| The Center relies on a core group of expert instructors to teach our seminars and Certificate Program sessions.
Nonprofit Leadership Certificate Program Instructors:
Nonprofit Management Certificate Program Instructors:
"Main Course" Public Seminar Instructors:
William A. Albright, CPA
Mr. Albright has more than 30 years experience and is currently Principal with Albright, Hill & Sumpter, PC. He earned his BBA from the University of Texas at Arlington (1976) and has national firm accounting experience (1979 – 1980).
He is a long-time volunteer instructor/speaker and holds various directorships. He has experience as a United Way Stewardship volunteer and currently services as the President of the Dallas Fort Worth International Chaplaincy.
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Nadine Bell
 Nadine Bell, the President of The Burrell Group, is an organizational effectiveness consultant and coach specializing in conflict transformation, change management, and strategic and action planning. For over twenty years Nadine has facilitated operations to collaboratively plan projects, expand creative problem solving, enhance productivity and positively impact the bottom line.
Her customized interventions are built around participatory processes that create strategic alliances, develop consensus, build trust, and maintain effective communications. Nadine works with stakeholders to develop a shared vision and commitment to operating principles that both prevent problems and provide the means to resolve conflict. She assists management in creating excellence in its leadership by developing skills to manage change and transitions, plan strategically, and deal with difficult behaviors and situations. Her clients include Fortune 500 companies and businesses in the engineering, manufacturing, finance, legal, health care, service, and transportation arenas as well as educational institutions, municipalities, not-for-profits and the United Nations.
An award winning speaker, seminar leader and keynoter, Nadine is a Past Chair of the International Association of Facilitators. She earned her Bachelors and Masters Degrees from the University of Michigan.
An experienced facilitator, trained mediator and mentor trainer of the Technology of Participation Group Facilitation Methods, Nadine is the only facilitator to hold the Certified Professional Facilitator, Certified Master Facilitator and Certified ToP Facilitator designations and she assess facilitator candidates for all three certifications globally.
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Bobbi Bilnoski
 Bobbi Bilnoski is a national strategic planning consultant and
principal of Concinnity Network, in Dallas, Texas. Bobbi has 20 years
experience in community empowerment and is widely known for fun,
interactive leadership retreats.
Bobbi established the Interaction Institute for Social Change in Dallas
working with civic leaders, police chiefs, superintendents, and mayors,
to help them achieve a greater social impact in pursuit of individual
and collective missions. With extensive certifications in group
dynamics, Bobbi is a gifted facilitator in creating multi-stakeholder
collaborative networks.
In addition to consulting, training and speaking, Bobbi contributes
time as a senior associate and program advisor of the Center for
Nonprofit Management in the areas of organizational assessment,
strategic planning, and program outcome logic models. Her
entrepreneurial passion and unique perspective is contagious and
inspires people to tap into the power of participation and lead their
organization or community to reach their vision of success and achieve
bottom-line results.
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Carol Clyde, Ph.D.
 Carol joined Southern Methodist University as the Director of Leadership and Community Involvement in July of 2003. Carol was previously the Director of Internships and an Assistant Professor at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida. Carol has worked in higher education as an instructor, developing community service programs, directing internship initiatives, and served for a year as an AmeriCorps member.
In the nonprofit sector, Carol has been involved as a volunteer with a number of agencies and worked as a staff member for more than five years in the field of Domestic Violence. She is an instructor with the SMU School of Education and Human Development, teaching courses in Leadership Theory and Civic Leadership. Carol works as a facilitator for the Key Leader program of Kiwanis International, where she works with high school students in developing their leadership skills.
She attended college at Radford University and did graduate work at The College of William and Mary and Florida Atlantic University. Carol's hometown is Cave Creek, Arizona.
