United Way of Northwest Vermont, an organization dedicated to improving lives and advancing the common good in Chittenden, Franklin and Grand Isle counties, has hired Nina Lovelace as controller. In this role, Lovelace will provide strategic organizational financial leadership and manage day to-day finance and accounting functions for the organization.
Lovelace spent the first 10 years of her career in manufacturing, working her way up from accountant into accounting management at Pepsi and Jos. A. Bank Clothiers. She spent several years supporting a varied base of small-business clients and in IT as an accounting manager before relocating from Maryland to Vermont in 2021.
“With extensive experience in the for-profit sector and her work in finance with organizations of all sizes, Nina brings a unique lens to this critical piece of our work,” said United Way of Northwest Vermont CEO Jesse Bridges. “United Way takes our responsibility as stewards of philanthropy and community resources very seriously. A strong finance team is essential to the sustainability of our work as we continue building a brighter tomorrow for northwest Vermont.”
Lovelace is a graduate of Towson University and holds a master’s degree in leadership from Grand Canyon University.