Nonprofit HR’s Blog

Nonprofit HR announced today the addition of Heather de la Riva as lead HR Consultant for The HR Cooperative – Nonprofit HR’s virtual services program for small nonprofit organizations.

Established in 2010, The HR Cooperative (The Cooperative) offers small to mid-size nonprofits the opportunity to have access to experienced HR professionals in a simple, affordable, and virtual format. The Cooperative has proven to be very popular with small nonprofit  and is now serving more than a dozen organizations nationwide.

“I am pleased to announce that due to our continued acquisition of new nonprofits clients of all sizes that we have moved Jennelle Rush, former lead for The Cooperative, to another key role on the outsourcing side of our firm,” wrote Lisa Brown Morton, President and CEO of Nonprofit HR. “As a result, we have hired Heather de la Riva to provide leadership and management to The Cooperative. Heather joined Nonprofit HR a few months ago to assist us with project-based work. She’s done an outstanding job managing the multiple requirements associated with each project. We know she will be a great fit guiding the HR needs of multiple organizations.”

De la Riva brings a wealth of talent to The Cooperative. With focus areas in employee relations

and engagement, performance management and recruitment, she has collaborated with organizations to create a culture that focuses on their most important asset, their people. In her previous role as the Senior Director of Human Resources for Americans for Prosperity Foundation, de la Riva built an HR structure and operation from the ground-up. Through the creation of a strong performance management program, recruitment and retention plans and training and development, she assisted in the organization’s growth from 40 to just over 300 staff. De la Riva has a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania.

For more information on how The Cooperative can provide HR support to your small organization, visit NonprofitHR.com.