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 Presenter Bios Miriam Abrams
Miriam Abrams brings more than twenty five years of senior level experience and consulting with non-profit organizations and public agencies. She has had her own consulting practice since 1993, specializing in strategic planning, meeting and retreat facilitation, and board effectiveness. Miriam has collaborated in developing comprehensive multicultural strategic planning processes, and is a consultant with VISIONS, Inc., a national organization focusing on long-term diversity initiatives. In multicultural strategic planning processes, cultural competency is the lens through which all organizational decisions are made. Using innovative methods and the VISIONS model of multicultural training, Miriam has helped organizations develop groundbreaking programs and organizational cultures that respect, appreciate and celebrate differences. Ms. Abrams is an affiliate consultant with University of California-Berkeley’s Center for Workplace Development and the CBO Center. She was an affiliate consultant with The Management Center and former planning consultant with the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Symphony Orchestra League. Suzan Bateson
Suzan Bateson joined the Alameda County Community Food Bank, located in Oakland California, as executive director in 2001. She is dedicated to ending hunger in our communities, especially childhood hunger, and her work focuses on ensuring that low-income children and adults receive healthy and nutritious food. She helped the Food Bank move to a permanent location in 2005, and has recently, along with the board of directors, concluded a $5M capital campaign. Bateson brings a background in nonprofit management and entrepreneurship to the Food Bank. She has worked in the nonprofit sector for 17 years, and feels it suits her very well. Prior to that she worked in retail administration, and ran her own business. Juana Bordas
Is president of Mestiza Leadership International – a company that focuses on leadership, diversity, and organizational change. She is a founder of Mi Casa Women’s Center and founding President/ CEO of the National Hispana Leadership. For her contributions to women’s advancement, she was initiated into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame and honored as a Wise Woman by the National Center for Women’s Policy Studies. Juana recently served as advisor to Harvard’s Hispanic Journal on Public Policy and the Kellogg National Fellows Program. A former Peace Corps volunteer, she received the Franklin Miller Award from the US Peace Corps for her life long commitment to advance communities of color and the Leadership Legacy Award from Spellman’s College Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement. Her first book, Salsa, Soul and Spirit – Leadership for a Multicultural Age, was published by Berrett-Koehler in May 2007. Liz Callahan
Liz Callahan is the executive director of The CBO Center, a management support organization serving the East Bay. Liz has been an independent consultant since 1993 after working more than 20 years in nonprofit organizations, in academia, and in government. Prior to opening her consulting practice, Liz was vice president for Public Affairs and Marketing at Recording for the Blind, where she executed a national, multi-media communications program to define and standardize RFB’s image as an advocate for the empowerment of people with disabilities. She was the assistant dean for External Relations and Development for the Rutgers Graduate School of Management and served as founding executive director of the Hudson County Coalition of Nonprofit Organizations. Liz also served as the chief of staff to the chair of the New York Mercantile Exchange and was appointments secretary to the Governor of New Jersey. Liz is a member of the Regional Partners Policy Network of the California Association of Nonprofits, and the C.A.N. Policy Council, for whom she co-chairs a statewide accountability initiative. Jeff Camp
Jeff Camp chairs the Education Impact Circle of Full Circle Fund, a Bay Area volunteer organization that forms skilled project teams to help organizations turn their ideas into results for children. Camp also chairs the Advisory Committee of the Alt Comp Dialogue, a Full Circle Fund-sponsored project to promote local labor-management discussion of how to use alternative compensation approaches to increase schools' effectiveness in educating children. Camp honed his skills in project management and team development over 12 years at Microsoft Corporation. His leadership roles included product marketing, product design, international business planning, market development, and general management. From 1995 through 1997, Camp was Business Manager for Microsoft's fast-growing Far East region, based in Tokyo. He is proficient in Japanese, which he learned while earning his AB in East Asian Studies at Harvard. When he left Microsoft in 2002, Camp returned to the Bay Area, where he lives with his wife and three young children. Michelle Gislason
Michelle Gislason, projects director for Leadership Services at CompassPoint, is responsible for the program creation and management of several programs, including the Executive Coaching Program, the Coaching and Philanthropy Initiative, Leadership Circles, and the Leadership Program for Executives Serving Transition-Age Youth. Michelle also co-facilitates CompassPoint’s leadership series, “Thriving as an Executive Director”. She has extensive experience in supporting nonprofit leaders and is a trainer, consultant and certified organizational coach. Michelle graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor of Arts degree and completed her Masters degree in Organizational Psychology. Dr. Diane Johnson
Dr. Diane Johnson has more than 25 years experience in the business, public and social sectors in a multitude of roles --- from Director of Programs and Director of Development to President of a national management consulting firm. Established in 1992, Mmapeu Management Consulting has trained, consulted and worked with over 5,750 individuals representing: K – 12 and higher educational institutions; local, state, and federal governmental agencies; socially responsible businesses; multi-national corporations; community based organizations; and philanthropic entities. Dr. Johnson received her doctorate from Tufts University. She now lives in Oakland with her new husband and two cats. John Kenyon
