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January 2011
In this issue of smorgasBoard®, our first of the year, we are pleased to report on a strong finish to 2010 and a fast start to 2011:
- New assignments in Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland and Rhode Island with Alley Cat Allies, Heifer International, MedShare, Midtown Alliance, Plan USA and Young Audiences|Woodruff Arts Center
- Recent placements in Connecticut, Georgia, New Jersey, Virginia and Costa Rica with Alleghany Foundation, EARTH University, National Center for Civil & Human Rights, Partnership Against Domestic Violence, Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, Save the Children
- Other news from the BoardWalk: An award shared with a client plus three board appointments for our team
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New clients and assignments
... since the last issue of smorgasBoard |
 Executive Director
Alley Cat Allies
Bethesda, MD
Alley Cat Allies is the only national advocacy organization dedicated to the protection and humane treatment of cats. Founded in 1990, Alley Cat Allies pioneered the Trap-Neuter-Return method of saving cats' lives.
Please click here to receive the Leadership Profile when it has been approved by the client.
EVP Global Programs
Heifer International
Little Rock, AR
Heifer International is a leading international development organization dedicated to ending poverty and hunger while caring for the earth. Founded in 1944, Heifer has enabled over 10 million small holder farm families and their communities to lift themselves out of poverty.
Please click here to receive the Leadership Profile when it has been approved by the client.
CEO
MedShare
Atlanta, GA
Surplus medical supplies and equipment find their way to qualified healthcare facilities around the globe thanks to the hard work of MedShare, a nonprofit dedicated to improving healthcare and the environment through the efficient recovery and redistribution of surplus medical supplies and equipment to those most in need. Last year alone, MedShare sent over 100 containers of critical supplies to hospitals and medical centers in some 35 countries.
Please click here to receive the Leadership Profile when it has been approved by the client.
 President & CEO
Midtown Alliance
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta's Midtown Alliance has been guiding the progress of Midtown Atlanta since 1978. The Alliance and its members have helped transform the once deteriorated, under-valued area into a model of urban revitalization and a premier live/work/play community.
Please click here to receive the Leadership Profile when it has been approved by the client.
Chief Information Officer Plan USA Warwick, RI
Plan USA is part of Plan International, one of the oldest, largest and most impactful international development agencies in the world. For almost 75 years, Plan has been creating positive, lasting change for millions of children, families and communities in scores of countries.
Click here to read the Leadership Profile for Plan USA's CIO.
 Executive Director Young Audiences Atlanta, GA
Young Audiences, a division
of Atlanta's renowned Woodruff Arts Center, is Georgia's leading provider of arts-in-education programming. Professional artists offer exceptional curriculum-based assemblies, workshops and residencies to children and young adults. The organization reaches over 640,000 students in 50 Georgia counties each year.
Please click here to receive the Leadership Profile when it has been approved by the client.
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Recent placements on the BoardWalk
... announced since our last smorgasBoard:
 Mary Fant Donnan
Executive Director Alleghany Foundation Covington, VA
The Alleghany Foundation has announced the appointment of the Foundation's first full-time Executive Director, Mary Fant Donnan. Mary brings to her new role a mix of experience in philanthropy, the nonprofit sector, state government and education.
Since 2001, she has been a program officer with the highly regarded Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she had primary responsibility for the foundation's Community Economic Development focus area.
Read more...
 Ingrid Blanton
VP of Development
EARTH University
San Jose, Costa Rica
EARTH University has appointed Ingrid Blanton as the new Vice President of Development. Most recently, Ingrid served as Associate Vice President of Gift Planning at Emory University. Previously, she held fundraising and leadership positions at Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and the Williamsburg Land Conservancy.
An attorney by training, Blanton practiced law for several years before moving to the nonprofit sector.
Read more...
 Deborah Richardson VP for Development
National Center for Civil & Human Rights
Atlanta, GA The National Center for Civil and Human Rights (NCCHR) welcomes Atlanta native Deborah Richardson's as Executive Vice President, leading fundraising and program development. Previously President of Atlanta Women's Foundation, Deborah had been Chief Program Officer of the San-Francisco-based Women's Funding Network since July 2008. Read more... Meagan Fulmer  VP of Development
Partnership Against Domestic Violence
Atlanta, GA
Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) has recruited Meagan Fulmer as its Vice President of Development. Most recently, Meagan was Area Director for the Eastern Region of March of Dimes, where she was responsible for $25 million in revenue and a staff of 20.
Previously, she worked in development for the American Heart Association in Atlanta, where she helped achieve annual revenue growth of over 20%.
Andrew Friedman President & CEO
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic Princeton, NJ Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D) is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Friedman as the new President & CEO.
RFB&D's interim CEO since mid-2010, Andrew joined the national nonprofit as CFO in January 2009 and subsequently was promoted to COO. Following a national search, the board confirmed his permanent appointment as CEO.
Barbara Erickson
VP of Resource Development
Save the Children
Westport, CT
Barbara Erickson joins Save the Children as Vice President for Resource Development on February 1, 2011. Barbara has served as Chief Development Officer for Earthwatch Institute, a global nonprofit promoting environmental sustainability, since 2004. Read more... |
Other news from the BoardWalk
.. one award and three board appointments
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At its Fifth Annual Client Advisor Awards showcase in December, Creative Growth Group of Atlanta announced that BoardWalk Consulting and the Atlanta Center for Self-Sufficiency had won its 2010 Client Advisor Award in the Community Involvement Category.
ACSS was created by the merger of two innovative organizations with similar missions - Samaritan House of Atlanta and Atlanta Enterprise Center; BoardWalk advised on the selection of a new CEO for the merged entities and assisted in the planning of the transition to a unified entity.
Click here to read about the other winners of the Client Advisor Awards.
BoardWalk's Margaret Reiser has been elected to the board of Grantmakers in the Arts, "the only national association of private and public funders making grants to artists and arts organizations in America."
Kathy Bremer was recently appointed to the board of the Women's Forum of Georgia. The Forum is an affiliate of the International Women's Forum that advances women's leadership across careers, cultures and continents.
Sam Pettway has been elected to the global board of the Association of Executive Search Consultants, the professional association representing retained executive search firms around the world. Previously, Sam was a member of the America's Council, AESC's regional advisory board.
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To view all active assignments on the BoardWalk, please click here.
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Please click on the pictures below to learn more about consultants on the BoardWalk.
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Kathy Bremer
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Sam Pettway
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Margaret Reiser
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About smorgasBoard®
smorgasBoard is the mostly-monthly newsletter of BoardWalk Consulting, a firm committed to building strong foundations for nonprofits ® through executive search, board enhancement and strategic facilitation.
Contents © 2011 by BoardWalk Consulting LLC. Dissemination and reproduction encouraged, if accompanied by attribution to BoardWalk Consulting; all other rights reserved.
"BoardWalk Consulting," "building strong foundations for nonprofits" and "smorgasBoard" are registered trademarks ® of BoardWalk Consulting LLC. |
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