NONPROFIT
LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVES.
TIMELY DISCUSSIONS WITH ED ROGOFF
WILLIAM SKODY is a CPA with Skody Scot & Company, CPAs, P.C., a nationwide practice that represents over 400 nonprofits. William is an expert in all aspects of accounting and financial issues for nonprofits. Prior to starting his own firm, he worked for public accounting firms Mahoney Cohen and B.D.O. Seidman.
SAM MARKS is the CEO of FJC: A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds, an innovative non-profit. Previously, he managed several major philanthropic organizations.
BOB WOLF was a pioneer in the field of eldercare law and has served for over 25 years as a senior advisor to the SC Group, one of the largest funders of non-profit aging programs in the United States. His clients have included the New York Academy of Medicine, Rockefeller Philanthropy Associates, and the National Council on Aging.
JOHN HAWORTH​ became Senior Executive Emeritus of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian after directing the Museum's branch in New York City for over twenty years. He currently advises tribal cultural organizations on management, program development, and planning, and continues to be a keynote speaker on nonprofits at conferences around the world.
BARBARA D. KNOTHE is a Partner in the law firm of Garfunkel Wild, P.C., and has spent over 25 years in the healthcare field, first as a registered critical care nurse. She currently represents nonprofit organizations, hospitals, and other healthcare providers, with expertise in regulation and corporate transactions.
TYSHAWN CONSTANTINE is the Program Director for the non-profit Hemophilia Association of New York where he directs social media outreach, community-based programs, and client services. In this capacity, he coordinates programs across a wide panoply of organizations including hospitals, clinics, pharmaceutical companies, and government agencies.
DAVE GALLAGHER is the Founder and CEO of Harvest Fund Raising Counsel specializing in non-profits and educational institutions.
MARK GIBBEL is an experienced development officer and consultant with broad non-profit expertise. He previously led development teams at Baruch College of the City University of New York and The New School.
JUDY VREDENBURGH followed her twenty-year career as a retailing executive by bringing her leadership and management expertise to the nonprofit sector, first as CEO and President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, and then as CEO and President of Girls Inc.
BOOKS.
Bankable Business Plans for Non-Profits follows the process successful profit-making entrepreneurs and business executives use to create good plans: They start with general concepts and then move to specifics. The authors provide a roadmap of the step-by-step journey, from developing and identifying a strong, conceptual idea, to proving its feasibility by fleshing out the details, and, finally, to creating a convincing written plan and a productive in-person presentation. As Sam Marks, CEO of FJC, mentions in his Foreword, being bankable typically means only having sufficient collateral and cash flow to attract financial support, but for non-profits, bankable also means having access to the “corridors of power where resource decisions are made.” He believes that Bankable Business Plans for Non-Profits provides the tools required to meet the needs of funders while securing the financial support that will enable any non-profit organization to create a truly bankable business plan.
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