Yolanda J. Gorman, MBA, Ph.D.
Dr. Yolanda J. Gorman, senior advisor to the Chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Gorman has more than 25 years of experience as a successful organizational consultant specializing in nonprofit management. She has assisted nonprofit organizations with infrastructure and resource development, and has provided program and strategic planning, research and evaluation, board training and organizational development services.
Dr. Gorman has secured more than $100 million from state, federal and private sources to help her clients design and deliver programs that respond to critical human needs. She conducts seminars and training sessions for the boards of local and national organizations, foundations and academic institutions, and has provided technical assistance to numbers of private foundations.
Board chair of CalNonprofits Insurance Services, a for-profit insurance solution for nonprofit organizations in California, she also serves on the Board of Trustees of Woodbury University. In 2013, Dr. Gorman was appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. to the board of the Baldwin Hills Conservancy, which she now serves as chair. She is the author of several articles and papers on organizational capacity building, strategic planning and business management.
Dr. Gorman is a three time graduate from UCLA with a BA in Psychology, an MBA from the Anderson School, and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology. An active volunteer with multiple community, civic and cultural organizations, Dr. Gorman recently completed her second term an Alumni Regent of the University of California. She is the only Alumni Regent to serve twice. Dr. Gorman is currently the chair of the board of CalNonprofits Insurance Services, a for-profit insurance solution for nonprofit organizations in California. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of Woodbury University. In 2013, Dr. Gorman was appointed by California Governor Brown to serve on the board of the Baldwin Hills Conservancy, and is currently the chair of the board. She is the author several articles and papers on organizational capacity building, strategic planning and business management.