Meet the Team

The Collective is led by Co-Founders Tyneisha Gibbs, 144th and Vine, and Victoria Fernandez, Director of Thriving Communities, Grunin Foundation. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Dodge Foundation, and the Grunin Foundation sponsor The Collective.


  • Co-Founder & Executive Director

    Tyneisha K. Gibbs is the founder and Principal Consultant of 144th & Vine, LLC, a nonprofit consulting agency and the co-founder of the Nonprofit Professionals of Color Collective. As a state level educator, Mrs. Gibbs recently served as the Interim Chief Operations Officer and is currently the Director of Expanded Learning Opportunities for NJSACC: New Jersey’s Statewide Network for Afterschool Communities. She has her BA in Psychology with a double minor in Social Work and Multicultural Studies from Rider University, a Certificate in Non Profit Management from The College of New Jersey, a certificate in Corporate Social Responsibility from Rutgers Business School- Institute of Ethical Leadership and is a former fellow of the Rutgers Business School- Institute of Ethical Leadership’s Victoria Emerging Leaders Program. In 2019, she was selected and recognized nationally as a White Riley Peterson Policy fellow, a prestigious fellowship named for the former US Secretary of Education, Dick Riley. Currently, she is pursuing a J.D. at Rutgers Law School in Newark, NJ.

    Mrs. Gibbs is also a national speaker, trainer and facilitator, having presented at the US Department of Education’s Nita M. Lowey’s 21st Century Community Learning Center’s Summer Symposium and the National Afterschool Association annual convention for two years consecutively. Besides training and working in various roles for non- profit organizations throughout NJ, she is a PROUD member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, serving on both the local and regional levels.

    She was born in Newark, NJ and raised in the Jersey shore town of Neptune. In addition to being passionate about her career, she is a loving wife to Blair and mother to ReNee.


  • Co-Founder & Fund Manager

    Ms. Victoria Marie Fernandez, MPA (she/hers) is a nonprofit generalist with 20 years of experience and a particular passion for work in the arts. Since 2022, she has been the Director of Thriving Communities for the Grunin Foundation where she leads the foundation’s capacity building and EDIB (equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging) efforts. In June 2019, Vicki Co-Founded the Nonprofit Professionals of Color Collective with Tyneisha Gibbs (144th and Vine), a national group that seeks to support holistic development of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and other Persons of Color) leaders in our sector.

    Vicki earned her BA at Ramapo College of NJ in Communications and Visual Arts, and MPA focused on non-profit administration at Rutgers – Newark School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA). She serves as a board member for the Institute of Music for Children in her hometown of Elizabeth, NJ; on the Steering for the Council of NJ Grantmakers’ (CNJG) Doing Good Better initiative; as a Curran Every Voice Fellow in Impact 100 Essex; and is a decorated Lifetime Girl Scout and adult volunteer.

    She enjoys trying different artistic media and experimenting in the kitchen for fun. Her core values include creativity, ideation, justice, collaboration, service, and humor/joy. A campfire, fresh figs, walking bass line, and fireworks bring her instant happiness.

  • Stella serves as Assistant Administrator to Executive Director Tyneisha Gibbs. A proud Filipina from Manila, now based in Seattle, Stella brings administrative expertise, a love for the arts, and a deep commitment to accessible, mission-driven work.

    First-gen grad from Colby College
    Arts & nonprofit experience: Monet Foundation, Crystal Bridges, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Speaks Tagalog (Native), Italian (Working Proficiency), Spanish (Conversational)

    Published in Italian Trans Geographies

    Current role: Seattle Center + planning for FIFA 2026!