About
Monarq Advisors
Strategic Leadership for Visionary Individuals & Organizations
Monarq Advisors is a Latine- and LGBTQ-led advisory resource committed to helping individuals and organizations build and transfer power through the power of relationships.
We are committed to leveraging 20 years of leadership acumen to help champion your success through hyper- customized and honest strategies that are aligned with your values, lived experience, and vision for success.
Effective Strategies,
Tangible Results
We focus on helping historically underrepresented leaders craft new and sustainable paths to success, fulfillment, and joy.
At Monarq Advisors, we believe that change doesn’t just happen—change is manifested with intention and strategy, plus information. We help each client create their own Butterfly Effect by exploring new connections, decision making, and accountability.
Building
Collaborative Pathways
To Success
Our consultancy is more than advice—it's a partnership aimed at crafting a clear, actionable path to operational success and personal fulfillment. Our focus is helping clients see complex challenges as strategic opportunities, while designing solutions that reflect your core values and complement capacity.
Yusef García
Founder & Principal
Yusef Garcia, founder and principal of Monarq Advisors, brings nearly 20 years of expertise in nonprofit leadership, enterprise revenue generation, and equitable governance to the social impact sector. He integrates his experience with a commitment to fostering innovative, community-centered leadership, helping organizations navigate complex challenges with strategic, sustainable solutions.
Beginning his career at WTTW | WFMT, Yusef excelled in corporate relations and fundraising, managing a six-figure revenue portfolio of partnerships and orchestrating successful annual campaigns. His strategic vision flourished at United Way of Metro Chicago, where as Director of Corporate Partnerships, he stewarded a $10M+ portfolio, enhancing donor engagement and achieving consistent growth. At Forefront, as Chief External Affairs Officer, he led statewide revenue engagement initiatives and led Forefront’s communications and brand strategies. Today, as Vice Chair of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, Yusef’s governance expertise continues to influence the nonprofit landscape.
Monarq Advisors Partners
Let’s Create & Achieve Impact Together
Contact me today to discuss how we can help you enhance your non-profit. Together, we will drive intentional and strategic changes that yield lasting benefits. See how Monarq Advisors can bring about transformative growth for you and your organization.