We are very excited and honored to have the following Best Practices Leaders join us for Transform - Certificate of Executive Nonprofit Leadership.

Alan R. Andreasen is Professor of Marketing at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University and Executive Director of the Social Marketing Institute. Dr. Andreasen is a specialist in consumer behavior and a world leader in the application of marketing to nonprofit organizations, social marketing, and the market problems of disadvantaged consumers. He is the author or editor of seventeen books and numerous monographs. His most recent books are: Social Marketing in the 21st Century (Sage 2006); Marketing Social Change (Jossey Bass, 1995); Strategic Marketing in Nonprofit Organizations (7th ed.) coauthored with Philip Kotler of Northwestern University (Prentice-Hall 2008); Marketing Research That Won’t Break the Bank (Jossey-Bass 2003); and Ethics in Social Marketing (Georgetown
University Press 2001).

He has also published over 120 articles and conference papers on a variety of topics including strategic planning, marketing decision-making, consumer behavior, marketing in nonprofit organizations, consumer satisfaction, marketing regulation, social marketing, and marketing research. He is a member of several academic and professional associations and serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Consumer Research, the Journal of Consumer Policy, Social Marketing Quarterly, and the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing. He is Past President of the Association for Consumer Research and Honorary Editor of the International
Journal of Non Profit Marketing.

He is the winner of the 2007 Richard W. Pollay Prize for Intellectual Excellence in Research on Marketing in the Public Interest.

Dr. Andreasen is an internationally known educator and marketing consultant. He has advised, carried out research, and conducted executive seminars for a widely diversified set of nonprofit and private sector organizations and several government agencies around the world. Among the nonprofit organizations with whom he has worked are: the World Bank, American Cancer Society, AARP, the USAID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Red Cross, United Way of America, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, National Endowment for the Arts, National Cancer Institute, Habitat for Humanity International, PBS, and public health programs in Egypt, Thailand, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Indonesia and Bangladesh. He has also worked with for-profit organizations such as KitchenAid, Pepsi-Cola, and the Aspen Highlands Ski Corporation.

He is a member of the boards of Gifts in Kind International and the American Marketing Association Foundation.

Chuck Bean Chuck Bean has been with the Nonprofit Roundtable since its inception in 2002. Prior to the Roundtable, Chuck managed the Community Capacity Fund for Washington Grantmakers, which awarded grants to help local organizations respond to community needs after the September 11th attacks. Prior to that, Chuck was the deputy director of a consortium of foundations supporting Empowerment Zones across the country (EZ/EC Foundation Consortium), the vice president of a fellowship program for nonprofit executive directors (Eureka Communities), and the founder of a nonprofit organization in Guatemala (Co-Invest). Chuck is a Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Macalester College and received his Master’s Degree in public policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Christine Letts is the Associate Dean for Executive Education and the Rita E. Hauser Lecturer in the Practice of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.  She has extensive experience in private and public management.  As Associate Dean, Letts manages the $20 million Executive Education department, which delivers over 40 programs in Cambridge and throughout the world for public sector leaders seeking to develop and expand their skills. 

Letts teaches courses to both degree and Executive Education students in nonprofit leadership and philanthropy.  Research interests include high engagement philanthropy and the value exchange between nonprofits and funders.  She co-authored "Virtuous Capital: What Foundations Can Learn from Venture Capitalists", published in the Harvard Business Review (1997) and High Performance Nonprofit Organizations: Managing Upstream for Greater Impact, published in 1999 by John Wiley and Sons.  After graduating from Connecticut College with a degree in history, she started her career working in New York City government.  She joined Cummins Engine Company in Columbus, Indiana, as a foreman, after receiving her MBA from Harvard Business School in 1976.  She spent 12 years in labor relations and manufacturing management roles, the last of which was Vice President - Columbus Plant Operations.  Her last assignments with Cummins were Vice President - Corporate Responsibility and President of the Cummins Engine Foundation.  In 1989, Governor Evan Bayh appointed Letts Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation.  In 1992, Letts became the first Secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, a new agency formed from the three existing departments of Social Services, Welfare and Mental Health.  During her tenure in Indiana state government, she also served as the lead for the Governor in the third Chicago regional airport site selection process and led the process, which defined the management position during the first negotiations ever held between employee unions and the State of Indiana.  Letts is a member of the boards of Peace Games, Management Sciences for Health, and Youth Orchestra of the Americas.  She was recipient of the ALANA (African Americans, Latinos, Asian Pacific Americans, Native Americans, and Allies) Diversity Award in May 2004, for her commitment and contribution to racial and ethnic diversity in her teaching at the Kennedy School of Government.