John Kenyon is a nonprofit technology strategist who has been helping nonprofits for over 16 years providing advice, teaching and writing about effective uses of technology. In the late 90’s he was Information Technology Director at San Francisco’s Management Center. John served as Training and Consulting Manager at Groundspring.org/Network for Good, helping organizations effectively use the Internet, before returning to private practice in 2005. He is an adjunct professor for the University of San Francisco’s Masters of Nonprofit Administration degree program. John is a frequent speaker at universities and nonprofit conferences across the United States and abroad. His consulting practice concentrates on strategic uses of appropriate technologies with a focus on leveraging the internet. Jane Lin
Jane Lin is a Philanthropic Advisor at Tides Foundation’s national office in San Francisco. Since 1976, Tides Foundation has worked with donors committed to positive social change. As a philanthropic advisor Jane handles a portfolio of individual clients as they develop and implement their giving plans through donor advised funds. From facilitating a donor’s docket process and site visits to researching issue areas and evaluating grantees, Jane has extensive experience in grantmaking. In addition to working with individuals, Jane also leads Tides Foundation’s economic justice initiative – Bridging the Economic Divide (BED). The BED Initiative started in 2000 as a donor collaborative to address the growing chasm between the poor and the wealthy in this country. To date, BED has granted approximately $3.5 million to over 55 economic justice organizations and coalitions across the country. Jane is a UC Berkeley graduate with a degree in Political Science. Dr. Joe A. Mattox
Dr. Mattox is a popular executive leadership coach. He has coached a range of leaders, from CEOs, to senior vice presidents, and middle managers. His current work in organizations focuses on increasing leadership behaviors and competencies that encourage individual initiative and leadership from a systemic perspective. Dr. Mattox’s expertise in psychology, working across generations and cross cultural communication provides multiple tools for resolving complex workplace disputes. He regularly teaches these tools and techniques to managers, third party neutrals and human resource professionals across the country. He has conducted extensive research on multi-generations and the impact on organizational effectiveness. Dr. Mattox has presented his Communicating and Collaborating across Generations Program to diverse organizations across the country including, John F. Kennedy University, USDA, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association, the National Labor Board and Genentech. Barbara Miller
Barbara Miller has thirty years of experience consulting to private, public and non-profit organizations. Barbara specializes in leadership development, strategic planning, managerial coaching, organization change strategies, and Board/Staff team building. She enjoys helping executives and organizations develop leadership transition plans. Barbara has a Master's Degree in Management Science and Women's Studies and taught courses at USF's Master's program in OD/HR. Kathleen Odne
Kathleen Odne is the Executive Director of the Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation in Walnut Creek, California. The Lesher Foundation makes grants in Contra Costa County in the areas of education, services for children, youth and families and the visual and performing arts. Kathleen currently serves on the board and the executive committee of the Council on Foundations in Washington DC and the Forum of Regional Associations of Gratnmakers. She has also served on the ASF board, the board of Northern California Grantmakers and on the advisory committee for the Foundation Center-San Francisco. Kathleen received her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois in Political Science and has an M.A. in Philanthropic Studies from Indiana University – Center on Philanthropy. Vanessa Pierce
Vanessa Pierce is Director of Development at Tipping Point Community in San Francisco, where she develops strategies for major gifts, engages the next generation of philanthropists and consults with Tipping Point's 21 grantee organizations on fundraising and development. Prior to joining Tipping Point in 2007, Vanessa worked as a major gifts officer at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA. She also worked in development at the University of California, San Francisco as Director
of Foundation Programs, working with the UCSF Foundation's Board of Directors. Before entering the non-profit sector, Vanessa was a consultant with Bain and Company. She earned a BA in Psychology from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and earned a certificate in Fund Raising Management from the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. Maria Ramos-Chertok
Maria Ramos-Chertok is a nonprofit consultant with expertise in the areas of conflict resolution, sexual harassment prevention, managing change, teambuilding, multiculturalism, leadership development and supervision. Prior to consulting, she worked in the field of domestic violence prevention and was hired by the Family Violence Prevention Fund to write the judicial benchbook, Cultural Considerations in Domestic Violence Cases. Between 1996 and 2006 she was a consultant and trainer with CompassPoint Nonprofit services. Maria is a National Hispana Leadership Institute graduate and received her law degree from the University Pennsylvania. She is also part of the training team of Rockwood Leadership Institute. Beth Sawi
Beth was elected to the Alameda County Community Food Bank board in July 2003, and is currently serving as Board President. For 20 years, she worked for Charles Schwab & Co., as Chief Administrative Officer and Executive VP of Marketing, among other positions. She is the author of Coming Up for Air: How to Live a Balanced Life in a Workaholic World. Beth has an MBA from Stanford and a BA from Tufts University. She lives in Berkeley with her husband, two children, dog, and cat. Rich Snowdon
Rich Snowdon co-founded CAP, the Child Assault Prevention Training Center of California, which led the statewide effort to bring abuse prevention programs to four million children in public schools, from preschool through 12th grade. He co-leads the CompassPoint series “Thriving as an Executive Director.” Since 1999, he’s been a life coach, working with nonprofit leaders to develop their personal, professional, and political power. His site, nonprofithearts.net, offers free information and provocative perspectives. Robert M. Zimmerman
Robert M. Zimmerman, fundraising specialist and President of Zimmerman Lehman, has over 35 years of experience in the field of nonprofit administration in the areas of fundraising, organizational development and executive search. He has been director of development at a variety of nonprofit organizations. Bob has taught workshops for nonprofit staffs and boards of directors nationwide on such topics as major donor solicitation, hiring top-notch executive staff, and overcoming the fear of fundraising.
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