Gena Dellett
CEO at Skvare
Gena Dellett is the CEO and owner of Skvare, a technology consultancy supporting nonprofits, membership associations, and education groups with their technology needs. Since 2008, Skvare has combined strategy, design, and engineering to deliver systems that make operations simpler and impact easier to measure, guided by the promise of “Helping Others Help Others.”
A longtime open-source champion, Gena leads the Skvare team in contributing code, documentation, and leadership across Drupal and CiviCRM. Skvare is a CiviCRM Gold Partner and maintains and supports widely used modules and extensions. Gena’s leadership style is constructively opinionated and deeply collaborative, grounded in regenerative principles that align technology choices with organizational health and responsibility.
Before and after the launch of any project, Gena focuses on outcomes: accessible user experiences, reliable data, and teams who feel confident owning their tools. She speaks frequently at community events, sharing practical lessons on partnership, governance, and building systems that are designed to adapt to an organization's work and mission.
Many nonprofits do a lot with a little. Drupal can be a powerful ally, but only when it’s implemented and maintained with the unique needs of mission-driven organizations in mind. In this session, we’ll explore how nonprofits are using Drupal to stretch their budgets, engage supporters, and streamline operations.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the key reasons nonprofits choose (and stay with) Drupal
- Learn best practices for planning, building, and maintaining Drupal sites with limited budgets
- Identify pitfalls and strategies for working effectively with developers and vendors
Session outline:
Getting It Right from the Start
- Strengths of Drupal for mission-driven orgs
- Planning for long-term sustainability
- Stakeholder engagement and internal alignment
- Avoiding scope creep and vendor misalignment
Drupal as a Platform, Not Just a Website
- Integration with CRMs (like CiviCRM, Salesforce, or custom solutions)
- Event management, donations, membership, advocacy tools
- Accessibility, multilingual, and privacy considerations
Working with Developers and Vendors
- What to ask before you sign a contract
- Building a productive relationship between orgs and dev teams
Maintaining and Growing Your Site
- Budgeting for the long haul
- Content strategy for small teams
- Keeping up with updates, security, and community contributions