Not-for-Profit Experiences

Not-for-Profit Experience

  • Assisted Community Care Network as well as assisted them in the establishment and Strategic Planning of their highly successful San Diego Health Care Alliance.
  • Chairman of the Board, Central Credit Union.
  • Assisted establishment of the High Desert Education Foundation and its first Strategic Plan/Board/etc.
  • Trained numerous not-for-profit executives in our public seminars for the past 16 years.
  • See Client List for many, many additional experiences with not-for-profit CEOs and boards.

Philanthropic, Fundraising, and Strategic Planning Experience

  • Assisted fund raising with United Way and a number of other not-for-profits/foundations (see Client List).
  • Taught “Fund Raising Pyramid” concept to not-for-profit executives.
  • World-class leader in The Systems Thinking ApproachTM to Strategic Management (Planning, Leadership, and Change)—facilitated over 300 Strategic Planning processes for the past 16 years.

Board Development

  • Chairman of the Board, Central Credit Union, San Diego.
  • Board Member, Child Abuse Prevention Foundation.
  • Highly experienced board member for a number of financial and insurance services organizations.
  • Consulted to over 50 not-for-profit boards of directors, including all clients listed below.
  • Conducted numerous board self evaluations and board/executive director recruitment processes.

CEO Relationships

  • Have been a CEO myself for three companies.
  • Worked closely as executive and consultant with CEOs (or equivalent titles) for 31 consecutive years—over 200 of them—providing coaching, planning, facilitation, team building, recruiting, and advice.
  • Keynote speaker for TEC (The Executive Committee) over 80 times to over 1,000 CEOs.
  • Worked closely with public sector CEOs, city managers, executive directors.

Not-for-Profit Clients

  • Community Care Network
  • San Diego Health Care Alliance
  • Palomar-Palmerado Health System
  • San Diego County Department of Health Services
  • Family Services Association of San Diego
  • San Diego Physician Professional Association
  • Child Abuse Prevention Foundation
  • Children’s Initiative/United Way
  • Apple Valley High Desert Education Foundation
  • Red Cross, San Diego / Girl Scouts of the USA
  • San Diego Council of Community Clinics
  • Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
  • Albertson’s Foundation
  • Many Credit Unions in San Diego County and elsewhere
  • San Diego County Office of Education
  • Many School Districts including Poway and San Diego Unified
  • American and Canadian Societies for Association Executives
  • Canadian Standards Association and Quality Management Institute
  • San Diego Police Department
  • And many other not-for-profit clients including US Navy (various), many cities and government agencies, First Nations, ministries, environmental organizations, etc. List available on request.