Anthony J. Mayo is a Lecturer in the Organizational Behavior unit and is the Director of the Leadership Initiative at Harvard Business School.  The Leadership Initiative is an interdisciplinary center that strives to serve as a catalyst for cutting-edge research and course development on leadership.  He is the co-author of In Their Time; The Greatest Business Leaders of the 20th Century, which was released in October 2005 by HBS Press and is the culmination of several years of study on context-based leadership.  He is also the co-author of Paths to Power: How Insiders and Outsiders Shaped American Business Leadership (released in January 2007 by HBS Press).  These books have been derived from the development of the Great American Business Leaders database that Professor Nitin Nohria and Tony created for the Leadership Initiative (see http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/index.html).

As Director of the Leadership Initiative, Tony oversees several comprehensive research projects on emerging, global, and legacy leadership and manages a number of executive education programs on leadership development.  He was a co-creator of the High Potentials Leadership Development and the Leadership Best Practices programs and has been a principal contributor to a number of custom leadership development programs.

Prior to his current role, Tony  pursued a career in database marketing where he held senior general management positions at advertising agency - Hill Holliday, database management firm - Epsilon, and full-service direct marketing company - DIMAC Marketing Corporation.  Most recently, Tony served as the General Manager of Hill Holliday’s Customer Relationship Management Practice. 

At Epsilon, he served as Acting Chief Executive Officer where he had full responsibility for the delivery and management of strategic and database marketing services for Fortune 1000 companies and national not-for-profit organizations including March of Dimes, American Cancer Society, Environmental Defense Fund, and Special Olympics.  He also held senior management positions in Epsilon’s sales and account management departments.  At DIMAC Marketing Corporation, Tony served as Vice President of Strategic Development and Acting Chief Financial Officer.  In this capacity, Tony led the development of an integrated strategic plan for DIMAC’s disparate business units and coordinated the ultimate sale of the company.  Prior to his work in the database marketing industry, Tony served as the Director of MBA Program Administration at Harvard Business School. 

Tony has served as an advisory board member for Target Software Corporation and Smart Giving, Incorporated.  Tony completed his MBA from Harvard Business School and received his Bachelor’s Degree, summa cum laude, from Boston College.

Michael J. Worth is Professor of Nonprofit Management in the School of Public Policy and Public Administration at The George Washington University. He teaches graduate courses on Governing and Managing Nonprofit Organizations, Managing Fund Raising and Philanthropy, Nonprofit Enterprise, and Managing Nonprofit Boards. His research interests include the management of nonprofit organizations, fund-raising programs, governing boards, social enterprise, and public policy affecting philanthropy.

Dr. Worth has more than thirty five years of experience in higher education and philanthropic resource development. He served as Vice President for Development and Alumni Affairs at The George Washington University from 1983 to 2001 and previously served as Director of Development at the University of Maryland College Park. At GW, he planned and directed two major campaigns, including the $550-million Centuries Campaign.

Dr. Worth has served as a member of the Commission on Philanthropy of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and was Editor of the CASE International Journal of Educational Advancement, a scholarly journal focused on the practice of institutional advancement in educational institutions. In addition to numerous articles, and reviews, he has written or edited five books, including Public College and University Development (1985), The Role of the Development Officer in Higher Education (1994), Educational Fund Raising: Principles and Practice, published in 1993 by the American Council on Education (ACE) and Oryx Press, New Strategies for Educational Fund Raising, published by ACE and Greenwood Publishing in 2002, and Securing the Future, published by the Association of Governing Boards in 2005.

He has been a frequent speaker at conferences of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), and the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB). He was a Special Consultant to CASE for Executive Education and has served as a faculty member at the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education. Dr. Worth provides fund-raising counsel to a variety of educational institutions and nonprofit organizations in the United States and abroad.

He holds a B.A. in economics from Wilkes College, an M.A. in economics from The American University, and a Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Maryland.

Julia Baer-Cooper is philanthropic advisor, providing grant-making expertise, board/staff development, strategic planning, communications and special events assistance to nonprofit organizations and private foundations. Current and past major clients include the Jabob & Charlotte Lehrman Foundation, Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, MARPAT Foundation, Prince Charitable Trusts, the Lois & Richard England Family Foundation, Starbucks Foundation, Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington and the Juwan Howard/Share the Care for Children Fund.

