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Presenter Biographies - D to I

Judy de Barros, Nonprofit Assistance Center

Building Strong Communities Through Multi-Cultural Leadership
Friday, July 15, 9:00am - 10:30am

Judy de Barros serves as the Special Projects Coordinator for the Nonprofit Assistance Center. She holds a BA in Adult Education from Antioch University. She has worked for over 30 years with multi ethnic communities in Washington State as a trainer, teacher, administrator, and consultant. She served as the director of the Refugee Women’s Alliance for 8 years. She has developed, coordinated, taught, and developed curricula and materials for ESL, Family Literacy, Workplace Literacy, and Adult Basic education programs in business settings, community based setting, tribal settings, and at the community colleges. She has developed and co designed curricula materials on leadership development, grantwriting and fundraising. Currently she is serves as a coach and mentor for emerging leaders, consultants, and trainers in Native American and Refugee and Immigrant communities.

Margaret Donohoe, In Transition

Effective Board/Executive Director Relationship as the Keystone to Sustainable Organizations
Friday, July 15, 4:15pm - 5:30pm

Margaret Donohoe has focused her experience, insight, and energy on helping a new generation of nonprofit leaders navigate the many opportunities and challenges of this career choice. Her insight is not just academic or theoretical; it comes from her own 20 years of experience in the sector. In her work, Margaret guides both large and small nonprofit organizations through the rewards and inherent challenges of leadership development, balance, and transitions. Her active participation on a variety of non-profit boards and task forces, an MBA from Santa Clara University, and professional development in areas of critical importance to the sector have provided her with a broad foundation to help agencies survive and prosper in these changing times. Margaret has co-authored the recently published “Executive Director’s Survival Guide, Thriving as a Nonprofit Leader” by Jossey-Bass. She is a contributing author and frequent trainer with management support organization, nonprofit organizations, and professional development groups on the topics of sustaining nonprofit leaders, executive transitions, Board/ED partnerships, leadership planning, and founder transitions.

Julia Fabris McBride, Community Collaborations

Meeting Mission Through Advocacy: A Toolbox for Incorporating Public Policy Work into Organizational Development
Friday, July 15, 11:00am - 12:30pm

Julia Fabris McBride is the founder of Community Collaborations, a consulting firm specializing in planning and leadership development for the arts, environment and community. Among her clients are the James P. Shannon Leadership Institute (St. Paul, MN); the Donors Forum of Chicago; the Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation; Scrap Mettle SOUL (Chicago, IL); Friends of the Chicago River; the American Association of Theatre in Education; and the Voice and Speech Trainers Association. Prior to founding Community Collaborations, Julia served as deputy director for programming at the Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation (IAAF) where she was responsible for the education, research and outreach programs of Illinois’ primary multi-disciplinary arts advocacy organization. Julia worked closely with IAAF executive director Alene Valkanas, author Alton Miller and a committee of the board to develop The Advocacy Project: Democracy in Action, a nonprofit lobbying training program. In her five years with IAAF, Julia trained hundreds of nonprofit lobbyists, planned and coordinated statewide conferences and forums, managed and conducted research for the Arts Leadership for the 21st Century and Working Together programs, and oversaw the Local Arts Network, providing information and services to community arts agencies throughout the state. Julia is on the part-time faculty of Columbia College Chicago’s Arts Entertainment and Media Management Department, teaching Advocacy for Arts Mangers and Making a Living (and a Good Life) in the Arts. She is a trained and experienced mediator, certified by the Center for Conflict Resolution in Chicago, where she volunteers regularly. She is treasurer of the board of Chicago Women in Philanthropy and recently completed terms as vice president of the National Community Arts Network and president of Plasticene Physical Theatre Company. Active in Chicago theatre since 1985, Julia is an artistic associate at About Face Theatre. She holds a BA in Theatre from Case Western Reserve University and is a graduate of the 3-year acting program at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She is an avid organic vegetable gardener.

