do all day?”
By now, you’ve heard that the SA2020 Annual Progress Report is out, and what a celebration we had at the release luncheon. We have to thank our Board of Directors, the fantastic volunteers from SA2020 Partner, Clarity Child Guidance Center,
At SA2020 we live in the middle – the squishy center that allows us to research and analyze and evaluate and question. We know, as an organization that specializes in community change and incremental progress, that there is generally no
On September 25, 2016, the community vision known as SA2020 will celebrate 6 years of existence. And in these six years, I can clearly say that the shifts in our community can be attributed to partnership, collaboration, and deliberate, thoughtful
After 12 years of driving progress toward a shared community vision, SA2020, the nonprofit organization, is dissolving. We believe this is the most visionary thing we can do. We made this decision with the greatest care for our organizational values of leadership, community, and accountability, and we hope you’ll read more about it on our blog.
Our website is live with our final data release, showing where San Antonio stands on reaching the shared community vision. The data release is accompanied by our final call to action—a policy agenda for City government based on our unique bird’s-eye view of San Antonio.
While SA2020’s operations ended March 28, these resources, along with the last twelve years of our research and stories, will be available to download from our website through September 2024.
– Team SA2020