Changemaker Spotlight: Diana Rosa, Rosa Consulting, LLC

Diana Rosa, a native of the Glenville community in Cleveland, has a powerful success story influenced by the invaluable support of outstanding nonprofits. Her direct experience with the specific needs, challenges, and strengths of urban communities has fostered a strong dedication and passion for improving the quality of life for residents and empowering the nonprofits that support them to flourish. This personal connection drives her unwavering commitment to making urban communities, specifically Cleveland, a better place for people to call home.

Diana earned her Bachelor of Arts in Health Science from Lake Erie College and her Master’s in Healthcare Administration from the University of Cincinnati. She is a results-driven, community-oriented leader with three decades of experience in nonprofit management. As a strategist committed to fostering positive cultures, Diana has held executive leadership roles at several major non-profits in Northeast Ohio. She is widely recognized for her approach and ability to create productive teams and thriving organizations, with a strong focus on diversity, equity, and cultural humility.

On National Nonprofit Day 2021, Diana established her consulting firm, Rosa Consulting, LLC. While her services are available to nonprofits of all sizes, her heart lies with small nonprofits that focus on urban communities. She believes these smaller organizations are essential and have gained the trust of their communities. Diana’s vision is to develop comprehensive strategies for small nonprofits, enabling them to create significant change by adopting efficient business practices, engaging and retaining solid boards, and implementing dynamic strategic plans.  She calls it Big Strategy for Small Nonprofits.

The necessity for the firm became apparent as it expanded rapidly, growing from a one-person operation in 2021 to now a team of over 20 contract consultants, administrative support, and back-office staff serving numerous local and now national clients. Since its founding, Rosa Consulting has evolved from a simple business into a ministry. It has collaborated with and supported over 60 nonprofit organizations, providing over $300,000 in sponsorships and in-kind services to uplift small nonprofits. The firm’s mission goes beyond merely assisting individual organizations; it seeks to strengthen connections and foster collaboration, working to inspire collective impact.

In May 2024, she established her own nonprofit, the Ivan Rosa Memorial Foundation to honor her late husband, Ivan Rosa, a dedicated community advocate.

About the Ivan Rosa Memorial Foundation:

This nonprofit organization provides financial support and will introduce programs designed to empower nonprofits and people to create transformative change within their communities and their lives starting in 2025.

Ivan Rosa had a heart for people and the community, and many testimonies revealed his generosity and passion for helping people in need. He was fascinated by change and collecting coins and used the saved change to help others. His family discovered many change jars hidden throughout their home. He saved over $10,000 in change, which was used as start-up money for the foundation. It demonstrated that saving just a few coins a day can significantly impact the lives of others. 

The foundation continues Ivan’s beloved tradition and seeks to fund the foundation through ordinary people who are encouraged to “Be Ivan” by saving change through their annual “Save Your Change to Bring the Change” campaign.   You can learn more about how you can get involved by visiting ivanrosafoundation.org or starting a change jar for you or your business to support our communities: Bring the Change Event Info and Change Saving Registration.   

Please also plan to attend the annual family fundraising event  on Saturday, June 21, 2025.