Anushka Fernandopulle, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services

Got Cultural Competence? Beyond the Dreadful Diversity Training
Friday, July 15, 4:15pm - 5:30pm

Anushka Fernandopulle is a staff consultant at CompassPoint Nonprofit Services and leader of the Managing People practice area. Anushka also does consulting work in the areas of organizational development, strategic planning, conflict resolution, facilitation, and board development. Anushka’s background and influences on issues of cultural competency spans a variety of areas including experience working with and in communities of color, a longtime Buddhist meditation practice, experience as a trainer and speaker on LGBT issues, and formal academic training in social anthropology and organizational behavior. Growing up in an immigrant community in the United States, Anushka developed an early awareness of issues of culture and difference. As a hotline director, she ran trainings for volunteers to be more aware of their biases when speaking with callers. She explored issues of culture and difference in greater depth through a bachelor’s degree in social anthropology from Harvard University. As a member of Boston’s LGBT Speaker’s Bureau, she has spoken to dozens of groups in an effort to educate on LGBT issues and decrease homophobia. Anushka has spent time working in the field of HIV prevention as well as in programs focused on education, youth, immigrants and refugees. She has worked internationally in grassroots community development in Sri Lanka. Anushka holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management with a focus on nonprofit management and organizational behavior. Anushka has served on several community boards, recently completing a term on the working board of Trikone, the Bay Area’s South Asian LGBT community organization. Anushka has also practiced Buddhist meditation for 14 years, training in monasteries in Sri Lanka as well as in the United States, and is currently on the national board of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. Anushka co-wrote the CompassPoint research papers “On The Rise: A Profile of Women of Color in Leadership” and “Help Wanted: Turnover and Vacancy in Nonprofits. She teaches Staff Management in Nonprofit Organizations at San Jose State University’s Professional Development Program.

Charlotte Fiechter, Executive Service Corps of Chicago

Training For Leadership: Designing Training for Consultants in the Nonprofit Arena
Saturday, July 16, 2:15pm - 3:45pm

Charlotte Fiechter’s outstanding career in higher education and the non-profit sector includes service as a faculty member at Wittenburg University, as Vice Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, and as Staff Associate for Higher Education Resource Services where she designed training programs for university faculty and administrators. She has strong experience in program design, development and implementation. At Executive Service Corps of Chicago (ESC), Dr. Fiechter’s major work has been in the critical areas of board development, strategic planning, and fundraising. She is coordinator of ESC’s board development practice group, is a trainer in the board development program, a member of the ESC faculty, and also serves on the executive committee of the ESC board of directors. In addition, she is the coordinator of ESC’s new Nonprofit Leadership Roundtables. Dr. Fiechter has broad experience with academic institutions and nonprofit organizations in the United States and abroad. She was a member of the board of the National Association for Women in Education and president of its endowment fund. Dr. Fiechter’s credentials include a B.A. from Wellesley College, a Fulbright year in Germany, the M.A. from the University of Chicago, and the Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Judy Freiwirth, Nonprofit Solutions Associates

Breakthrough Thinking On Board Governance
Saturday, July 16, 9:45am - 11:00am

Thinking out of the Box: New Approaches to Governance and Board Development – A Consultants Workshop
Saturday, July 16, 2:15pm - 5:30pm

Dr. Judy Freiwirth is an organization development consultant and Principal with Nonprofit Solutions Associates. She has been consulting to and training exclusively for nonprofit and public organizations for the past 30 years, primarily with community-based nonprofits. Her practice includes all major areas of organization development including strategic planning, board development, organizational assessment and management, program evaluation, diversity initiatives, fundraising strategy, human resource issues, and helping organization become learning, participatory organizations. Considered one of the leading trainers for nonprofits in the Boston area, she has taught extensively in many areas of organization development and planning both locally and nationally. She has also served as the lead consultant for the United Way of Mass Bay’s outcome measurement program and co-authored a new national training curriculum for outcome measurement, entitled, "Measuring Outcomes: How to Improve Your Programs and Meet Your Mission." She is currently writing an article for publication on new approaches to board governance for the Nonprofit Boards and Governance Review. She has a long history of community organizing, coalition building, and national advocacy work and brings her experience as an Executive Director, board member and community organizer to her consulting. She holds a doctorate in psychology, specializing in organization development.

