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The LUNA Story
LUNA’s story begins in the summer of 2023, when a small family foundation called and said, “We want to help really small nonprofits. Do you have any ideas?”.
From that phone call came the creation of the Level-Up Nonprofit Accelerator, which launched in September 2023 and as of mid-2025, has welcome eight cohorts. One of the greatest joys, for us, is getting to know crazy talented people from all around the world. We certainly didn’t expect that we would be international pretty much from the get-go.
At the time, we had no idea where the accelerator would take us.
Now, two years later, we are LUNA Experience, LLC. Glenn Kaufhold, one of the co-founders, serves as Managing Director. He was joined in 2025 by three partners. Andrea Mills, a national expert in nonprofit finance and accounting, and Mauricio Giammattei and Kevin Kelsick, partners at MOK2, who are highly creative storytellers, branders, and communicators.
When we created our LUNA Town Square, we knew we needed a community concierge. There was only one person for the job: Deb Miller, who has been a friend and guiding light since the very beginning of LUNA (she’s the one who called us from that small family foundation).
Thank you for being part of LUNA…and part of our story.
Our Team & Partners
Growing up, Glenn’s father instilled in him – through words and example – the importance of being involved in the community. So it’s no surprise that he’s dedicated his entire professional life to purpose-driven pursuits.
After successful tenures at Boston University, Fenway Health, Florida International University, and Miami Dade College Foundation, Glenn struck out on his own when he created GKollaborative, a strategic advising practice working with small- and mid-size organizations.
With the creative freedom and flexibility of time that comes from doing your own thing, he jumped at the chance to create LUNA. It actually fulfilled a long-standing dream of teaching others. Today, LUNA has become a passion project, because, hey, sleep is highly overrated.
Mauricio Giammattei is a brand strategist with equal parts creativity and business sense—a rare mix that makes him as comfortable in a boardroom as in a brainstorm. As a working affiliates of Luna Experience, he turns complex ideas into clear, compelling brands, fueled by strategy, design, and a healthy dose of hard work. Known for his relentless drive (and occasional dad jokes), Mauricio helps brands not just look good, but make sense.
As a passionate storyteller, Kevin has spent over 25 years helping organizations build brands with purpose and impact. From global names like American Express and FedEx to local startups and NGOs, his experience has taught him how to uncover what truly matters and turn it into visual, verbal, and experiential stories that inspire action.
Since 2007, he has led MOK2 Brand Intelligence and Design as partner and creative director, guiding mission-driven organizations to grow stronger, more authentic brands that change the world. As a partner and instructor at LUNA, he brings this same passion to helping organizations in our community reach their goals, whether fundraising or scaling, by crafting the most powerful story they can tell: who they are and why they matter.
Belinda brings more than four decades of dynamic leadership across executive human resources, talent management, and operations. Her career spans senior roles at a Fortune 500 catastrophic care hospital, a global beverage and bottling company, and internal consulting positions for a major Florida utility and a national institute supporting correctional facilities. With every role, Belinda has demonstrated her deep commitment to strategic problem-solving and empowering individuals and organizations to thrive. She is a servant leader at heart, driven by a passion for helping those who help others.
For 16 years, Belinda played a pivotal role at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, serving on its Executive Committee and as Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary to the Board of Trustees. Building on this legacy, she launched Lawrence Advisors LLC, a concierge consulting firm dedicated to serving philanthropic and nonprofit organizations, as well as professional associations. Her practice specializes in human resources strategy, talent and performance management, board governance, strategic planning, change management, leadership development, and career transition. Her clients include the Miami City Ballet, Doris Duke Foundation, Florida Philanthropic Network, United Philanthropy Forum, Prime Time Palm Beach County, and Knight Foundation.
Belinda holds a bachelor’s degree from Barry University in Miami, is seminary-trained in Practical Theology, and is a certified Leadership Coach through the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL). She currently serves as Director and Treasurer for Faith Foundry, a faith-based nonprofit dedicated to leadership training. Her past board service includes Florida Philanthropic Network, Donor's Forum of South Florida, Hospice of Louisville, and StrikeForce 421—a women’s giving circle in South Florida. She is also a proud alumna of Leadership Miami and a former member of the United Way of Miami-Dade Women’s Executive Leadership Council.
Deb is deeply passionate about advocating for others, expressing herself through writing, and giving back to her community. In addition to pursuing her writing interests, she dedicates herself to various non-profit initiatives, particularly those focused on supporting recovery and pediatric cancer research. Her involvement in these causes reflects her sincere commitment to making a difference.
Through her diverse experiences and steadfast dedication, Deb strives to be a catalyst for positive change, both locally and beyond, with humility and gratitude guiding her every step.
Andrea T. Mills is a strategic financial leader with an MBA, CPA, CGMA with a proven track record in driving growth and transformation within the nonprofit sector. She has spent over two decades scaling an accounting and consulting practice while pioneering remote workforce solutions and digital transformation in nonprofits nationally and internationally. Along with building her practice, she has over twenty years of training experience from delivery of curriculum to building content. She also spent five years as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University training and coaching students on financial management best practices. Andrea's commitment to the nonprofit sector has provided her with numerous speaking engagements throughout her career and she is now excited to be a part of the LUNA Team.
CJ Ortuño brings expertise in creating philanthropy-based learning experiences through technology and learner-centered design. He’s fluent in nonprofit learning assessments and training, fundraising performance improvement, and more.
As a 20-year development professional, CJ has worked on causes and issues of justice, education, diversity, equity, and inclusion in philanthropy. CJ was most recently the VP of Philanthropy for Civic News Company, a nonprofit news organization dedicated to helping people understand how America works so they can make it work better. Previously, he was Vice President at Teach for America, where he developed and implemented a fundraising training and coaching program for 200+ fundraisers across the country. CJ has trained volunteers, fundraisers, organizers, board members, academic leaders, and athletic partners in fundraising best and next practices. He’s coached business leaders, executive directors, chancellors, and gift officers by guiding their desire for improvement toward actional mindsets, habits, and techniques.
He resides in Chicago with his wife, Charlene, and daughter Amalia. He spends his free time reading, sipping delicious tea, working out, attending concerts, and traveling.
Vernetta Walker is CEO and Chief Governance Gladiator of Vernetta Walker & Associates Consulting, a national advisory firm focused on strengthening nonprofit boards, CEOs, and leadership teams in complex, high-stakes environments. A former Chief Governance Officer and Vice President of Programs at BoardSource, Vernetta brings more than 20 years of experience helping mission-driven organizations govern with clarity, courage, and accountability.
Vernetta has advised hundreds of public charities, associations, and foundations across the United States and globally. Her clients include Easterseals, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, YMCA of the USA, the National Aquarium, the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Gulf Coast Community Foundation, and the Walt Disney Company.
Known for her practical, candid approach, Vernetta works at the intersection of governance, strategy, and leadership—helping boards move beyond compliance to become engaged, effective partners in mission impact. In addition to consulting and executive coaching, she is a sought-after speaker and facilitator on nonprofit governance, board–CEO partnership, and navigating polarized, resource-constrained environments.
Earlier in her career, Vernetta practiced law before serving as Director of Administration of Justice Grants at the Florida Bar Foundation. She later held senior legal and policy roles with the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations—creators of the Standards of Excellence for Nonprofit Organizations—and the Alliance for Justice. She also taught Nonprofit Governance and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Nonprofits and Philanthropy at Columbia University.
Vernetta holds a Juris Doctor from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland, College Park.
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