Dynamic and collaborative with a passion for connecting donors with causes that matter, Enna Olivia Whitted brings nearly 22 years of experience as a senior leader within the nonprofit sector. From her role as an event planner and fundraiser in São Paulo, Brazil, to her uncanny ability to source and onboard benefactors to advance fundraising programs, Enna has helped organizations raise over $49 million in philanthropic support through major gifts, capital campaigns, annual giving, and other fundraising efforts, while also saving hundreds
of thousands of dollars with various cost-saving strategies.
As a consultant at Ruotolo Associates, Enna provides on- and off-site services to clients in capital campaigns, pre-campaign studies, and comprehensive development programs. In her most recent position as Manager of Donor Development at the March of Dimes, her key responsibilities included managing over 300 accounts, overseeing fundraising programs at multinational corporations, and coordinating stewardship activities for major donors. In 2022, Enna helped break down silos and facilitate communication by helping create Juntos, the March of Dimes Hispanic Employee Resource Group, to promote diversity and inclusion.
One of Enna’s strengths is her ability to work autonomously and with an entrepreneurial mindset, both independently and as part of a complex team effort. In addition, she has an acute understanding of the data infrastructure required for systematic resource mobilization. Her other areas of expertise include nonprofit management, committee relations, volunteer engagement, event planning, program management, budgeting, proposals and forecasting, strategic planning, corporate social responsibility, public relations, marketing, and process improvement. Enna thrives working with people from different cultural backgrounds; she is
fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.
Enna has led numerous executive searches for senior leadership positions, including Principal, Director of Advancement, and Director of Enrollment Management roles at Catholic schools in Florida, as well as an Assistant Development Director for Mission Advancement at a Catholic women’s religious organization headquartered in the United States with operations in Africa.
Enna enjoys paying it forward in her free time by volunteering with the Alzheimer’s Association as a Community Educator for the Hispanic community and by continuing to support the March of Dimes. A native of Mexico City, Enna received her Bachelor’s Degree in Science in Communication from the Universidad Intercontinental, a private Catholic University and one of the six Mexican universities in the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU). She has also completed additional courses at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and Schoolcraft College in Livonia, MI, where she earned her Event Planning
Certificate.
Enna resides in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, with her husband Ric and has one grown son. She
enjoys cycling, traveling, and golf.