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Detrick DeBurr
 Detrick DeBurr, for the past 9 years has served as CEO of Digital
Rhythm Inc., an Information Technology Services provider based in Dallas,
Texas. In 2005 Black Engineer Magazine named him a Modern Day Technology
Leader. He is a graduate of Darden University’s Minority Equity Boot camp, a
program that educates minority business owners to access the private equity
capital markets. In 2001, Mr. DeBurr received Stanford University’s Digital
Visions Fellowship for his efforts with the Digital Literacy Alliance in
Ghana, West Africa. Mr. DeBurr is the author of “Deal Us In! How Black
America Can Play and Win in the Digital Economy” (2001 Anji Publishing). He is currently
working on another book “A Good Hard Punch in the Gut: From One Entrepreneur
to Another” that discusses the pitfalls and advantages of building
businesses in the minority community.
Detrick is a graduate of Dallas Blueprint Leadership and served as the 2006
Advisory Board Chair for the program. He continues to serve on the Blueprint
Advisory Board and volunteer his time with the Center for Nonprofit
Management.
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Peter A. DeLisle
 Peter
A. DeLisle is Leslie B. Crane Chair and Professor of Leadership
Studies and Director of The Posey Leadership Institute at Austin College.
Professor DeLisle’s background in education includes award-winning teaching
in engineering, education and human resources development. He held the
William B. Severns Chair in Human Behavior in the College of Engineering at
the University of Illinois in Urbana. He is a member of the executive
education faculty at Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre
Dame.
DeLisle’s industry experience includes executive human resources development
leadership at Hewlett-Packard Company and vice president for human resources
for Convex Computer of Dallas. He was a Program Manager for the Center for
Creative Leadership in Colorado Springs and has helped found three
successful companies and acted as an advisor, consultant and teacher of
leaders in more than two hundred companies and communities over the last 30
years.
He has served as resource and advisor to the National Science Foundation,
the National Research Council, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and
Technology, the E.M. Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurial Leadership, and
the Governor’s Executive Leadership Program and Texas Association of School
Boards. He has served on boards of directors for the Urban League and
Community Services in Colorado Springs, the American Cancer Society and the
Selective Service Commission in Dallas, and the National Association for
Community Leadership. He is a principal contributor to Leadership Dallas on
leadership effectiveness and development. DeLisle served in the United
States Army as a captain of field artillery and was awarded the Meritorious
Service Medal.
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Maria Dixon
 Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia/Organizational Communication
ThM., Candler School of Theology, Emory University/ Homiletics
MDiv., Candler School of Theology, Emory University
BS/Marketing, the Culverhouse School of Business, University of Alabama
Dr. Maria Dixon is currently an Assistant Professor of Corporate
Communication and Public Affairs at Southern Methodist University, in
Dallas, Texas. Dr. Dixon’s primary research interests are in examining
manifestations of organizational power in corporate, non-profit and
religious contexts; organizational culture and identity; and organizational
communication pedagogy.
Dr. Dixon’s articles appear in top journals including Management
Communication Quarterly, Southern Journal of Communication, Liturgy,
and the Journal of Communication and Religion. She currently serves
as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Religion and
Communication, as well as, a reviewer for Management Communication
Quarterly.
As founder of mustangconsulting, the in-house communication consulting group
comprised of top students in the Corporate Communication Division, Dr. Dixon
has developed a pedagogical/service learning model that is heralded by their
corporate and non-profit clients such as Southwest Airlines, Dance Theatre
of Harlem, and the Texas Ballet Theatre. Servicing clients both in Dallas
and New York, mustangconsulting has been featured by the media in the
New York Times, The Dallas Morning News, Fox News, and CBS.
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Roxann Garcia, CFRE
 Roxann
Garcia, CFRE, has more than 23 years of experience in proposal development
and presentation.
She has worked with government and private funding sources on behalf of
Southern Methodist University, the Dallas Museum of Art, Austin College, and
with numerous public and charter schools.
Most recently, she served as Director of Development-Foundation and
Corporate Philanthropy, for Baylor Health Care System Foundation in Dallas
before taking on her current position as Centennial Campaign Director at
Children's Medical Center in Dallas.
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Darrell Harris
 Darrell Harris is a Certified Public Accountant with over 16 years of progressively responsible experience in the field of financial accounting. Darrell operates a private practice dedicated to being best in class for providing core financial accounting services to business enterprises and not-for-profit organizations.
