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THE MANRIQUEZ GROUP
Fractional Leadership & Interim Chief Executive Officer
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Where Strategy Meets Execution

Organizations in transition need leadership, not advice.
We step in to stabilize operations, align teams, and move the mission forward.

The Manriquez Group provides senior executive leadership to nonprofits navigating growth, restructuring, or leadership gaps.

Boards engage us when they need an experienced CEO at the table, not a consultant on the sidelines.

33+ Years Nonprofit Leadership
16 Years CEO
Led $70M Organization

Housing | Education | Economic Mobility | Health | Advocacy

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INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

When an organization is without a CEO, Arnulfo steps in to provide immediate executive leadership, stabilize operations, and support the board through transition.

  • Executive leadership and decision-making authority
  • Operational continuity and risk management
  • Board partnership during transition
  • Leadership transition planning
FRACTIONAL EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

Senior executive leadership provided on a structured, part-time basis for organizations that need capacity without a full-time hire.

  • Executive team alignment and oversight
  • Operational execution and performance management
  • Strategic initiative leadership
  • Additional executive capacity during transition
EXECUTIVE ASSESSMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL REVIEW

An experienced executive perspective to assess current conditions, identify gaps, and support critical decision-making.

  • Executive and organizational assessment
  • Governance and decision-making alignment
  • Leadership structure evaluation
  • Financial and operational performance review
MERGERS, INTEGRATION, AND SUSTAINABILITY

Supporting organizations through structural change, including mergers, integration, and long-term positioning.

  • Merger feasibility and due diligence
  • Organizational and operational integration
  • Leadership and governance restructuring
  • Post-integration stabilization
SPEAKING AND EXECUTIVE BRIEFINGS

Keynote presentations and executive briefings focused on leadership, governance, and navigating organizational transition.

  • Leadership in times of uncertainty
  • Board governance and decision-making
  • Organizational growth and transition strategy
  • Executive leadership at scale

 

ENGAGEMENT

ENGAGEMENT MODEL

Assess
Review governance, financial position, leadership alignment, and operational risk.

Stabilize
Clarify priorities, align leadership, and create conditions for effective board decision-making.

Execute
Implement structural improvements, strengthen operations, and position the organization for its next phase.

ENGAGEMENT AND PRICING

Engagements are structured as executive retainers based on scope, complexity, and leadership intensity.

  • Monthly retainers typically range from $15,000 to $45,000
  • Structured executive involvement of approximately 10 to 25 hours per week
  • Engagements are executive leadership roles, not hourly consulting

For organizations outside Southern California, on-site leadership can be incorporated. Travel and scope are structured based on engagement needs.

ABOUT

Leadership Grounded in Experience

Arnulfo Manriquez brings more than 30 years of nonprofit executive leadership, including 16 years as Chief Executive Officer leading complex, multi-entity organizations.

He has operated at scale across education, health, affordable housing, workforce, advocacy and economic mobility, accountable to boards, public agencies, lenders, and regulators.

What he has done:

  • Grew operations from $32M to over $70M.
  • Led unionized, multi-program organizations under public funding pressure.
  • Oversaw real estate development, financing, and long-term assets.
  • Completed mergers and executive-level organizational integration.
  • He has served as both CEO and COO, giving him a full operational lens across strategy, governance, and execution.


He steps in when organizations need experienced leadership to stabilize operations, align teams, and move forward with clarity.

Stability is not accidental. It is engineered.

Father of three. Born in Mexicali, raised on the Tijuana–San Diego border

WSET Level 2 certified, currently working toward Level 3.

I’ve spent my career building and leading organizations that have to perform in real time. Wine became more than a passion. It became a lens. In vineyards, just like in leadership, structure matters, timing is everything, and execution is what ultimately shows in the glass.

Yes, the corkscrew is intentional.

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