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.

Liz holds a Master’s degree in psychology from New School University in New York City. She is a trained executive and relationship coach having completed CTI’s (Coaches Training Institute) individual and organization & systems relationship coaching coursework, and is a certified Team Diagnostic™ coach.  Her consulting areas include team development and team performance improvement, business process improvement, inter- and intra-agency collaborations, organizational restructuring, board development, matrix management, management accountability, and planning and project management.  She is also a licensed to teach the Martin-Tate™ method of project management.  Finally, Liz is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) through the International Coaching Federation.

Consulting Clients

Her past and current consulting clients include the Red Cross of New York and Pennsylvania, the California Association of Nonprofits, Hillel Community Day School (FL), Hillsborough Education Foundation, STAND! Against Domestic Violence, Center for Human Development, Cambridge Community Center, East County Boys and Girls Club, and Youth Justice Institute. 

Contact

Liz Callahan
Executive Director
The CBO Center
c/o The Concord Campus of CSU East Bay
4700 Ygnacio Valley Road
Concord, CA 94521
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