Janice Hurtado-Aeppli (she/her/hers)
Senior Vice President for Chapter Operations
Janice Hurtado Aeppli joined AFSP in 2006 as the Midwest Regional Director where she worked with the Illinois Chapter to grow the Chicago community walk to be the number one fundraising walk in the country. She was the first to serve as a Division Director when AFSP’s division structure was first implemented in 2008 and became Senior Director for the Central Division in 2015. In her current role as Senior Vice President of Field Management she is responsible for the overall leadership, strategic management, growth, and development of AFSP’s national chapter structure.
Prior to joining AFSP, Ms. Hurtado Aeppli worked for United Way placing and training corporate women and people of color to serve on non-profit boards of directors. She has worked and volunteered on the board level with national nonprofit organizations such as United Way, the YWCA, AIDSWalk, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Habitat for Humanity, and the Boys and Girls Clubs. Her expertise includes work in board development, capacity building, diversity & inclusion, volunteer recruitment, conflict resolution, fundraising, marketing & communications, event planning, and non-profit management.
She attended Binghamton University where she received a degree in political science and holds a master’s degree in public relations from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. She also holds an Executive Certificate for Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University.
Ms. Hurtado Aeppli was born in the Philippines and grew up in Upstate New York. She is a survivor of suicide loss, having lost her cousin to suicide in 1995. She currently resides in the Chicagoland area with her husband, son, dog Floyd, and two frogs named Chicky and Joey. For self-care, she enjoys working out, being outdoors, spending time with family and friends, and volunteering for her church and son’s school.