Liana Garcia has been the Director of Gift Planning at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven for more than four years. Previous to that she was a Senior Philanthropic Officer for the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. She is a bilingual/bicultural (First generation Cuban American) management professional with more than thirty-five years of organizational growth, professional staff management and hands-on program development experience. She has been recognized in the non-profit and dietetic industries for her work and presentations involving the issue of diversity in the workplace. Liana received her Bachelor of Science in Clinical Dietetics from The University of Connecticut. In addition to her M.S. in Health Care Management from New York Medical College, she has a PMP (Project Management Professional certification) through the Project Management Institute and is a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP) from the American College.

Liana attributes her success in part to her focus on listening. She finds it, “important to listen to donors first and foremost and then be authentic in my efforts to be a knowledgeable resource for their philanthropic planning.”