Mandelyn “Mandy” Cloninger, CFRE, is a nonprofit leader, charismatic spokesperson and results-driven executive. With 20 years of experience raising hundreds of millions of dollars and cultivating transformational relationships with diverse constituencies, she has built capacity, scale and scope in higher education, health care and community-based nonprofits. She is passionate about social justice and humanitarian work internationally and at home.

For the past decade, Mandy has led community-based nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving health and capability for neighbors experiencing hunger, food insecurity and homelessness. Most recently, she served as the chief impact officer at Feeding Tampa Bay where she was part of a dynamic leadership and fundraising team that achieved historic levels of giving, engaged more than 20,000 new donors, and served more than 90 million meals.

Mandy has led high-performing development teams of all sizes. She has secured transformational gifts and managed boards of directors and external committees, contributing to the success of three capital campaigns raising more than $75 million. At Metropolitan Ministries, she led the MiraclePlace Capital Campaign to encourage transformational giving and raised $25 million to double the housing for homeless families with children. At Tampa General Hospital, she trained staff across all levels of the organization as ambassadors during its employee campaign, raising more than half a million dollars to achieve 37.5% participation, setting a record.

Mandy is a passionate advocate both personally and professionally for justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. She graduated from the Oregon Food Bank’s Equity Institute in 2020 and recently completed her DEI certificate through the University of South Florida. She has also participated in and led the racial equity habit-building challenge for staff. She is an advocate for Bread for the World and Hillsborough Opportunity for Progress & Equality (HOPE).