Her Story
About Morgan
Morgan Cenarrusa serves as Business Development Specialist at the Idaho School Boards Association. She began there in 2018 as finance and office coordinator, handling member database, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and invoicing. After two years she proposed and assumed a new role focused on business partnerships, creating connections with vendors, growing the annual exhibit show, and increasing sponsorship revenue to help keep member dues low. She has more than doubled revenue in these areas and expanded the business partner program from about ten to over thirty participants by implementing a point-based system. Prior to ISBA, Morgan spent six years at DIRECTV working across customer service, retention, and the Office of the President. She was selected for the 14-member Team Leader Foundation, which strengthened her leadership and relationship-building skills. Morgan holds an associate's degree in communications from the College of Western Idaho and has completed professional development including the Ascending Leaders course through the Idaho Nonprofit Center, The Accountable Leader course at Boise State, and QuickBooks 101 training.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Morgan
01What do you attribute your success to?
My husband pushes me a lot. He is always helping me think in different angles and different directions, and he's always been really great about calling me out when I need it and not letting me be complacent.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
Just learning to be accountable for yourself and for others, and being okay with holding other people accountable when you need to, as well as yourself when you make mistakes, and calling out and making sure you're being humble about your areas that you need to work on or maybe that you need to correct.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I definitely live by the saying of you're not growing if you're not uncomfortable. So continue to be uncomfortable with change and growth, and make sure that you have someone that can be a support for you to bounce ideas off of. I think it's okay to find different mentors and change it up from year to year to help making sure that you're getting true feedback, and being open to feedback.
04What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Integrity, doing the right thing. Connection, building strong relationships with people. Autonomy, just the trust to own your work. Balance, having work-life balance is incredibly important to me. Impact, like the work that you're doing.
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