Located just 30 miles southwest of Richmond, Virginia, a new healthcare conversion foundation based in Petersburg has named a nationally prominent leader in philanthropy as its first Executive Director.

Handy Lindsey, president of The Field Foundation of Chicago for the past fifteen years, accepted the challenge from The Cameron Foundation to relocate to Southside Virginia to help establish Cameron as the most impactful philanthropic initiative in the area. Handy was joined by his wife, Kristen, who until her husband's appointment was a vice-president with The Donors Forum of Chicago. BoardWalk Consulting is pleased to have recruited Handy Lindsey on behalf of the board of directors of The Cameron Foundation.

After just three months on the job, Handy reports that the board has adopted its first formal grant guidelines in anticipation of announcing its first round of grants in the fall of 2004. "Moving from an established urban setting to a start-up in Petersburg is as dramatic a change as I could imagine, " says Handy, "but I have never had this much fun in my entire career."

Over the last 20 years, Prevent Child Abuse Georgia has steadily built a national reputation for leadership in the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Nevertheless, there are still some 86,000 reported instances of neglect and abuse each year in Georgia alone. While proud of its heritage, the group knows there is clearly much more to be done.

Leading the organization since mid April is Executive Director Doug Middleton, a retired Army colonel known to many Georgians for his decade of service as Chief Operating Officer of the Atlanta Chapter of the American Red Cross. BoardWalk Consulting is proud to have recruited Doug Middleton on behalf of PCA Georgia.

"Power. Purpose. Progress." The theme for the 2004 Georgia Nonprofit Summit, hosted annually by the Georgia Center for Nonprofits, is sure to attract hundreds of nonprofit leaders and trustees. This annual summit is routinely the Southeast's largest gathering of nonprofit executives, directors and supporters, and this year's offers an especially strong line-up.

If you have not done so already, follow the link below to sign up for such dynamic speakers as Walter Isaacson, CEO of the Aspen Institute, and Rick Smith, CEO of World 50 Executive Group. Smaller breakout sessions will focus on "Money, Power & Honesty," "Back from the Brink: Survival & Viability," and our favorite, "Recipe for a Robust Board," offered by BoardWalk Consulting.

Once each year, the American Marketing Association Foundation, based in Charleston, SC, hosts a national conference for nonprofits in cooperation with the parent AMA. According to Executive Director Jan Pomerantz Wilcox, this year's conference, to be held in Washington, DC, has the strongest array of presenters and discussion leaders ever.

Featured speakers include the current national CEOs of PBS, AARP and United Way, as well as marketing- savvy executives from the American Cancer Society, National Geographic, Porter Novelli, Interbrand and Yankelovich; featured participants could include you. Nowhere will you find more stimulating theory or more practical tips on nonprofit marketing.

BoardWalk Consulting is pleased to be part of the conference planning committee and a co-leader of a session on "Your Board is your Brand."

At its second annual gala earlier this month, the American Running Association honored 15 of the world's fastest milers as well as the best-known runner in the world, Sir Roger Bannister. Fifty years after Sir Roger took time out from his medical school studies to be the first person ever to beat the four-minute mile, he graciously agreed to be part of ARA's annual celebration.

A special highlight was the presentation of a American Running's inaugural Youth Fitness Award to Rhonda Snyder, a school nurse at the Howe School in Dearborn, Michigan. Rhonda's devotion to a healthy, active lifestyle has truly changed the lives of students at Howe, a special education program for the cognitively impaired and a Montessori magnet school for pre-K through fifth grade.

Executive Director Dave Watt, Health & Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson and a host of luminaries from Ireland, Kenya, Australia and the US heard Dr. Bannister applaud today's competitors even as he made his shattering accomplishment of 1954 sound like a walk in the park. Many of the sub- four-minute milers in attendance had never met each other, and their joyful banter gave the occasion a special spark. BoardWalk Consulting's Sam Pettway, president of ARA, was reminded several times that he is clearly the slowest member of the organization's board!