Blanche Norman

Blanche Norman is a Senior Development Officer at The New Press. Blanche was previously an Institutional Funding Officer at Aperture Foundation from April 2015 to May 2018. In their role, they were responsible for securing and managing total annual institutional funding in range of $800,000 to $1,000,000 per yea. Her most recent accomplishment was raising giving from NYSCA, almost three-fold over previous amount prior to their hire.

Blanche Norman has a MA in Arts and Non-Profit Administration from Teachers College, Columbia University, as well as a BS in Psychology from Bard College. Blanche also has a certification from Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education in Certificate of Completion for the Nonprofit Financial Stewardship Program.

Their manager is James L. Phelan, Director of Development. They are on a team with and Andres Valcarcel - Development Assistant.