Janet Froetscher, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago

Capacity Building at United Way Metropolitan Chicago: Utilizing New Technologies and Processes to Ensure Staff Capability and Accountability
Friday, July 15, 2:15pm - 4:15pm

Janet P. Froetscher is president and chief executive officer of United Way of Metropolitan Chicago. As head of one of the major United Ways in the country, she leads the organization in its mission of improving lives by mobilizing caring people to invest their time and money where communities need them most. In her first year, Ms. Froetscher led the merger of 54 United Ways into one metropolitan system, vastly improving the organization’s impact on health and human services in Chicagoland. Previously, Ms. Froetscher served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Aspen Institute, a global forum for leveraging the power of leaders to improve the human condition. She spearheaded the Institute’s strategic and financial redesign and was responsible for the Institute’s day-to-day operations. Ms. Froetscher holds a Masters of Management with High Distinction from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University where she was the top female graduate. She also holds a Bachelors degree with High Distinction from the University of Virginia.

Nancy Fuhrman, Executive Service Corps of Chicago

Training For Leadership: Designing Training for Consultants in the Nonprofit Arena
Saturday, July 16, 2:15pm - 3:45pm

Nancy Fuhrman joined Executive Service Corps of Chicago in 1986 and is currently the Vice President of Consulting. In that capacity she oversees the management and quality outcomes of the more than 200 annual client consultations and coaching engagements and their volunteer consultant/coach teams. Prior to her current position, in earlier years in her tenure with Executive Service Corps Nancy has managed the functions of client marketing, professional development, volunteer services, administration and human resources. Before joining ESC, Nancy’s career was in human resource management and education. Nancy has B. Ed. from National Lewis University.

Elizabeth George, Deaconess Foundation

Place-Based Capacity Building Mini-Conference: How Funders, Capacity Builders and Nonprofits Connect for Long-Term Community Change
Thursday, July 14, 9:00am - 4:00pm

Elizabeth M. George, MBA/MSW, Vice President, joined the Deaconess Foundation in April 2004. Previously she provided consulting and training services to not-for-profits and their funding bodies with The Rensselaerville Institute. Prior to TRI she was on staff at Washington University's George Warren Brown School of Social Work (GWB) and in the College of Arts & Sciences. Elizabeth's educational background includes an MBA from Harvard University and an MSW from GWB.

Jackie Gilbert, Executive Service Corps of Chicago

Training For Leadership: Designing Training for Consultants in the Nonprofit Arena
Saturday, July 16, 2:15pm - 3:45pm

For 11 years before she retired and joined Executive Service Corps of Chicago (ESC), Jacqueline Gilbert was Director of the Rosenwald School on Chicago’s north side—a school for which she had developed the concept and then took on the responsibility of running. Under her direction, and working with her Board of Directors, Jacqueline saw the school grow from an idea to the construction of its own building. Prior to taking on that project, she taught in both public and private schools. Always active in her community, Jacqueline played leadership roles with a number of important local nonprofits. Jacqueline was also president of a synagogue board during a time of substantial financial stress, and she worked successfully with board members to create a healthier climate for the synagogue. She currently is a member of the board of ESC, is Dean of the ESC Faculty overseeing the regeneration of a number of the ESC training courses and the development of new ones, and she is also an active Project Manager working with both clients and consultants.

