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A newsletter dedicated to increasing the capacity of nonprofits · January 2012

 
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Our Commitment to Diversity

We make every effort to present diverse pools of qualified candidates for each search. Since 2007, we closed more than two thirds of our searches with women or minorities and close to a quarter with female minorities.

 

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Happy New Year to our clients, colleagues, supporters, and friends!

We received an overwhelmingly positive response to last month's release of "Recruiting Strategies to Make Diversity More Meaningful in your Organization". After reading the analysis, diversity expert and nonprofit management blogger Rosetta Thurman noted, "One thing that stuck out for me in the article is that, as search consultants themselves, the authors take a practical view of diversity (not just a moral one). A big takeaway comes when they point out the all-important point that nonprofit hiring managers (and even search committees) often miss: There is no such thing as a diverse candidate."

To find out the answer to her question, "So, if nonprofits aren't supposed to be looking for "diverse candidates" or "diverse hires," what should they be seeking instead?" please read From Rhetoric to Practice: Recruiting Strategies to Make Diversity More Meaningful in your Organization.

Consulting Practice Launch

As we enter our tenth year of recruiting senior leaders for nonprofits large and small, we have begun to provide more training and capacity building to our clients.

Examples of these projects include:

  • Developing a Hiring Manual which incorporates the culture of one of the nation's largest advocacy and social service providers with the best practices of executive search culled from our team's collective and deep experience.
  • Providing training on succession planning and recruiting practices at an annual conference for the leadership of affiliates of an international civil rights organization.
  • Teaching the staff of a local nonprofit how to do deep reference checks that probe for candidates' track record.

To continue meeting these needs, we are pleased to announce the launch of a Consulting Practice dedicated to increasing the capacity of your staff.

 

SEIU 32BJ Appoints Director of Finance

Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group is pleased to announce that Jill Olonoff has been named Director of Finance at SEIU 32BJ. Ms. Olonoff began her career at Marsh & McLennan Companies in senior accounting, tax, audit and compliance roles. Over the course of two decades, she progressed to ultimately serve as Global Corporate Controller and Managing Director for Guy Carpenter & Company, a $900 million global operating unit of Marsh & McLennan. Most recently, she launched a consulting practice and served as acting Controller for a diverse range of clients including not-for-profit, publishing, multimedia, and financial services organizations. Ms. Olonof earned a BS, Accounting, from the School of Management at University of Buffalo and is a Certified Public Accountant.

With more than 120,000 members in eight states and Washington, DC, SEIU 32BJ is the largest property service workers union in the country. 32BJ is affiliated with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), an organization of over 2 million members united by a belief in the dignity and worth of workers and the services they provide. To raise industry standards and improve lives, SEIU and 32BJ focuses its resources on organizing new members into the union.

 

MATHCOUNTS Foundation Names Director of Development

Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group is pleased to announce that Paula Posada has been named Director of Development at MATHCOUNTS Foundation. Most recently, Ms. Posada served as an Account Manager for the United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO) managing a portfolio of corporate prospects with sponsorship accounts at the six- and seven-figure levels. The USO's field operations enabled corporations to support national initiatives and programmatic areas such as Wounded Warriors, Children of Soldiers, and Families of the Fallen. Ms. Posada was not only successful in increasing the number of corporate sponsorships, but also deepening existing accounts and leveraging industry partners to propel the USO into new markets.

Earlier, Ms. Posada spent ten years as a paralegal/chief of staff, ultimately in a position with EADS North America supporting a General Counsel overseeing ten domestic and international aerospace/defense subsidiaries. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Advanced Legal Studies and a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a double major in Speech Communications and Political Science, from Southwest Texas State University.

MATHCOUNTS is America's only nationwide enrichment, club, and competition program that motivates and rewards middle school students for math achievement. Its mission is to secure America's global competitiveness by inspiring excellence, confidence and curiosity in U.S. middle school students through fun and challenging math programs.

 

NPAG to Present at American Civil Liberties Union Conference

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Laura Gassner Otting is honored to have been invited to speak this month at the national conference for ACLU affiliate executive directors. She will provide instruction to capitalize on the search process as an opportunity to reflect on past successes and challenges, and determine the strategic talent needs of the affiliate moving forward.

This is one of a number of national organizations that rely upon the wisdom and experience of our search team.

 

 

Upcoming Webinars

NPAG has partnered with Synthesis Partnership to get the word out about their webinars. These are a series of free one-hour educational offerings by experts in nonprofit management.

January 24, 2012, 3pm Eastern:
Utilizing the Powers of Mobile Technologies

January 25, 2012, 1pm Eastern:
Nonprofit Boards & Effective Governance

January 25, 2012, 3pm Eastern:
Collaborating with Partners on Joint Grants: Do's and Don'ts

January 31, 2012, 3pm Eastern:
Communicating Vision and Value

February 1, 2012, 3pm Eastern:
Tell Your Story to Sell Your Store: Why an Outreach Plan is Crucial for Every Non-Profit

The Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group is dedicated to strengthening the capacity of nonprofits and their staff, and is available for search consulting projects on an hourly or per project basis for nonprofits, or to discuss the individual resumes, cover letters, and job search strategies of job seekers.

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Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group LLC

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