NMCI Team
Led by the Board of Directors, the National MultiCultural Institute's dedicated core staff is supplemented by a network of diverse, highly-skilled, and experienced associates who are well-versed in NMCI's unique approach and proven training and consulting methods.
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ELIZABETH PATHY SALETT, MSW, Founder
Elizabeth Pathy Salett founded the National MultiCultural Institute in 1983, drawing on her experience working in diverse communities in the United States and internationally. Her goal has been to create a society that is strengthened and empowered by its diversity and to enable people with different perspectives, belief systems, and life experiences to find common ground and common purpose. Liz continues to serve on NMCI's Board of Directors.
Born in Budapest, she grew up in Alexandria, Egypt and came to the United States as a teenager. She was an early participant in the Peace Corps in Venezuela and as Brazil Desk Officer in Washington, DC; she worked in the anti-poverty program in Washington, DC; directed a statewide health care and family planning project in New Jersey; and worked as a clinical social worker and family therapist in Columbia, MD.
Liz has a B.A. from Wellesley College, an M.A. in International Education from Columbia University, Teachers' College, a Certificate from the University of Paris in Economics and Sociology, and an M.S.W. in Clinical Social Work from the University of Maryland. She has lived, worked, and traveled extensively in Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.
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AUDREY MAY, Director of Finance and Operations
As director of finance and operations, Audrey May is responsible for the financial management of the organization: maintaining financial goals, planning and performing accounting activities, preparing financial statements, and assisting the president in the preparation of the annual budget. Audrey has been with NMCI since 2003.
Her previous experience includes over ten years as a corporate accountant for such organizations as Aspen Systems Corporation. Audrey also was a social worker for several years. In a continuing effort to combine her social work interests with her accounting skills, she spends her free time providing accounting support to a hospice organization.
Audrey earned her B.A. from Goucher College, an M.S.W. from University of Pennsylvania, and a Certificate in Accounting from University of Virginia.
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KELLY REID, MSc, Director of Organizational Development
 Kelly Reid began at NMCI in 2008 as a program manager, and currently serves as director of organizational development. In her current capacity, she directs all aspects of client organizational development projects as well as leads the organization’s new business development ventures.
Previously Kelly led initiatives that enhanced the capacity of organizations to meet the unique needs of diverse and traditionally underserved communities. She accomplished this while working in the following positions: program officer for the Institute of International Education’s Investing in Women in Development and Emerging Market Development Advisers Program; clinical projects coordinator with Survivors of Torture, International; and research assistant of the Instituto de Estudios de la Mujer, UNA in Costa Rica.
A frequent guest speaker, Kelly has presented at conferences for the California Tobacco Control Program and the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
Kelly is an avid community volunteer. She is the founder of the San Diego Social Justice Book Club and the Committee for Social Justice and Public Safety in London. She is a certified volunteer tax preparer, has served as both an ESL program coordinator and instructor, and was an educational advocate for the Sudanese Refugee Network. Currently she is on the executive committee of the Board of Directors of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of D.C. and serves on the steering committee for the Racial Diversity Collaborative.
Kelly holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Kentucky and an M.Sc. in Gender from The London School of Economics and Political Science. She also has certificates in Development Project Management and in Community Assessment from Monterey Institute of International Studies and UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, respectively.
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NAJLA HAYWOOD, Marketing and Communications Manager
 Najla Haywood now serves as the marketing and communications manager, having begun her affiliation with NMCI as a marketing specialist in 2009. Najla has been essential in providing marketing, branding, and social media expertise to the organization.
Prior to joining NMCI, Najla worked as the graduate assistant for the DC Reads Program at American University while she pursued her master's degree. Preceding her graduate education, she worked as an assistant buyer for Macy’s.
Najla’s passion for diversity and inclusion work began at the age of 12, when she moved to Wollongong, Australia and experienced cross-cultural communication at its finest. Intrigued by her experience, she later served as a counselor for the National Council for Community and Justice’s Camp Anytown, which secured her commitment to diversity work. Najla’s evolving research interests include multicultural marketing and tourism as a means for cross-cultural communication, specifically in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Najla shows her dedication to diversity and inclusion through her personal endeavors of mentoring and education. She has volunteered for the DC Reads program, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and is currently a mentor for the Higher Achievement Program.
Najla holds a B.B.A. in Marketing from Howard University and a M.A. in International Communication from American University.
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EVELYN P. BOYER, PhD: Senior Associate
 Evelyn Boyer’s areas of specialty are change management, diversity, and business ethics. A strong facilitator, speaker, and researcher, her original curriculum designs, including diagnostic and inventory instruments, interactive activities, lecture materials, and organizational studies have been requested by a number of major U.S. corporations and government agencies. Evelyn's organizational culture and change consultations and research activities provide creative and innovative solutions for clients.
Evelyn brings to this position over twenty years of experience in all facets of organizational development. As co-founder of an educational and health care firm in 1979, she served as executive vice president and oversaw hundreds of contracts in direct health care services and organizational consulting. She was executive vice president of this organization for seventeen years, before starting her own firm in 1996. A licensed psychologist, Evelyn now maintains a sprivate psychology practice, and brings a behavioral and systems perspective to her organizational work.
She holds a B.S. from Howard University, a M.A. in Developmental Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Ph.DD. of Philosophy from Howard University. She is the author of the articles "Value Clarification as an Approach to Moral Development," and "Ethics and Diversity: A Correlation Enhanced Through Corporate Communication," which was published in the March 1992 issue of IEEE Transactions.
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