Anne Glendon, Glendon Associates

Place-Based Capacity Building Mini-Conference: How Funders, Capacity Builders and Nonprofits Connect for Long-Term Community Change
Thursday, July 14, 9:00am - 4:00pm

Anne Glendon, President of Glendon Associates, is a senior consultant and facilitator whose practice focuses primarily on nonprofit organizations. The firm uses a whole-system, asset-based approach to organizational evaluation and development to help clients build adaptive capacity to ensure sustainability and community relevance. Ms. Glendon has extensive experience working with foundations, libraries, health and human service agencies, arts organizations, faith based groups and multi-sector community partnerships. Recent clients include the CS Mott Foundation, Ruth Mott Foundation, Flint Funders Collaborative and the BEST Pilot Project; Rotary Charities, the Great Lakes Water Studies Institute and the Great Lakes Nonprofit Institute; the NonProfit Alliance in Battle Creek; Spanish Speaking Information Center and the International Institute; Novi, Ann Arbor and Chelsea District Libraries; Corner Health Center and the Brain Injury Association of Michigan; regional church conferences and congregation leadership; and a diverse array of other nonprofit and for-profit entities. Areas of special interest and expertise: Organizational Assessment; Strategic Planning; Board and Staff Leadership Development; Mission and Program Alignment; Resource Development; Meeting and Partnership Facilitation; Collaborations, Mergers and Strategic Restructuring.

Steve Graham, Community Resource Center

Bringing Resources to Rural Communities
Saturday, July 16, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Steve Graham is Executive Director of the Community Resource Center (CRC), a nonprofit organization which develops and strengthens non-profit organizations and communities across Colorado. He has been with CRC since 1992 when he edited the second edition of the Colorado Grants Guide. Mr. Graham has worked with numerous nonprofit organizations in Colorado and Missouri over the past 32 years, serving as a community organizer, program director, fundraiser, and executive director for environmental, housing, community action, human service and technical assistance organizations. He has worked as a consultant and trainer with organizations throughout the Rocky Mountains and Midwest, and has served on a number of boards and committees in Colorado and on a national level. He is currently a trustee of the Bright Mountain Foundation. Graham has an M.A. in Chinese history from Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri), and has taught at Washington University, Regis University, Metropolitan State College, and other colleges and universities.

Erica Greeley, National Council of Nonprofit Associations

Building Advocacy Campaigns: Beyond the Usual Strategies
Friday, July 15, 4:15pm - 5:30pm

Erica Greeley joined NCNA as the Director of Strategic Policy Planning in August 2004. Erica comes to NCNA from the Georgetown Public Policy Institute where she received a master’s degree in public policy while working at The Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership (CPNL). During her tenure at CPNL, Erica convened and moderated community forums, and researched advocacy, strategic partnerships, and capacity building in the nonprofit sector. Prior to Georgetown, Erica served as the director of programs and outreach at Link Research in San Francisco where she consulted with over 100 nonprofits on advocacy, planning and evaluation, and basic research. Erica’s grassroots experience includes running an after-school program based in 20 public middle schools around San Jose, CA and chairing the working board of a local women’s organization in Oakland, CA. Erica’s BA is from Wesleyan University.

Florence Green, California Association of Nonprofits

Collaboration Between State Associations and Management Support Organizations to Build the Field
Saturday, July 16, 4:15pm - 5:30pm

Ethical Standards in Capacity Building: Dialogue Session
Friday, July 15 4:15pm - 5:30pm

Florence L. Green is the Executive Director of the California Association of Nonprofits (CAN), the largest statewide nonprofit association in the United States. For 30 years she has been a nationally recognized consultant and trainer working with foundations, nonprofit organizations, governments, academic institutions, coalitions and management support organizations throughout the United States, Australia and Canada. She has published several articles on fundraising, board development, strategic planning, collaboration, nonprofit ethics and accountability and nonprofit management and will soon publish a book on fundraising for public libraries. She is the past board president of CAN and the Nonprofit Management Association (now known as the Alliance for Nonprofit Management). She helped develop a self-administered development audit published by the Foundation Center and is a founder and immediate past Vice President of the National Council of Nonprofit Associations. She is a founder of and serves on the CAN Policy Council, an independent statewide advocacy and public policy coalition committed to strengthening the public policy access and power for nonprofits in California and is on the Editorial Board of the Nonprofit Quarterly. She has taught nonprofit management, strategic planning and fundraising at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles and the University of Texas at Austin. She was once the director of training for the Grantsmanship Center, at the time the largest nonprofit training organization in the United States. She taught political science and theater at a community college for 12 years and has started seven nonprofit organizations–all of which still exist. She was the first woman elected to the city council in her community, she started a multipurpose county-wide senior citizen program, started the Kern County Area Agency on Aging, served on a Presidential Advisory Committee to review proposed K-12 curriculum, and worked for a time as a city planner. She is also proud to say she once led a successful effort to recall her local school board. In 2000 and 2001 she was selected by Nonprofit Times as one of the top 50 most influential and powerful nonprofit leaders in the U. S.

