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BoardWalk Consulting
We know nonprofits.
And we know that compelling missions are best served by strong leaders working in strategic unity with strong boards. Accordingly, we have one purpose:
building strong foundations for nonprofits®
We serve this purpose through three primary services:
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Executive search
- Board enrichment
- Strategic planning
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July highlights: "Successful Successions, A BoardWalk Guide," three new placements, three new assignments and and updates on our engagements and our people
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Successful Successions:
A BoardWalk Guide
Turnover among board and senior staff members is a big issue for nonprofits, and it's about to become even bigger as the competition for leaders and board members intensifies.
Prompted by numerous requests and spurred by the reactions to a presentation we made in Seattle this past May at the annual meeting of Washington State nonprofits, we've developed a practical 12-step guide to successful successions, combining our take on "how to" with "what next."
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Three
exciting placements
for BoardWalk clients
Three prominent clients--one
primarily regional in reach, one primarily national and one truly
global--announced new executives recently.
For two of our placements,
both CFOs, this move marks their first full-time employment in the nonprofit sector; the third placement, a foundation president, has made the sector his focus for many years.
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Kevin Speirits
Chief Financial Officer Susan G. Komen for the Cure
After 24 years leading financial management teams around the globe, Kevin Speirits has become Chief Financial Officer of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, "the world's largest and most progressive grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists.
Since 1990, Kevin has been with Freescale Semiconductor, a $6.5 billion manufacturer that until 2003-04 was part of Motorola. The VP of Corporate Finance there for the last three years, Kevin managed all financial planning and analysis for this global company.
A native of Glasgow, Scotland, who has lived most of the last 15 years in Texas, Kevin represents something of a diversity hire for Komen, where just 5% of the employees are men. Kevin received his Master of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Glasgow with First Class Honors.
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David Weitnauer
President
R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation
The R. Howard Dobbs Foundation, Inc., recently named David Weitnauer as its President. Established by Mr. Dobbs in 1959, the Foundation focuses its giving in three areas:supporting educational opportunities, promoting environmental stewardship, and improving access to health services.
The Foundation's metro-Atlanta focus was very attractive to David. "I'm excited about the opportunity to continue work in support of local education. Grantmaking in the areas of the environment and healthcare will be new for me, but I can't imagine a better mix." Weitnauer recently completed his tenure as the Executive Director of The Rockdale Foundation, an Atlanta-based charitable foundation.
David received his A.B. degree from Davidson College, a Master of Divinity and a Doctor of Theology in Pastoral Counseling from Columbia Theological Seminary. He is an ordained Presbyterian minister.
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Gerald Wilkins
Chief Financial Officer
Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity International, the world's largest Christian housing ministry, has tapped Gerald Wilkins, a veteran financial executive with substantial global experience, as its CFO.
In hindsight, Gerald appears destined to be part of the Habitat family. During his tenure as CFO at AFC Enterprises, the $2.6-billion franchiser best known for its Popeye and Church's Chicken brands, the company's employees and families built some 300 homes for Habitat. In 2002, Gerald participated in Habitat's Jimmy Carter Work Project in South Africa.
Gerald spent his formative years at General Electric and PepsiCo, where he was VP of International Business Planning for KFC International. He holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from San Francisco State University and an MBA from Stanford Business School. He is a member of the board of Global Payments (NYSE: GPN).
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New assignments
In a society where "academic" is sometimes an accepted synonym for
irrelevance, Chicago Theological Seminary has attracted a world-class
faculty of engaged intellectuals who are leaders in their fields. A seminary of the United
Church of Christ, CTS prepares women and men in the understandings and skills needed for
religious leadership and ministry to individuals, churches and society.
Chicago Theological Seminary
Chicago, IL
Mandate: President
Status: Search just launched.
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 SERVE is a university-based organization committed to promoting and supporting continuous improvement through research and development.SERVE is governed by a board that includes the state governors, chief state school officer, educators, legislators and private sector leaders from six southeastern states (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC and SC). BoardWalk has been asked to facilitate strategic discussions with the board. SERVEGreensboro, NC Mandate: Board enrichment Status: Underway ........................................................................................................................... ![[USO logo]](http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs007/1011249554298/img/124.gif?a=1101678331505) The USO provides morale, welfare and recreation-type services to our men and women in uniform. USOArlington, VA Mandate: Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources Status: Search just launched; write-up pending. |
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Ongoing assignments
..............................................................................................................................  The Fine Art Center/ Bascom-Louise Gallery Highlands, NC Mandate: Executive Director Status: Prospects being developed; inquiries welcomed. (view Leadership Profile) ..............................................................................................................................  The Fund for Theological Education Atlanta, GA Mandate: President Status: Prospects being developed; inquiries welcomed. (view Leadership Profile) .............................................................................................................................. 
Mandate: Board enrichment
Status: Underway
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INROADSSt. Louis, MO
Mandate: Search for SVP, Human Resources & TrainingStatus: Offer pending.
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Mandate: Search for Executive Director
Status: Client has met full slate of endorsed candidates; decision pending. (view Leadership Profile)..............................................................................................................................
Time WarnerAtlanta, GA; Birmingham, AL; and Charlotte, NC Mandate: Board Matching Status: Six board matches confirmed or in progress; others pending.
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Elsewhere on the BoardWalk...
Last week, BoardWalk's Kim Anderson was honored by the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys with the Barbara A. Harris Award for Community Service. The Harris award honors those "who have been practicing at least ten years, whose service to the community extends beyond the practice of law, and who has had a significant impact on the social, political and economic equality of minorities and women. The recipient of this award shall have contributed substantially to programs that uplift and empower the community." Congratulations, Kim! .............................................................................................................................. In May, Sam Pettway addressed the annual meeting of Washington State Nonprofits, where his topic was succession management (a talk that gave rise to the piece at the top of this issue of smorgasBoard). In early June, he spoke on board governance at the annual meeting for NAADA, a national association of alumni and administrators of the nation's land-grant universities. Later in June, he addressed the inaugural class at the Executive Leadership Program for Nonprofit Organizations, sponsored jointly by Emory's Goizueta Business School, Georgia State's Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, and the Georgia Center for Nonprofits. |
Please click on the pictures below to learn more about the consultants at BoardWalk.
Kim Anderson
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Sam Pettway
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Margaret Resier
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E-mail: info@boardwalkconsulting.com
Telephone: 404-BoardWalk (404-262-7392)
On the Web: http://www.BoardWalkConsulting.com
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