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Advisory Council: Peggy Morrison Outon

Peggy Morrison Outon

Center For Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris College

Peggy Morrison Outon is the Executive Director of the Center For Nonprofit Management. She has twenty-three years experience in the not-for-profit sector as development officer, management support professional, and board member & volunteer. She has served as a management consultant to more than 450 nonprofit organizations and conducted more than 200 board retreats, in which she demonstrated expertise in all aspects of fund development, board development, strategic & operational planning, and volunteer management. She has served on 30 boards—7 as president—for causes ranging from Habitat for Humanity to Austin's Women & Their Work, in support of women artists, to the National Alliance for Nonprofit Management. She has sixteen years experience in arts organizations as a development and community relations professional in Austin, TX and in New Orleans, LA. She is a frequent speaker and workshop presenter to many diverse audiences.

Experience
Center for Nonprofit Management, Robert Morris College, Founding Executive Director
- Developed comprehensive new management support organization/academic center to assist not-for-profit organizations through education, information and referral, consulting, and research

University of New Orleans, Associate Director at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art
- Responsible for fund, program & organizational development for a new university & community museum's capital campaign, raised $12.5 million for project, ground broken for new building

University of New Orleans, Faculty in the graduate program of Arts Administration
- Responsible for teaching seminars - Development Strategies for the Arts & Marketing the Arts
- Served as major professor for 15 students—member of admissions committee

Center for Effective Nonprofit Management, New Orleans, LA, Founding Director
- Established a new management support organization, serving more than 250 clients in 3 years

Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, Development Director
- Lead capital campaign for major renovation of existing facility--raising $5.5 million
- Raised $2.5 million operating in three years

Center for Nonprofit Management, Austin, TX., Founding Director
- Established new MSO, offering consulting & training – member of Texas Network
- Served 10% of nonprofit market in first year of service

Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, Community Relations Officer
- Ran capital campaign for new public museum over seven years
- Managed volunteer program of 1000+ volunteers, managed museum store, member of development team & capital campaign committee

Community Leadership and Membership Associations
Service on numerous boards and committees; grassroots to national organizations, including:
- Stephen Ministry trainer, Board of Trustees, First Presbyterian Church; YMCA; NSFRE;
- Member of Leadership Louisiana, Class of '97; Steering Committee,'99;
- Member of national training team, Peter F. Drucker Foundation, '98-present

Education
B.A., University of Texas at Austin
Advanced studies in Art History, University of Texas at Austin