Inspired Nonprofit Leadership

My guest for this episode is Stephen King. Given Stephen has gone from being a bootstrapped tech found to a billion-dollar executive to a nonprofit fundraiser, it’s safe to say he is not your traditional CPA. Stephen has over 20 years’ experience with nonprofits in fundraising and fund development. His experience at the forefront of technology development and accounting system design spans nearly…

My guest for this episode is Lindsay Simonds. Lindsay is a nonprofit, fundraising and management professional with over a decade of experience partnering with organizations for transformational change. Having raised over $1 billion cumulatively, she serves nonprofit clients ranging from start-up to multi-billion dollar budgets locally and nationally. Her sector focus areas are Health Care, Educatio…

This is a bonus episode–a moment with Mary. In this episode I respond to an inquiry I received from a board chair asking what her role should be during a crisis. I had some suggestions all of which were prefaced by how important being in partnership with the CEO is for all of them. I discuss supporting the CEO in specific communications with both the staff and the board. Another key tip is to ens…

My guest for this episode is Sherry Quam Taylor. Sherry has over 13 years’ experience with nonprofits: as a volunteer, staff, and on boards. Sherry has had her own business helping nonprofits for eight years. She teaches nonprofit leaders how to pivot from small-dollar donations to securing larger, investment-level donations so they can finally fund their missions. The leaders she works with are e…

My guest for this episode is Michelle Mendoza. Michelle’s Human Resources career spans more than 20 years – with large corporations such as Johnson & Johnson, Intuit, Cadence Design Systems and KLA Tenor. Michelle has 15 years of experience working with non-profits, including spending over a year as a HR Manager at a non-profit before starting her own business, Connect to HR. Since 2010, she h…