Marla has more than a decade of nonprofit experience and a history of creative problem solving. Specializing in nonprofit management and leadership, she has extensive experience with board governance, strategy, research, and publishing. She has worked with nonprofit organizations of all types and sizes, including regional health care and social service providers, educational institutions (independent schools and colleges and universities), family and other private foundations, and local and national offices of federated organizations and professional associations. Marla is a senior governance consultant for BoardSource and director of AGB Press (Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges). She is also a Jewish day school coach with the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education. Previously, Marla was vice president of products at BoardSource, where she oversaw publications, online products, and research. During her tenure at BoardSource, she was an active consultant and trainer, developed educational curriculum, managed regional capacity-building projects, oversaw the global program, and coordinated the annual conference. While at BoardSource, Marla managed the BoardSource Nonprofit Governance Index, a research project that gathers baseline data about board practices in the United States; this initiative is now known as Leading with Intent. She was also a member of the working group for The Source: Twelve Principles of Governance That Power Exceptional Boards (BoardSource, 2005) and developed a corresponding online survey. She managed “Governance Futures: New Perspectives on Nonprofit Governance” a multiyear research project that culminated in publication of Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards (John Wiley & Sons, 2005). In addition, Marla is co-author of Transforming Board Structure: Strategies for Committees and Task Forces (BoardSource, 2001) and was a frequent contributor to BoardSource’s periodical. Previously, Marla was an acquisitions editor at John Wiley & Sons, where she developed Wiley's Nonprofit Law, Finance, and Management Series and the Association of Fundraising Professionals Fund Development Series. Marla holds a bachelor's degree in English from Amherst College, a master's degree in business administration from the Weatherhead School of Management, and a certificate in nonprofit management from the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, both at Case Western Reserve University. Marla currently serves on the board of Maryland Nonprofits.