Hilda Polanco serves as Market Managing Principal at BDO, where she leads BDO’s Nonprofit & Grantmaker Advisory team which exclusively serves nonprofit organizations and the funders that support them. Passionate about helping nonprofits develop a resilient long-term financial strategy, Polanco has also worked closely with some of the nation’s largest foundations to illuminate the full cost of delivering nonprofit programs. She has joined them in calling others in the philanthropic sector to better understand nonprofit revenue models and ultimately to work toward more knowledgeable financing of those business models. Polanco is widely known for providing nonprofit leaders with the skills and confidence they need to tell their organization’s financial story, as well as working with boards to strengthen their capacity to execute their fiduciary responsibility. Currently on the faculty of Columbia Business School’s Tamer Center for Social Enterprise, she is also a frequent speaker with the AICPA and philanthropy-serving organizations such as GEO, PEAK Philanthropy, and Philanthropy NY. Polanco is a member of Latino U’s Advisory Board, the Board of Directors for Levitt Foundation, the Finance Committee for Roots & Wings Foundation, and is a Member of the National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers. She also serves as a Leap of Reason Ambassador, a selected community of leaders championing and contributing to a more effective social sector.