Elliot Zettas (MPA, Arkansas State University) is a PhD candidate in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver. His research interests concern nonprofit finance, entrepreneurship, management, and board governance. Elliot has over 6 years of nonprofit management experience. He has been through a wide variety of roles at nonprofit organizations as he has created, merged, and worked for several nonprofit organizations. He is an Education Pioneer Fellow, eForAll accelerator winner, and is a Carl H. Pforzheimer Jr. Fellow. Elliot was raised in Denver, CO and considers Denver home.