Sofia Bonnelly is the Director of Data and Development at the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation (DRIF) and has 31 years’ experience as a Database administrator. At Florida International University, where she worked for 15 years, she established policies, procedures and trained & managed seven staff members. At Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Foundation, she was the Director of Development Services for 13 years. She implemented processes and procedures and added ImportOmatics and PaperSave. She also prepared the database to move into RENxt. At DRIF, she has been tasked with auditing and cleaning the database in order to move to RENxt. She also began implementing ImportOmatics and Luminate Online.

Sofia has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. She is Blackbaud Certified. Sofia won the Presidential Award for Achievement and Excellence (1998 at Florida International University). Sofia was a previous host for RE Users in Miami Florida.

Sofia made Raiser’s Edge a career. She loves how easy it is to work in Raiser’s Edge and how to code data either using relationships, attributes, actions, etc., and is always trying to make the best use of such a powerful program. She is passionate about motivating employees to learn RE since more non-profits are using it. She always says, “Raiser’s Edge is an asset very important to add to your resume.” For several years, Sofia and Marie Stark have been talking about doing a webinar at the Blackbaud conference to share their knowledge and to teach others how to navigate Raiser’s Edge.