About Nexus Community Partners
Our Team

Tiana Bellamy

  • Giftmaking Manager, Open Road Fund
  • Pronouns: she/her
  • Year Hired: 2026

Tiana is a Saint Paul-based strategic initiatives leader with a passion for strengthening local communities. She brings over a decade of experience in nonprofit leadership, increasing community resource access, and equity and inclusion initiatives. Most recently, Tiana served as Deputy Director of Business Development for the Partnership Inc, where she focused on expanding career pathways for all professionals in the region, and led the Minnesota Black Fellows Regional Program pilot, as well as the Partnership’s national talent and inclusion executive council. She is excited to utilize her experience in program operations and design to support the grantmaking process of the Open Road Fund.

About Tiana

Tiana is a proud alumnus of the Josie R. Johnson Leadership Academy, a Qualified Administrator for the Intercultural Development Inventory, member of the Twin Cities Diversity Equity and Inclusion Roundtable, and board member of In Sisterhood We Brunch, a quarterly networking and development event for BIPOC women in the Twin Cities. In her free time, Tiana loves making her way through her Goodreads TBR list, going to local music shows, gardening, and crafting. She takes her community aunty role very seriously, and can almost always be found in the middle of a project (baby blanket, stuffed animals, etc.) for the little ones in her village.