Senior Director of DevelopmentProLiteracy Worldwide
As Senior Director of Development for ProLiteracy in Syracuse, NY, Lara Pimentel is responsible for guiding the philanthropic goals and social impact of the 60-year-old adult literacy nonprofit. ProLiteracy is a nonprofit social enterprise with a successful publishing arm that serves adult literacy programs and programmatically by increasing access and advocacy for adult learners and literacy.
A Returned Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic (2006-2008), Pimentel’s passion was ignited for addressing systemic social issues during her service. Pimentel’s previous career experience includes positions at two Upstate New York community foundations and most recently was the inaugural Executive Director of the Literacy Coalition of Herkimer & Oneida Counties. Lara Pimentel holds a Bachelor’s degree from Old Dominion University and a Master of Public Administration from Syracuse University.
Pimentel’s professional interests include leadership management, fundraising and relationship building, and organizational capacity building/strategic planning. Lara has been fortunate to volunteer not only with the Peace Corps, but also with the United Way of the Valley & Greater Utica Area on Community Allocations, Vision 2020 and is immediate past president of the Literacy Funders Network.