Nonprofit Leadership Institute


Who’s Who at the Institute?

 

Laura Cootsona (Website) the primary facilitator for the Institute. Cootsona began her work in the nonprofit as a small child following her parents’ example. While at UC Berkeley, she worked primarily with the homeless and then found her niche in fundraising consulting while completing her Masters program in Nonprofit Management at the University of San Francisco. During her consulting career she has worked with schools, social service agencies, religious outreach groups, and arts organizations. Cootsona has lived in the Bay Area, Princeton, Europe, and New York City and now resides in Chico with her husband and two daughters. Clients include: Youth for Change, Jesus Center, Valley Contractors Exchange, Baptist Joint Committee, and Butte County Habitat for Humanity. Laura can be reached at laura@lrcconsulting.com.

A recent attendee at one of Laura's classes had this to say."It was a pleasure to meet you on Friday at the Resource Development class. Thank you so much for allowing me to attend Laura Cootsona's class. The tips and lessons I learned that day in class are invaluable. Her enthusiasm is catching, and after taking the class I feel more confident that I, normally a shy person, can now better take part in helping to raise money for the Torres Shelter. Thanks again!"


 

Scott Winter ombines organizational development, instructional technology, and integrated design to create communication and organizational solutions for businesses, trainers, and educators. Scott is an experienced trainer with a special interest in facilitating team growth, leadership and organizational development.

 

 

 

 


Vada Bouffard, founder and owner of Harvest Accounting & Management Systems, brings over 25 years experience with various industries in the areas of accounting and business management. As former Chief Financial Officer and co-owner of a multi-million dollar company, Vada has dedicated her experience and expertise to the social sector since moving to the north state in 2000. Helping nonprofit clients implement accounting and management best practices by increasing their understanding of how to use financial data as a tool to plan for, and attain, long-term sustainability.


 

 


 

Donald Ross Peterson is a training spcialist serving Northern California. He believes that emerging Internet software coupled with enhanced self-teaching tools, volunteers, staff, excutives and board members will increase fundraising and improve chartible work. He conducts the NLI class Bringing IT All Together; Internet Tech Solutions for Nonprofits,where new technologies and trends in nonprofit practice are revealed. Join him at his blog where he often divulges pearls of wisdom for free to the interested reader at Technology Training Solutions

 

 

 


Maureen Pierce moved to Chico from the San Francisco Bay Area in1973 to attend Chico State. In 1974 she served on the AssociatedStudents Board of Directors as the Director of Community Involvement.She graduated in 1976 with a Bachelors degree in Economics. Over thepast 30 years she has worked with several non-profit organizations inthe community including: the Feminist Women’s Health Center; Valley OakChildren’s Services, Parent Education Network, the Independent AdoptionCenter and was the founder of Adoption Choices of Northern California.Maureen joined the staff of the Boys & Girls Club of Chico in 1997as the Development Director and soon moved into the position she holdstoday as Executive Director. Maureen has led the organization through10 years of growth, taking the club from one site in Chico serving 25kids a day and an annual budget of $175,000 to seven sites throughoutChico, Paradise, Magalia and Oroville, over 700 youth and teens a dayand an annual budget of $2.2 million.


With a passion for nonprofits and the community, Ryann Cox hasspent the entirety of her professional career involved in both. As theformer Director of Development for Women’s Resource Clinic, Ryanndeveloped their very successful benefit dinner that drew nearly 900guests annually, as well as several other lucrative events. Ryann CoxEvents was brought to fruition when Ryann stepped down from her yearsin nonprofits to have her first child. “Although I thought I would havea bit of time off, the clients kept finding me,” she said. The businessserves private, corporate and individuals' needs, through either fullservice event planning or consulting services. Clients include TheJesus Center, Work Training Center, and North Valley CommunityFoundation. Ryann resides in Chico with her husband and two youngdaughters, Regan and Paige.

 


Greg Cootsona has always been intrigued by the rhythms of life.From his earliest days growing up in Menlo Park, California, to hissojourn as a pastor in New York City, he has striven to betterunderstand how life is to be lived and how we can be at our best forthe work we are called to do and for those we love. His recentlyreleased book, SAY YES TO NO,is a pushback to the pressures of today's high tech, constantly wiredworld. Cootsona was a pastor at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church inNew York City, living a non-stop, around the clock life caring for hiscongregation, pursuing advanced degrees, raising two daughters andnurturing his marriage when life issued a wake up call. The illusion ofbeing able to juggle it all was shattered for Cootsona at a cardiacclinic in Manhattan where the then 38 year old was told to slow down --or else.Cootsona's close brush with serious health issues forced himto carefully consider how to balance his life's goals, his growingfamily obligations, and his most important relationships. What hediscovered may be the most important life strategy that a busyexecutive or leader will ever find. His message will force everyoneracing through life to consider not only the cost of their pace, butalso what it would take to create time for the things that will givetheir lives true purpose.

 


 

JoAna Brooks started her consulting business, J BrooksConsulting, in 2004 after working in the non-profit sector for 9years.  She has a degree Psychology with a minor in Studio Art fromCSU, Chico.  JoAna was the first Executive Director of Big Brothers BigSisters of Butte County and worked in that position for 8 years.  As aconsultant, she has worked with various non-profits and schools doinggrant writing, marketing, board development, program development, andfundraising.  She lives in Chico with her husband and two children.

Roseanna Galindo-Kuhn is Director of Volunteer Services at Enloe Medical Center in Chico.  She received her Master’s Degree inOrganizational Communication from California State University, Chicowhere her thesis work focused on volunteerism and volunteer organizations.  Prior to graduate school, she worked as a volunteer administrator in both California and Oregon.  She was director of volunteers for both a national conservation program and a local grass-roots youth mentoring program.  Her experience in these settingsled to observations of volunteer satisfaction that impacted the limited resources of these types of agencies in their recruitment, retention,and recognition efforts.  Her thesis work, entitled the VolunteerSatisfaction Index (VSI):  Construct Definition, Measurement, andValidity, received topregional awards.   The measure is the only of its type focused on job satisfaction in the unpaid work environment.  It was published in theJournal of Social Service Research in January 2001.  Requests arereceived worldwide from scholars pursuing a deeper understanding ofvolunteerism.  When not working, Ms. Galindo-Kuhn enjoys volunteeringin her own community and spending time with her husband of 12 years andtheir three young children.

 

 


NVCF also recommends checking out the business trainings at
The Training Place, at the Butte College Chico Campus.

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