Veronica Manning is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Service at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
Veronica is an experienced nonprofit executive, consultant and facilitator who has led two organizations centered around empowering and advocating for underserved youth. In her work, she has tackled challenges of overhauling finance and budgeting processes, creating an HR department, developing a new approach to fundraising, and instituting a learning culture of inclusion and leadership that centers equity.
Most recently, Veronica has consulted for Dual School, a nonprofit that helps students create social change passion projects in their local communities from a design thinking lens. Veronica also provided one-on-one executive coaching to the executive director, as well as helped the organization focus its strategic planning initiative, navigate board transitions, and develop a sustainable succession plan. Veronica has also consulted for The Democracy Collaborative, managing their hiring process for 3 key positions.
In her spare time, Veronica is a writer & filmmaker. Her most recent work – a silent micro short film called The Key – was a finalist in the 2021 Micromania Short Film Festival.
Veronica holds a B.A. in Organizational Behavior & Communication from NYU-SPS, and an M.P.A. in Public & Nonprofit Management & Policy from the NYU Wagner.
This course is a general introduction to nonprofit management, with heavy emphasis on practical application. How do nonprofit organizations actually function? How do they attract “customers?” How do these companies grow when there are no owners with financial incentives to grow the business? What are the core elements of a “good” nonprofit company? What are the metrics for determining the health of a company without profit? And, what, exactly does nonprofit even mean?
Couples with CAP-GP 3402. For MPA-PNP students.
As part of the core curriculum of the NYU Wagner Masters program, Capstone teams spend an academic year addressing challenges and identifying opportunities for a client organization. Wagner's Capstone program provides students with a centerpiece of their graduate experience whereby they are able to experience first-hand turning the theory of their studies into practice under the guidance of an experienced faculty member. Projects require students to get up-to-speed quickly on a specific content or issue area; enhance key process skills including project management and teamwork; and develop competency in gathering, analyzing, and reporting out on data. Capstone requires students to interweave their learning in all these areas, and to do so in real time, in an unpredictable, complex, real-world environment.
All public and nonprofit organizations must assemble and report information on their performance. The need for performance measures goes beyond legal and regulatory requirements. To provide services effectively and efficiently, managers need information to make decisions. This course focuses on what performance measures are needed, how they should be created and what forms of communication are most effective.
This course is a general introduction to nonprofit management, with heavy emphasis on practical application. How do nonprofit organizations actually function? How do they attract “customers?” How do these companies grow when there are no owners with financial incentives to grow the business? What are the core elements of a “good” nonprofit company? What are the metrics for determining the health of a company without profit? And, what, exactly does nonprofit even mean?
Couples with CAP-GP 3402. For MPA-PNP students.
As part of the core curriculum of the NYU Wagner Masters program, Capstone teams spend an academic year addressing challenges and identifying opportunities for a client organization. Wagner's Capstone program provides students with a centerpiece of their graduate experience whereby they are able to experience first-hand turning the theory of their studies into practice under the guidance of an experienced faculty member. Projects require students to get up-to-speed quickly on a specific content or issue area; enhance key process skills including project management and teamwork; and develop competency in gathering, analyzing, and reporting out on data. Capstone requires students to interweave their learning in all these areas, and to do so in real time, in an unpredictable, complex, real-world environment.
This course is a general introduction to nonprofit management, with heavy emphasis on practical application. How do nonprofit organizations actually function? How do they attract “customers?” How do these companies grow when there are no owners with financial incentives to grow the business? What are the core elements of a “good” nonprofit company? What are the metrics for determining the health of a company without profit? And, what, exactly does nonprofit even mean?
Couples with CAP-GP 3402. For MPA-PNP students.
As part of the core curriculum of the NYU Wagner Masters program, Capstone teams spend an academic year addressing challenges and identifying opportunities for a client organization. Wagner's Capstone program provides students with a centerpiece of their graduate experience whereby they are able to experience first-hand turning the theory of their studies into practice under the guidance of an experienced faculty member. Projects require students to get up-to-speed quickly on a specific content or issue area; enhance key process skills including project management and teamwork; and develop competency in gathering, analyzing, and reporting out on data. Capstone requires students to interweave their learning in all these areas, and to do so in real time, in an unpredictable, complex, real-world environment.