Tower Hill Resources1050 Bishop St. #542Honolulu, HI 96813808.942.0405  Bill Musick has a special interest in working with chief executives and boards to achieve new levels of integrity and effectiveness in the governance of public benefit organizations.  He is a licensed consultant with the Standards for Excellence Institute, certified in Healthcare Compliance and Healthcare Privacy Compliance, and certified as a Governance Trainer by BoardSource.  He is a Guest Lecturer for the University of[…]

The Chronicle of Philanthropy has added the Standards for Excellence Self-Assessment Checklist to the Resources and Tools section of their website. The tool can be accessed under the Management and Leadership, and Government and Regulation categories.“Chief executives, chief operating officers, and board presidents can use this tool to identify their organization’s strengths and weaknesses in such areas as board practices and executive leadership. The checklist is based on the Standards for[…]

Prince George’s Child Resource Center is a nonprofit organization that offers child and family support services in Prince George’s County, Maryland. In 2015, Prince George’s Child Resource Center completed their third renewal of their Standards for Excellence accreditation. I recently had the opportunity to speak with founder and Executive Director Marti Worshtil about the organization’s history, programs and experiences as a Standards for Excellence sealholder.What follows is a condensed[…]

 Standards for Excellence Replication Partner Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations was recently featured on ABC27 in Harrisburg for their Standards 2.0 rollout. Read all about it and watch the report here.If you're in Pennsylvania, be sure to checkout their upcoming rollout events happening throughout the state.Congrats PANO![…]

Owings Mills, MD904.307.8008dbugher@gmail.comDavid came to the nonprofit sector after two other successful careers. He opened and grew commercial lending offices in the Baltimore-Washington area, then became an entrepreneur and helped others do the same. In the early 90’s David sold his businesses and began his nonprofit career as a Director of Development. Since then he has served as CEO of two other organizations (each with budgets exceeding $5MM and 50+ employees) before deciding to pursue a[…]

8539 Bertsky LaneLorton, VA 22079703 217-5710  Sylvia Ramirez Benatti brings more than twenty years experience in the nonprofit sector as a trainer/consultant and university professor in nonprofit management. She is the producer and host of the Nonprofit Edge, a weekly interview show on the University’s cable station. She codeveloped and successfully delivered the Mentoring Partnership Model as a program for the ASTD DC Metro Chapter. Sylva co-presented “Sustaining Engagement &Succession[…]

Empowerment AssociatesLanham, MD301.552.1968ebarron.empowerment@gmail.comThe company provides consulting services to nonprofit organizations in such areas as starting a nonprofit, capacity building and organizational development, strategic planning, fund development, board development and project design and evaluation. Ms. Barron has over 25 years of experience in the nonprofit sector. She was the founding president of the Ivy Community Charities of Prince George's County, Inc., a nonprofit[…]

Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement (DANA)Executive Vice President of Policy and Programs100 West 10th Street, Suite 1012Wilmington, DE 19801302.777.5500jbaker@delawarenonprofit.org[social_links icons_boxed="" icons_boxed_radius="4px" icon_colors="" box_colors="" tooltip_placement="" rss="" facebook="" twitter="" instagram="" dribbble="" google=""[…]

Baker Brown Consulting37 Pear Drive Bear, DE 19701302-575-9325 don.baker@bakerbrownconsulting.com For 20 years Don, as he is affectionately known, has enthusiastically invested his time and energy to serve the non-profit sector as a diligent leader and volunteer in and around Delaware. Before founding Baker Brown Consulting, Inc. in 2009, he built a reputation for tackling the root causes of social issues including hunger, poverty, social/racial justice, and education. The arts also became an[…]

The following post was written by Issela Sono, Nonprofit Management and Governance Intern at the Standards for Excellence Institute®. Issela has volunteered in various nonprofit organizations in the Maryland and Washington, DC area while pursuing her undergraduate studies in Global Business and Public Policy. Issela is certified in Nonprofit Management from Duke University and is currently pursuing a M.B.A., with a concentration in Public Management, at Hood College.Thriving and surviving in the[…]