|
|
|
Has your organization outgrown its board?
The really tough issues in nonprofit board governance are not the ones involving Messrs. Sarbanes or Oxley or solons in the White House, the Congress or the IRS. Rather, the really tough issues in board governance are the ones involving the people you know best--your own board members.
How can you tell if your organization has outgrown its board, and what can you do about it? Read More » |
BoardWalk ranked in Atlanta's 2008 "Best Places to Work"
Pardon the bragging, but we're pretty proud of having been selected as one of Atlanta's "Best Places to Work" in 2008. After surveying over 110,000 employees in Atlanta companies and nonprofits, the Atlanta Business Chronicle and its research partner, Quantum Market Research, selected BoardWalk Consulting as one of Atlanta's 20 Best Places to Work (10-100 employees).
|
|
Recent placements on the BoardWalk
We are pleased to have advised the following clients on these recent appointments:
Steve Stirling, an executive with more than 20 years of experience in management and marketing at Johnson & Johnson, Ameritrade, World Vision and other major corporations and nonprofits, has been named Executive Vice President of External Relations at Heifer International. Most recently, Stirling was Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Univera Life Sciences of Olympia, Wash., a maker of nutritional and active-botanical health supplements. Stirling earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural economics at Cornell University and an MBA in marketing and finance at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management, during which time he also studied international business in Paris, France. Read announcement »
Barbara J. Mosacchio will become Chief Executive Officer of The Atlanta Women's Foundation (AWF) in November.
Mosacchio currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas. She joined the YWCA in November 2001 and led the organization through a strategic transformation to a singular focus on self-sufficiency for women through childcare, parenting skills, financial literacy and health services. She also increased unrestricted revenue by 250% and grant funding by 300%.
Prior to joining the YWCA, Mosacchio had an extensive career in guiding results-driven programs in both the non-profit and for-profit sectors as a senior manager with the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), MMS Incentives, and Chicago-based Second Harvest National Food Bank Network.
Read announcement »
|
|
New executive search assignments since our last smorgasBoard:
Chief Development Officer
Open Hand is the country's largest distributor of home cooked meals, providing Comprehensive Nutrition Care™ (CNC) to more than 3000 clients each day. CNC is a combination of nutritional therapy, education and home delivered meals assisting individuals with chronic disease in their efforts to achieve optimal health outcomes. Atlanta, GA. Click here to receive Leadership Profile when it is finalized (expected mid-October).
1) Chief Development Officer
2) Group VP of Major Gifts
Arthritis Foundation is the only national organization supporting the more than 100 types of arthritis and related conditions with advocacy, programs, services and research. Atlanta, GA. Click here to receive our Leadership Profiles when they are finalized (CDO expected early October, GVP Major Gifts expected early November).
CEO
Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. GSHPA serves well over 50,000 scouts and adult volunteers in 30 counties in central and northeastern Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, PA. Click here to receive our Leadership Profile when it is finalized (expected mid-October).
Executive Director, Jacksonville Public Education Fund
After a decade of support for schools in America's largest city, the Alliance for World Class Education is morphing into the new Jacksonville Public Education Fund, with an enlarged mandate, new funding, a new board and a new executive director. Jacksonville, FL. Click here for Leadership Profile when it is finalized (expected early November). 
Vice President of Administration The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention do more, faster by forging effective partnerships between CDC and individuals, foundations and corporations to fight threats to health and safety. Atlanta, GA. Click here to receive Leadership Profile when it is finalized (expected early-October).
President
United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities prepares women and men for effective ordained and lay leadership in church and society; to pursue theological inquiry and shape theological understanding; to serve as a sustaining resource for religious leaders; and to foster spiritual formation and ethical development. New Brighton, MN. Click here to receive our Leadership Profile when it is finalized(expected mid-October). |
|
Strategic Facilitations
Board Planning Retreat
Center for the Visually Impaired is Georgia's largest, fully accredited private facility providing rehabilitation services for individuals who are blind or visually impaired. Atlanta, GA. September 2008.
Volunteer and Staff Leadership Workshop
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is the leading charitable funder and advocate of type 1 (juvenile) diabetes research worldwide. Its mission is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. New York, NY. November 2008.
Board Retreat
The PAGE (Professional Association of Georgia Educators) Foundation, established in 1985, prepares future generations of excellent teachers and promotes and honors academic achievement. Atlanta, GA. September 2008.
Board Retreat
The Atlanta Girls' School provides a challenging college preparatory program in a learning environment designed to foster the full potential of each student and to enable her to become a vital contributor to our complex global society. Atlanta, GA. September 2008.
Board Retreat
For more than 60 years, the Sarasota Orchestra has been entertaining music lovers from around the region, and visitors from around the world. Sarasota, FL. October 2008.
Fall Conference
Generations of Hope Development Corporation is an innovative nonprofit that created Hope Meadows, an intergenerational community that supports families who have adopted children from foster care. Generations of Hope has become a national model for addressing social challenges. Oak Brook, IL. November 2008.
|
|
To view all of our active assignments, please click here.
|
Please click on the pictures below to learn more about the consultants at BoardWalk.
Kim Anderson
|
Kathy Bremer
|
Sam Pettway
|
Margaret Reiser
|
|
About smorgasBoard®
smorgasBoard is the mostly-monthly newsletter of BoardWalk Consulting, a firm committed to building strong foundations for nonprofits through executive search, board enhancement and strategic facilitation. Contents © 2008 by BoardWalk Consulting LLC. Dissemination and reproduction encouraged, if accompanied by attribution to BoardWalk Consulting; all other rights reserved.
"BoardWalk Consulting," "building strong foundations for nonprofits" and "smorgasBoard" are registered trademarks ® of BoardWalk Consulting LLC.
To view other issues of smorgasBoard, please click here » |
|
Steve Stirling, EVP External Relations