Gita Gulati-Partee, Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest

Evaluating Advocacy Impact — and Building Organizational Capacity
Friday, July 15, 2:15pm - 3:45pm

Gita Gulati-Partee consults to nonprofits on a range of management and organizational development needs through her firm OpenSource Leadership Strategies, Inc. She is Senior Consultant to Charity Lobbying in the Public Interest (CLPI). She was recently the program director for public policy and editor of the bimonthly Common Ground at the NC Center for Nonprofits. Previously, Gita was a program officer with The Cleveland Foundation, where she conducted strategic grantmaking in arts and education and directed a technology capacity-building project. Earlier, Gita managed special projects for the National Society for Experiential Education, and she coordinated educational programs for the Duke University Talent Identification Program. Gita earned an MBA with concentrations in entrepreneurship and organizational behavior and a Certificate in Public Policy from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. She received her BA and Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Duke University. Gita has served in leadership positions with the N.C. Civic Education Consortium, N.C. Conservation Network, ncyt – NC’s Network for Young Nonprofit Professionals, Triangle Community Foundation, American Association of University Women Educational Foundation, and a grassroots citizen campaign known as “Bullish on Durham.” Gita has published books and articles on advocacy, grantmaking, service-learning, and internships. She is a 2001-03 William C. Friday Fellow for Human Relations through the Wildacres Leadership Initiative.

Shelley Hamilton, MarinSpace

Collaborating for Success: Multi-Tenant Nonprofit Centers as a Strategy to Build Community Capacity
Saturday, July 16, 2:15pm - 3:45pm

Shelley Hamilton joins MarinSpace as its first Executive Director after spending more than 10 years as a consultant in both the Public Benefit and Information Technology sectors. She is founder and principal of NetCentric Designs, a business strategy, team facilitation, and organizational design firm (www.netcentricdesigns.com). For the past 7 years, Shelley's projects have focused on collaborative nonprofit capital infrastructure projects, mainly in the form of creating and operating Multi-tenant Nonprofit Centers. She has facilitated strategic planning, organizational development, and program design projects for the Thoreau Center for Sustainability, Fort Mason Center (www.fortmason.org) and the United Way of Grand Forks, ND. Shelley was the lead project consultant for both Collaborating for Success Nonprofit Centers Conferences (San Francisco '01 & New York '03), and continues to co-manage the www.nonprofitcenters.org on-line resource center as well as the development of a Nonprofit Centers Network. Shelley applies a variety of systems-based disciplines to her management, research, and consulting projects through her background in living systems and complexity sciences, information technology, and anthropology. Shelley has an M.A. in Organizational Design and Effectiveness from the Fielding Institute and a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from UC Santa Cruz.

Erin Hardwick, S.C. Association of Nonprofit Organizations

Becoming a Sustainable Infrastructure Organization
Friday, July 15, 2:15pm - 3:45pm

Erin Hardwick is executive director of the South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations (SCANPO), a position she has held since the Association’s founding in 1997. In this position she serves as the chief executive of the state’s only nonprofit association working to strengthen the sector by providing resources and public policy advocacy. She has raised significant support from local, regional and national sources to develop capacity building programs for nonprofit organizations. SCANPO is celebrating its seventh anniversary in 2004 and annually serves over 700 member organizations representing some 20,000 staff members and volunteers.

