Velma Hart

Velma Hart, is a proven and respected nonprofit financial professional who has worked for a wide variety of nonprofit organizations over her career in several capacities. However, her passion and home is in the area of finance, which she considers to be the heart and soul of business.   

With over 20 years of nonprofit experience, Velma is currently the Chief Financial Officer for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, a 501(c)(3) organization and nationally known public speaker. Prior to this assignment, she served as the National Finance Director/Chief Financial Officer for AMVETS National Headquarters for 10 years until December 2010. Velma has held various positions with organizations such as The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) and the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). She was also a Secretarial appointee to the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans for the Department of Veteran Affairs leaving that post in 2009, is a proud Army Reserve veteran, a 2005 ASAE Fellow and earned her Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation.

Velma is an innovative thinker with vision and leadership; and, is known for her strategic focus in moving companies and organizations forward in their goals. She serves on various nonprofit boards, including as Past Chairman of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), and currently as Treasurer for both the Alliance for Nonprofit Management and the Business and Professional Women’s Foundation boards and as a member of the Army Women’s Foundation Planning Committee to name just a few.