Staff and Board

The CNPE team is here to serve the nonprofit community, whether current members or future members.

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Das Rooprai

CEO
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Bridget Dale

Chief Operating Officer
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Mervin P. Antonio

Senior Director of Learning & Convening
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Board of Directors

Kat Abner

Karina Barillas

Mariana Barzun

Theresa Batliner - Board Treasurer

Dave Christopher

Victoria Fuller - Secretary

Stephen George – Board Chair

Robert Gunn, Jr.

Crystal Gunther Melcher

Brett Shepherd

Ashley Parrott (Emerita)

Angelica Wilson

Keni Winchester - Vice Chair

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502-315-CNPE (2673)

Mailing Address

325 W. Main Street

Waterfront Plaza Suite 150

Louisville, KY, US 40202

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Current Blog Post

Saying Goodbye After 25 Years of Service

November 20, 2025

Dear Friends, For 25 years, the Center for Nonprofit Excellence (CNPE) has stood at the heart of our region’s nonprofit community, helping organizations grow stronger, lead better, and serve more effectively. Since our founding, we have been guided by a single belief: that when nonprofits thrive, our entire community benefits in immeasurable ways. Now, we are sharing a difficult decision. CNPE will be closing its operations at the end of December 2025. This decision was not made lightly. Like so many of the organizations we have supported over the years, CNPE has felt the effects of the profound challenges facing the nonprofit sector. Supporting the work we do has required continuous investment to ensure our programming and services remain relevant, affordable and accessible for all. And today there are many resources available for nonprofit leaders to learn and connect. Our business has always required a heavy lift from philanthropy, and today our philanthropic community faces immense new pressures to rightly focus their resources to direct services to meet our community’s most urgent needs—from food insecurity and housing to education and health. These priorities are essential and the continued shifting landscape around us has made it untenable to sustain the capacity-building work that CNPE provides. We remain deeply committed to our mission and to the vision that inspired our founding. The need for education, collaboration, and connection has not gone away – it is, in fact, greater than ever. Over the coming weeks, our dedicated team and board will be focused on stewarding as much of the essential roles CNPE has played as possible into our community. We are confident that the spirit of learning and collaboration that has defined CNPE will continue in new and innovative ways. To our members, donors, sponsors, faculty, vendors, and the many partners who have stood beside us over the years—thank you. Your belief in CNPE and in the power of the nonprofit sector has made an immeasurable difference. To our remarkable staff and board, whose passion, expertise, and commitment have shaped CNPE’s legacy of service for a quarter-century, we extend our deepest gratitude. It has been our honor to serve the thousands of organizations and nonprofit leaders we’ve come to know throughout the past 25 years. More details about what comes next for our members, vendors and partners will be shared in the coming days. Though CNPE’s chapter is coming to a close, the pursuit of nonprofit excellence in our community continues—and we are proud to have been part of it. With heartfelt thanks, Das Rooprai CEO, Center for Nonprofit Excellence

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