Denise Harlow, Council of Community Services of NYS, Inc.

Managing a Training Program
Friday, July 15, 9:00am - 10:30am

Denise Harlow, MSW, is the Director of Nonprofit Services for the Council of Community Services of NYS, Inc. Ms. Harlow coordinates the wide range of CCSNYS’ management and technical assistance services provided to New York State nonprofits and acts as project director and trainer for the New York State Board Training Consortium. Ms. Harlow has experience in both the government and nonprofit sectors and has served on several nonprofit boards and currently serves as Vice President for the Capital District Community Gardens, Inc. She has a Bachelor of Social Work degree from Valparaiso University and a Masters of Social Work degree from the University at Albany where she was a fellow on Women in Public Policy and the Center for Women in Government and Civil Society.

Michaela Hayes, La Piana Associates, Inc.

Building Capacity Through Effective Strategy Formation — Beyond Strategic Planning
Friday, July 15, 2:15pm - 5:30pm

Michaela Hayes, MHSA is a Senior Manager with La Piana Associates where she specializes in research and development, and marketing and communications. She has an extensive background in population, market, and survey research; marketing; communications; strategic planning; and, program development and evaluation. She is the Project Manager for the firm’s Strategy Formation project. Michaela has held manager and director-level positions of marketing and market research with several organizations, as well as senior and managing consultant positions with national consulting firms. Michaela's professional work spans the nonprofit, for-profit, and government sectors, and includes organizations focused on health care, mental health, social services, children and youth, seniors, environment, education, and arts and culture. She has designed and conducted innumerable research projects on behalf of clients who seek to better understand their markets and market trends, market position, competition, and customer/client needs and demands. She advises these organizations on how to use this information to make better decisions and to develop more effective strategies to achieve their missions, and on how to develop their own in-house research and marketing functions. Michaela has served as a board member and volunteer for several nonprofit organizations. She is active in professional organizations including the American Marketing Association and the International Association of Business Communicators where she serves on the Board of the San Francisco Chapter. She also serves on the Steering Committee for the Philanthropic Consultants Network, located in Northern California. Additionally, Michaela is an instructor of the Market Research Basics course for San Francisco State University’s Integrated Marketing Program within the College of Extended Learning, which targets working adult learners of all ages. Michaela received a Master's degree from the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, and a BA in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley.

Deborah Hechinger, BoardSource

Breakthrough Thinking On Board Governance
Saturday, July 16, 9:45am - 11:00am

Deborah S. Hechinger is the president and CEO of BoardSource, the premier resource for practical information, tools and best practices, training and leadership development for board members of nonprofit organizations worldwide. Debbie joined BoardSource in October 2003, after serving as executive vice president of the World Wildlife Fund, an international conservation organization with revenues of $117.9 million in fiscal year 2003. At WWF she was responsible for all fundraising, communication, and operations activities and was credited with helping WWF exceed its $150 million fundraising goal by $27 million in the course of a three-year campaign. Prior to joining the World Wildlife Fund in 1994, Debbie was Deputy Comptroller and Director of Securities and Corporate Practices Division at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and held senior executive positions in the Division of Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Debbie received a B.A. from Brown University and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. She is currently a member in good standing of the District of Columbia Bar.

