Ceil has worked with nonprofits, sports organizations, high net worth individuals and companies and corporations around the globe.
Ceil has garnered a reputation over the past 25 years as a dynamic executive who sees what’s possible, engages others in the vision and builds and leads high performing teams to execute with excellence and enthusiasm.
She has been called one of the most strategically minded leaders in the nonprofit space. Adept at managing complex, large-scale world-class strategic initiatives, Ceil leverages outstanding communication and relationship skills to cultivate high yield partnerships. She has been called one of the most strategically minded leaders in the nonprofit space.
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Cecilia J. Folz
Position: Founder and CEO of Ceil Folz Consulting
Ceil Folz is Founder and CEO of Ceil Folz Consulting and CFC Collective, serving professional sports and Olympic athletes as well as many US National Governing Bodies and their Foundations.
Prior to creating her own company, Ceil served from 1999-2015 as President and CEO of the Vail Valley Foundation (VVF), a non-profit organization that creates and promotes international cultural, athletic and educational programs in the Vail Valley.
She served as President of the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championships, CEO of the Youth Foundation.
Feeling inspired? She is motivated by results and takes a 30,000-foot view of an organization, its revenue goals and its leadership to identify the right strategy for moving forward.
HIGHLIGHTS OF CEIL’S PODCAST
00:30 Background and experience
04:00 Experience with Vail Valley Foundation (VVF)
05:30 Size and growth of VVF
10:00 Staffing and event management
14:00 Crossover from sponsorship to donor management
17:00 Building relationships with donors
21:00 Concept to start CFC
25:00 Intrigue of raising money
29:00 How the Collective functions
32:00 Process of handling work for the Collective
35:00 Client selection process
38:00 Challenges in dealing with difficult clients
41:00 Building alliances and relationships with Board of Directors
For more information about Ceil and her team, visit the website for CFC Collective at www.cfccollective.com.
THE TEAM BEHIND YOUR TEAM
CEIL FOLZ // CEO and Founder
Ceil Folz is the former CEO of Vail Valley Foundation, President of the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championships, and CEO of the Youth Foundation.
Ceil has worked with nonprofits, sports organizations, high net worth individuals and companies and corporations around the globe.
Ceil has garnered a reputation over the past 25 years as a dynamic executive who sees what’s possible, engages others in the vision and builds and leads high performing teams to execute with excellence and enthusiasm.
Folz was responsible for winning and executing the successful 2015 FIS World Alpine Ski Championships which set new standards for excitement, exposure and event production.
PODCAST: S2:EP11 Ceil Folz, CFC Collective
Join us as Ceil Folz, CFC Collective sits down with our host Roy Kessel on S2:EP11 of the Sports Philanthropy Podcast to talk about her work in the #SportsPhilanthropy world and how her experience influenced her passion to help so many organizations.
Ceil is the CEO of CFC Collective, former CEO of Vail Valley Foundation.
A results-oriented leader, having delivered on operational and financial goals that took the prestigious Vail Valley Foundation to record levels of growth and global recognition. Folz received her bachelor’s degree in Recreation and Sports Medicine from the University of Wisconsin LaCrosse. Ceil serves on the Board of Directors of WADA’s Clean Sport Foundation.
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She resides in Edwards Colorado.
She uses her expertise in raising major funding from individuals and corporations, to achieve financial targets for her clients by blending strategic vision, tactical execution, and disciplined leadership with a fearlessness and a passion for excellence to deliver results.
Ceil’s strengths are: Strategic, Achiever and Activator.
They are RESPONSIVE, CREDIBLE, CREATIVE AND DELIVER on everything they promise.”
Ceil Folz
Class of 2015, Sport Builder
Ceil Folz has been a member of the Vail Valley Foundation since 1989 and president of the nonprofit organization since 1999.
Under Folz’ leadership, the VVF created and executed major international events including the GoPro Mountain Games, the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championships the 2001 World Mountain Bike Championships, the International Dance Festival and the World Forum.
Honors and recognition include induction into the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame, serving as the first female President of an Organizing Committee for an Alpine World Championship, El Pomar Lifetime Achievement Award, winning the National SportsTravel Award for both the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championships and the 2020 Giving Games.
She identifies the steps our team will take to make the greatest possible impact. She uses her expertise in raising major funding from individuals and corporations, to achieve financial targets for her clients by blending strategic vision, tactical execution, and disciplined leadership with a fearlessness and a passion for excellence to deliver results.
“CFC has just completed their first year with us and in the process helped transform us and take us to a place where we are already seeing the benefits of their ideas – even amid COVID.
A results-oriented leader, having delivered on operational and financial goals that took the prestigious Vail Valley Foundation to record levels of growth and global recognition.