Colleen Lockwood

Colleen is the President and CEO of Crescendo Philanthropy and has collaborated with NLI since 2018.

She is an active community leader with extensive private sector experience. In her global work with Sprint, British Telecom, France Telecom and AT&T, she led strategic planning initiatives and operational/IT deployments in Western Europe and the Middle East.

For the last decade, she has been deeply invested in serving the youth of South Florida and our community at large. She serves as the Collective Impact Leader of Bridge 2 Life, a countywide collaboration of agencies focused on helping youth build self-efficacy through a racial equity lens. This includes facilitation of the youth-led Racial Equity and Social Justice Advisory Council.

As the President of the Council of Fort Lauderdale Civic Associations, she represents the interests of 70+ civic associations within the City. She also serves on the City’s Education Advisory Board. She has served on the board of Fleet Week Port Everglades since 2011 introducing active military to youth through the annual Fleet Week Tech Summit.

She is an instructor with the National Leadership Institute and has presented at the statewide Planet Philanthropy conference since 2014.

Colleen earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing Research from the University of Maryland on an athletic scholarship and an MBA from Pennsylvania State University. She completed the Executive Marketing Program at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

CAREER NOTES:

Member, Florida Department of Education “Get There” Advisory Council, 2020
Member, Broward Public Schools National Academy Foundation Advisory Board, 2020
Member, Broward Public Schools STEM BASE Measurement and Data Committee, 2020
Appointed to Education Advisory Board, City of Fort Lauderdale in 2019
Member, Achieve Palm Beach, High School Advising Committee since 2019
Treasurer, Tech Summit Chair, Fleet Week Port Everglades/Broward Navy Days since 2011
Instructor, National Leadership Institute, 2017 – Present
Speaker, Planet Philanthropy AFP Florida, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
President, Council of Fort Lauderdale Civic Associations since 2018
FAU Tech Runway “Launch Competition Winner”, Business Case/Pitch Sessions, 2015
Education/Non-Profit Committees, Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber since 2017
Volunteer, Covenant House Florida 2011 – 2019