Margaret Oser (Trainer)
Margaret is a graduate of the Univeristy of Texas at Austin. she began her career with the United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast in Houston, Texas. Throughout her eight years with that organization, she held professional and management positions in the campaign department and completed her tenure as the Director of Major Gifts and Foundation Relations. She served as executive director of the Alzheimer's Association in Houston, Tx, an organization with an annual budget of $1 million and oovers 18 counties in South Texas.
Currently, she is serving as the Vice President of Neighborhood Initiatives and the Strengthening Families Issue Council for the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County. She completed a two-year UW of America/Annie E. Casey foudnation Family Strengthening Fellowship in conjunction with Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. In her role as Director of Neighborhood Initiatives, she has developed and implemented several initiatives regarding community building for the United Way. These include policies guiding United Way's involvment in Community building and the formation of the Community Building Committee, the Neighborhood Mini Grants Program, and the Community Building Learning Institute. In her role as Director of the Strengthening Families Issue Council, she works with a team of volunteers implementing two integrated initiatives targeting Family Financial Stability and Security. These initiatives are targeting families at or below 200% of poverty in specific geographic areas. Through a neighborhood and a system approach, the goal is to increase families' financial stability through a broad range of asset building programs and services.