Tony Fasciano Honored as a ‘Top 40 Under 40’ Nonprofit Leader

Tony Fasciano, Director of Communications for Volunteer New York!, was selected as a 2021 “40 Under 40” honoree by City & State Magazine and NYN Media. The 40 honorees designated as leading Nonprofit Professionals in the state of New York are recognized as rising stars in the nonprofit sector who have made great strides in their careers and hold the promise of a bright future.

“I’m thrilled by this recognition because there is nothing more meaningful than working to help others, especially since nonprofit professionals often fill societal gaps that would leave community members vulnerable and without options,” says Tony Fasciano. “I’m especially grateful to our entire team at Volunteer New York! for creating a culture of excellence that has strengthened my resolve to support the ‘greater good’ for the last eight years and, I hope, well into the future.”

Jeanette Gisbert, executive director of Volunteer New York! Echoed Tony’s excitement in her comment that she was “thrilled that NYN Media has recognized Tony for his contributions to community and volunteerism. Every day, Volunteer New York! is awed by Tony’s creativity and talent. That he chooses to use them in support of our mission is a dream come true. There is no doubt that Tony has made an incredible difference in the communications efforts of Volunteer New York!, and thus, in our ability to connect people who want to help with organizations that need them."

A virtual reception will be held on Wednesday, April 28 in celebration of the honorees, which includes a power panel of top nonprofit leaders. To learn more or to register: https://bit.ly/2QIZOcG

ABOUT TONY FASCIANO

Antonio (Tony) Fasciano is a graduate of Leadership Westchester and holds an MFA in creative writing from Queens University of Charlotte. He is also the owner of Hand Fashioned Media, LLC a high-impact creative studio and consultancy he founded in 2006 with the award-winning producer of Control Room (2004), and is a specialist in multi-platform publishing and minimally viable campaign (MVC) marketing. He currently serves as a community advisor for the College of Westchester and is on the board of 100donors.org, an emerging new Westchester nonprofit which he helped to co-found.

Through his experience as a social entrepreneur, he earned the 2012 nomination for Digital Magazine Launch of the Year for his groundbreaking work to create the first literary magazine made for the iPad. And as a documentary filmmaker, he interviewed thousands across the continental United States over the last 15 years. His work has also appeared widely in such places as Poets & Writers, the Tribeca Film Festival, El Pais, Entrepreneur Magazine, [PANK], Ploughshares, and others.

But most important, for the last eight years he has had the privilege to serve as the Director of Communications for Volunteer New York!, which is one of the oldest volunteer connector agencies to be founded in the US. There, he has helped to inspire over 1.7 million hours of volunteer service throughout Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam counties to be volunteers. As part of the Volunteer New York! team he played a pivotal role in their major rebrand that took place in 2014, which has since led to a period of unprecedented growth in the organization’s 70-year history. He has survived Brooklyn, cancer, and even Florida -- while today he calls Tarrytown, NY home (where he practices making wood-fired pizza and enjoys listening to neotraditional country music).

Listen to Tony monthly as the host of the volunteer-inspiring Vollo Show podcast from Volunteer New York! at volunteernewyork.org/podcast.