Marcy Woodard

Marcy Woodard is a nonprofit financial leader with a passion for the arts who has held accounting and finance roles for over a decade. Marcy moved to Minnesota after completing a Master’s of Nonprofit Management from Regis University in Denver, and has since worked with organizations of all sizes, with budgets ranging from $500K-$25M. Additionally, she has worked in finance and operations across many public and private industries and draws from that wealth of experience to inform her leadership practices. She has worked with organizations such as the United Way, College Possible, the Center for Victims of Torture, and Open Book, and has administered grants and contracts at the individual, city, state, and national levels from private foundations and governmental institutions. Marcy is responsible for the fiduciary management of the Loft's Minnesota State Arts Board General Operating Support grant. 

Marcy is a ceramic artist who blends her personal passions and professional pursuits to engage in the missions and communities from which she fuels her creative drive. She has been making pottery since 2000, earned a BFA in ceramics and BAs in Art History and Native Studies from the University of Iowa, and proudly claims to still be close friends with her first pottery teacher. Outside of work and pottery, Marcy and her family enjoy time in the wilderness and travelling whenever possible.