Sylvia Saavedra-Keber, Senior Associate, Community Capacity Building, trains community-based organizations in multiple states, coordinates CTAC’s leadership and networking summits, and managed the intermediary support for organizing communities program. Sylvia has led successful community efforts in the areas of immigrant voting rights and accessibility to quality education, housing, and health care. She previously served as executive director of Concilio Hispano, the largest multi-service center for Latinos in Cambridge, MA. She also served as assistant director of the immigrant unit at the Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants, and as the equal employment opportunity director for the Massachusetts Department of Employment and Training. Her areas of expertise include community building, organizing, nonprofit leadership, advocacy for and by communities of color, school/community collaboration, and private sector philanthropy.