A Dallas native, Veronica Manriquez has served on the Catholic Charities Development team since 2022. She has spent the past thirteen years raising money for Ursuline Academy of Dallas, Café Momentum, and the University of Dallas. She attended Dallas College, Southern Methodist University, and recently received her MBA from the University of Dallas. She received her Certified Fund Raising Executive certification through CFRE International in 2020 and her Certificate in Fund Raising Management through Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy in 2021.
Veronica has been an active volunteer in her community serving as a mentor for Big Brothers Big Sisters for the past 16 years, as a board member for the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Dallas chapter in 2021, and as an auction committee member for Rainbow Days. Her volunteerism has also taken her across state lines in support of the Tabor Opera House Preservation Foundation in Leadville, Colorado.
In her free time, Veronica enjoys traveling with her husband, spending time with her nieces and nephews, and playing cards with her sisters. She resides in Dallas and is a parishioner (and alumna) of Mary Immaculate.
