Ms. Huggins has more than 30 years of experience in the nonprofit sector. She has served as staff member and consultant to a number of human service and education organizations in New York City and Connecticut, including The Court Employment Project, Reality House, Girls Inc., The Family, and The Cooperative Program for Educational Opportunity. She served as Director of Development for the New York City Mission Society, and as a Senior Development Officer for the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center Fund.

Her experience in development and fundraising includes work on annual and capital campaigns, foundation and government grantsmanship, program planning and special events. She joined Jeanne Sigler & Associates in 1995, and has served as Vice President and senior consultant on a variety of projects, with an emphasis on foundation, corporate and government grantmaking. Ms. Huggins secured a $3.7 million grant under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's largest competition ever for homeless assistance.

She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin College. She also studied at the Mozarteum fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Salzburg, Austria. She serves on the boards of directors of Creative Connections, an international arts exchange organization, and Bottomless Closet, which assists New York City women in transition from public assistance to the workforce.