Meet Lucimara Letelier

Lucimara Letelier

Lucimara Letelier has over 10 years experience in fundraising, marketing and communications to nonprofit organizations in Brazil and in the US, both on the social and arts sectors.

Lucimara holds a Master in Arts Administration from Boston University (Boston, USA) and an undergraduate degree in Marketing and Communications from ESPM, SP. She has taught graduate courses in Brazilian universities such as Candido Mendes in Rio de Janeiro and SENAC in Sao Paulo.

Lucimara held positions at ActionAid (RJ), Brazilian Symphony Orchestra (RJ), Caixa Cultural Center (SP), Guggenheim Museum (NY), The Children’s Museum (Boston), Arts Bienal (SP) and Articultura (SP). Lucimara worked with the Sao Paulo Secretariat of Culture in capacity building for Fundraising, Development and Marketing for the cultural institutions in its network.

As founder and Director of Artefoco Consulting, she has led planning, capacity building and team coaching in communications strategy, organisational structure, board development, institutional positioning, events and fundraising planning (corporate sponsorship and individual giving) for nonprofit organizations.

Her clients include arts organizations, INGOS and Brazilian NGOS such as Save the Children, Projeto Guri, Santa Marcelina Cultura, sitawi, Bombelela, Fabricas de Cultura, As head of fundraising for ActionAid in Brazil from 2005 to 2009, Lucimara led the start up of their local fundraising program, and developed a long-term fundraising strategy aligned with ActionAid UK and its international alliance, built and led the local team and implemented all the procedures and campaigns for donors recruitment, retention and development, as well as the organizational change required. From 2003 to 2005, Lucimara led the start up of the fundraising and marketing department at the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra.

Her current clients include arts organisations, INGOs and Brazilian NGOs such as Save the Children, Projeto Guri, Santa Marcelina Cultura, sitawi, Bombelela, Fabricas de Cultural, and Associação Paulista de Amigos da Arte.