Monica Wirtz (she/her)
Director of Corporate Partnerships
Monica joined MFS in 2008 to coordinate MFS' new fundraiser and dinner discussion series, A Gathering of Good. Through her years at MFS, she has served as event coordinator, development manager, interim director of development, and director of development operations. Since 2019 she has directed Social Purpose Works, an innovative social enterprise that recruits and matches highly skilled volunteers from around the world with short-term, high-impact strategic projects for nonprofits based in Oregon.
She also serves the organization in an operations capacity, researching, developing, training and implementing tools and systems so colleagues can focus on program delivery, building relationships and innovating toward our vision. Monica supports several programs/initiatives with project management and graphic design. She relishes any opportunity to collaborate with and learn from her coworkers.
Monica is from the Home of the Ducks and is a graduate of UO, having been a saxophonist and field instructor in the 260-piece marching band. She received her MS in Education: Community Counseling from Portland State University (and played bari sax while she was there).
Monica is an avid amateur astronomer, a pretty good gardener, and horrible singer. She enjoys making mischief with her three adult kids, design and photography, traveling, dancing in public or in the living room, organizing people's junk drawers, and making things happen, preferably behind the scenes.