Hedy Helsell, Center for Nonprofit Management - Dallas

Managing a Training Program
Friday, July 15, 9:00am - 10:30am

Ms. Helsell received her bachelor's degree in mathematics from Mundelein College in Chicago and her master's degree in counseling from Drake University. With experience in the educational field and the defense industry, Ms. Helsell has worked in the public, private and nonprofit sectors. As President of the Center for Nonprofit Management in Dallas since 1987, Ms. Helsell directs an organization that provides management and leadership training, consultation, meeting facilities, information resources, low?interest loans, technology and collaboration services to over 1,200 nonprofit organizations annually in north Texas. Ms. Helsell currently serves as a member of the executive committee of the board of the National Council of Nonprofit Associations, and serves on the Associate Board for the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University and the Advisory Council of the MPA program at the University of Texas at Dallas. Ms. Helsell was a member of the founding board and currently serves on the Advisory Council of the Alliance for Nonprofit Management, a national nonprofit association of management support professionals. Previously Ms. Helsell served as President of the board of the Nonprofit Management Association, and Chair of NMA 1992 national conference. She also served on the Steering Committee for the Applied Research and Development Institute Nonprofit Management and Leadership project, the Evaluation Coalition Steering Committee for Independent Sector and as a trustee for the Pearle Vision Foundation from 1990-1996.She is a 1985 graduate of Leadership Dallas, and a 1998 graduate of Leadership Texas. She has served on the 2002 award selection committee of the Edward A. Smith Award, Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership at UMKC, and the 2003 Linz Award Selection Committee.

Mary Hiland, Hiland & Associates

Effective Board/Executive Director Relationship as the Keystone to Sustainable Organizations
Friday, July 15, 4:15pm - 5:30pm

Mary Hiland is an organizational consultant working with leaders in the nonprofit sector. Mary has over thirty years experience in the nonprofit sector, twenty of them as an executive. Mary has three Masters degrees and has been faculty at San Jose State University. She is pursuing her Ph.D. at Fielding Graduate Institute and conducting research on the board chair-executive director relationship. Her dissertation study is underway in Silicon Valley California to identify the dynamics that actually occur between board chairs and executive directors of established and respected community based organizations. The preliminary findings of this research will be presented and specific, practical applications of those findings for nonprofit leaders will be suggested. She is a Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum. Mary has served on several boards and her consulting practice focuses on supporting and strengthening effective leadership of nonprofit boards and executives. Mary has received several awards including the YMCA Tribute to Women in Industry Award, the Woman of Achievement Award and she was the first recipient of the Silicon Valley Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership Award.

Curdina J. Hill, ClearWays To Freedom

The LEAD Project: Leadership Education And Development; Executive Coaching for Nonprofit Executive Directors
Friday, July 15, 2:15pm - 4:15pm

Curdina Hill M.A, M.PH. is the project advisor for the LEAD Executive Coaching Project, and is an organizational development consultant and executive coach. Her practice, ClearWays to Freedom, focuses on the design and facilitation of strategic planning and community planning processes, program development, management and team development. She coaches non-profit managers in health and human services, and people interested in taking on new challenges. She has provided technical assistance on program and organizational development for non-profits and public agencies on the development of comprehensive youth and family programs. Prior to this, she was a non-profit director for over fourteen years in areas of employment and training, family violence, and family support systems. She has Masters degrees in Sociology and Public Health, and is a graduate of Coach University. She has also studied Process-oriented psychology or Process Work.

Valerie Hogan, Growth Strategies, Inc.

Association of Consultants to Nonprofits: Collaboration Among Capacity Builders, Funders and Nonprofits
Thursday, July 14, 9:00am - 12:00pm

Valerie Hogan, President of Growth Strategies, Inc., has more than 20 years of experience serving nonprofit organizations, governments and business corporations. She specializes in strategic planning, and provides in-depth assistance focusing on project development, outcome measurement, and process improvement. Ms. Hogan has expertise in a variety of fields including organizational development, service delivery, financial management, information technology, training programs, and association management. Ms. Hogan has been a consultant for the past 8 years, preceded by 15 years of employment in management positions. Prior to starting her own business, Ms. Hogan was Vice President of a consulting firm that offered strategic management services to nonprofit organizations and small businesses. She also has an extensive nonprofit management background including former positions as Executive Director of the Illinois Alliance for Aging, General Manager of Childs Play Touring Theatre, and Assistant Regional Director of an international environmental organization. Ms. Hogan is a current Board Member and former President of the Association of Consultants to Nonprofits, which provides professional development, marketing opportunities and collegiality to 140 consultants in the Chicago metropolitan area. She also serves on United Way's Community Impact Panel, which is responsible for reviewing applications, conducting site visits, and making funding recommendations to the Chicago Council.