Prior to establishing her own consultancy practice in June, 2000, Julia served four and one-half years as the Director of Development and Communications for Mentors, Inc., a private, not-for-profit organization that promotes the academic, career and personal development of District of Columbia public high school students through one-on-one mentoring relationships and enrichment activities. During Julia’s tenure at Mentors, Inc., she successfully managed all aspects of fundraising and public relations for the organization. Julia cultivated and maintained relationships with corporate, individual, community and private foundation donors and worked closely with colleagues and the Board of Directors to expand the scope and effectiveness of the Mentors program. From February 2002 – May 2007, Julia served as a member of the Mentors, Inc. Board of Directors and co-chair of the Governance/Nominating Committee.

Prior to joining Mentors, Inc. in early 1996, Julia was employed at the United Way of the National Capital Area (UWNCA). During her four years at the United Way, Julia served both as a member of the Campaign team and as Grant Manager of the fund distribution process, where she allocated $8.2 million to nonprofit organizations throughout the Washington Metropolitan Area.

Julia is originally from Tucson, Arizona where she completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Arizona. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, double majoring in Political Science and Psychology with a minor in Communications. Her graduate studies were in Counseling and Guidance with an emphasis in Public Administration.

Julia has been the recipient of numerous awards and has been involved with several community-based organizations. Julia was nominated to be named in “Who’s Who among American Scholars,” and “Who’s Who among Executives & Professionals.” Julia’s not-for-profit work has been honored by the White House and a program with which she was instrumental in developing received an inaugural Point of Light recognition. Julia serves as a volunteer assistant coach for Girls on the Run, is a member of the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers, and has been published on workplace giving and workplace communications.

Julia lives in Arlington, VA with her husband and twin daughters, Samantha and Rachael.

Francesca Dea - Gordian Solutions, LLC is a management consulting firm whose mission is to build a trusted consulting partnership offering simple solutions to challenges allowing clients to focus on their core business. Ms. Dea founded the firm to pursue a new branch of her career working with small companies and businesses at the time when they are most vulnerable and in need of strategic guidance and support. In her role as a consultant, she has developed strategic plans, marketing campaigns and collateral, operational policies and procedures, financial reports and events for her clients. She has also facilitated the thought process for planning and guided the final development and implementation.

As the Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) for five years, Ms. Dea served as chief of staff responsible for the day-to-day operations of NAIFA, ensuring short-term objectives were met in accordance with long-range plans of Board of Trustees, Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer. She managed an 18-month Strategic Planning Process that included more than 100 people, drafted the plan and oversaw early stages of implementation. She was also responsible for the functional areas of marketing and business development, communications, membership and association services, and Advisor Today. She assisted the CEO by acting as a spokesperson to ensure communication, goal-setting, and conflict resolution on his behalf in his stead. Additionally, she managed the establishment of operating procedures, oversaw the development of annual budgets, determined staffing needs, and initiated major changes within departmental functional areas.

In her position as Vice President & Chief Operating Office of the Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education (LIFE) for 10 years, Ms. Dea provided leadership and strategic guidance to staff based on direction determined by the Board of Directors and President. She managed a 12-month Strategic and Business Planning Process. Working with the VP, Programs, Ms. Dea oversaw LIFE’s administrative and financial operations as well as strategy, development and implementation of all consumer and industry education programs.

Prior to joining LIFE in 1997, Ms. Dea was the Manager of Communications for the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association where she handled media relations on regulatory and legislative issues. She also organized and oversaw all media related issues surrounding two annual conventions with more than 100,000 attendees.

Ms. Dea began her work in communications at the National Association of Broadcasters in Public Affairs and Communications, followed by Bell South/MobileComm where she held the position of Manager of Marketing. As such, she wrote proposals and marketing materials to gain and retain, as customers, Fortune 500 companies.

Ms. Dea earned her MBA from Johns Hopkins, Carey School of Business and the Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). As a graduate of Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA, Ms. Dea received her BA in Political Science with a concentration in American Politics & Media. She began her Public Relations career at the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) in Washington, DC. She currently is an active member of ASAE, the Association of Management Companies Institute (AMC), the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC), the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), the National Association of Female Executives (NAFE), Past Chair of the Insurance and Financial Communicators Association (IFCA), Past Chair of the Young Leaders’ Circle of the AARP Foundation and Co-Chair of her Dickinson Class Alumni Giving Campaign.

Catalan DeMatties Catalan deMatties is an independent consultant to non-profit organizations. She works with non-profits and their directors to raise more money, communicate better, and improve leadership. She has served as a development director for local and national non-profit organizations with annual budgets between $500,000 and $5 million. She has also worked in youth programs and taught middle school English in public schools in Arizona and Vermont.

Catalan rarely works with an organization less than six months or more than one year. She has ten years of fundraising experience. Generally her work with non-profits includes:

• Managing development teams
• Development assessments & follow-on capacity-building work
• Strategies for raising more money from foundations, coroporations, and individuals
• Getting the board to raise more money
• Coaching development directors, executive directors, & board chairs
• Executive searches for development staff & getting the right development team

Tangie Newborn is the Executive Director and CEO for the Alliance for Nonprofit Management, a professional nonprofit of over 1,100 nonprofit consultants, trainers and organizations located in Washington, DC. Prior to joining the Alliance in May 2006, she served as the Executive Director, for six years, of the National Association of Black Journalists.

With over 25 years of nonprofit management experience, Tangie’s background includes a blend of experience in executive management, strategic planning, training, event planning, and convention management. She has successfully led organizations with continuous results in membership and customer growth, coalition building, and financial turn-around.

In addition to serving as a nonprofit leader, Tangie also serves as an organization trainer and executive coach. As a global thinker, she brings vision and leadership by setting short and long-term goals that will grow one’s mission and vision; and, she quickly distinguishes herself as a straight-talker with a healthy balance of optimism and realism. Tangie is known for her strategic focus, which has been used to increase organizations’ bottom-line.

Tangie holds a Bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education and is the founding president of Perrywood Community Association. She is a member of ASAE and The Center for Association Leadership’s Diversity Committee, and has been featured in publications such as Executive Update and Associations Now. Tangie has written several articles on association/nonprofit management and is co-author of Membership Operations, a core competencies management
series with the American Society of Association Executives.

C. Jeanann Peterson As Bank of America’s Senior Vice President/Market Development Manager, Jeannan Peterson serves as a community and business integration point in the Greater Washington region. She manages charitable investments, community outreach, marketing sponsorships, board placements, and partnerships with Team Bank of America, Bank of America’s associate-driven volunteer, speaking, and environmental networks, and Bank of America’s Community Development Banking Group. In addition, Ms. Peterson is responsible for cross-functional promote the customer brand experience. Prior positions during her 25-year career with Bank of America have included client manager and manager assignments in international and corporate banking, government contracting, and nonprofit lending throughout the Bank of America franchise.

Prior positions during her 25-year career with Bank of America have included client manager and manager assignments in international and corporate banking, government contracting, and non-profit lending throughout the Bank of America franchise including Charlotte, North Carolina, Florida, and the Mid-Atlantic region.

Lynda S Ramirez-Blust, CPA and PMP is owner of LSRB Consulting LLC and is committed to building the financial management, accounting, and governance acumen and capacity of nonprofit board members, management teams, staff, and volunteers.  She accomplishes this through the development and delivery of training to groups of nonprofit leaders, facilitation of finance team retreats, and direct assistance on finance and accounting related matters including audit preparation, budgeting, and keeping the books.  Lynda has over 13 years of experience working with nonprofit organizations in various capacities including board member, treasurer, CFO, external auditor, consultant,
and volunteer.

Prior to launching LSRB Consulting LLC, Lynda was an Associate Director in Protiviti’s Public Services Group. After serving as the CFO of Share Our Strength, a $20 million nonprofit headquartered in Washington, DC where she oversaw all finance, human resources, IT, and office administration activities, she realized that risk management was an integral component of everything she did. She joined Protiviti because she wanted to return to her consulting roots and learn more about risk management. Where better to do that than at the leading risk management consulting and internal auditing firm? For the 3 years she was with Protiviti, Lynda worked with nonprofits and associations that performed risk-based assessments of their financial and accounting processes and governance infrastructure depending her knowledge and understanding of the risk inherent within an organization and cost-effective solutions to mitigating those risks. She has written articles and whitepapers as well as delivered a number of presentations on the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on the government, education, and not-for-profit sectors. Lynda began her career in the external audit and business consulting practices
of Arthur Andersen.

She currently serves on the Audit Committee for NACCRRA, serves a peer reviewer for the MANO Standards for Excellence Institute certification program, and is a Standards for Excellence licensed consultant. Lynda completed the Georgetown University Public Policy Institute Nonprofit Management Executive Certification Program, holds a CPA license in both Wisconsin and Virginia and is a certified project manager.

Robert O. Walker, III served FBR as Vice President, Corporate Giving from 2004 to 2008 after a 32 year career at Landon School as a teacher and development officer. He served as Director of Development at Landon from 1982 to 2005.

At FBR, Dick led the firm’s philanthropic efforts including employee giving programs, charitable sponsorships and grants and volunteer activities. FBR’s focus in its philanthropy is education and at-risk children and families.

Currently, Dick is the principal of his own consulting company serving both for profit and non profit clients in the area of philanthropy.

Outside of work, Dick serves as Chair of the Board of College For Every Student, a national non-profit working with underserved urban and rural public school students nationwide to increase attendance and success in college.

Dick is married with four children.

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