Before Starting his business MicroBooks Management in Dallas, Darrell was a:
- Senior Auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers
- A Finance Director with Motown Records
- A Fiscal Director for a nonprofit
- And a professor for the University of Southern California
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Cynthia T. Johnson, LMSW-AP, CFRE
 An independent consultant to private and public institutions, Ms. Johnson is coordinator of Courage & Renewal - North Texas and senior facilitator for the national Center for Courage and Renewal. A long time advocate for children and adults who care for children, she has provided executive leadership to numerous non-profit organizations and community wide initiatives in Tarrant County including Gill Children's Services, Child Study Center and Tarrant County Youth Collaboration.
Cynthia's areas of emphasis are assisting individuals and groups in making connections between their inner lives and their vocations, community development, leadership development, cross cultural collaboration and fund development.
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Kristina Jones, CFRE
 As president of
Stronger Organizations, LLC, Kristina provides strategic
fundraising and communications to improve the success of nonprofit
organizations across the state of Texas. Kristina formerly served as
Executive Director of Alliance for Women & Children, and led the
organization through a successful voluntary disaffiliation with the YWCA of
USA and increased revenue nearly 50% during her four-and-a-half year tenure.
Kristina’s past experience includes serving as Vice-President of Development
for Sears Methodist Retirement System; Alumni and Church Relations Director
at McMurry University; and Campaign Director for the United Way of Abilene.
Nominated by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and Congressman Randy Neugebauer,
Kristina attended both the Senate Leadership Summit for Young Professionals
in Washington, DC in 2006, and the Business and Professional Women’s
Leadership Summit in Washington, DC in 2008. As a past member of the Abilene
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, she now serves on the Chamber’s
Military Affairs Executive Committee which advocates on behalf of Dyess AFB
in Washington, DC, and throughout the Air Force community. Kristina is an
honorary commander for the Dyess 317th Air Group and in 2009, she was
nominated and selected to attend the National Security Forum at Air War
College in Montgomery, Alabama.
Kristina is a graduate of McMurry University
and holds a M.A. in Communication from Abilene Christian University as well
as designation as a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE). A graduate of
Leadership Abilene and Leadership Texas, Kristina was named by AbileneBiz as
a “20 Under 40” Honoree; by the Abilene Reporter-News as “The Next
Generation: 20 People of Influence” and as one of the “Most Powerful Women
in Abilene”.
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Mary Jones
 Mary
spent the first
15
years of her career working for the Procter & Gamble Distributing
Company as a Global Research Manager and Organizational Excellence and
Development Manager, where she coached leaders and teams on strategy
development, problem solving, and team effectiveness.
She joined the Center for Nonprofit Management in 2009 as a senior
consultant expertly guiding nonprofit organizations through their Strategic
Planning process. In addition,
Mary designs and conducts trainings to help nonprofits function more
efficiently and boards govern more effectively.
She is a skilled facilitator, consultant and presenter on such topics
as Board Governance, Outcomes Evaluation, Process Improvement, Capable
Communication, and Organization Effectiveness.
Rounding out Mary’s experience is her extensive community involvement
including Director of Children’s Faith Formation at her church, Girl Scout
troop leader, school advisory board member, and YMCA basketball and softball
coach.
Mary holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in Advertising and Business from the University of Kansas and
is currently enrolled in the School of Ministry at the University of Dallas.
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Charlotte
Keany
 After 26 years in a corporate career, including various senior
level positions in finance and operations for General Electric and Fidelity
Investments, Charlotte brought her skills to the nonprofit sector in 2004
when she joined the Center for Nonprofit Management (the Center).
As the
Director of Consulting, she manages multiple projects and leads a team of
more than 50 affiliate consultants who deliver on a variety of contracts
with nonprofit organizations throughout Texas.
In her role with the Center, Charlotte has focused her work on
building the capacity of nonprofits through program evaluation, business and
succession planning, and organizational sustainability.
In March 2007,
Charlotte led a team in the development of a proprietary Online
Organizational Assessment complete with Performance Maturity Models and the
publication of the Center’s Best Practice Guide. Since the launch, more than
a 100 organizations have benefited from the online tool and companion
services.
In addition, Charlotte leads the Center’s social enterprise
consulting practice which helps nonprofit organizations
learn
how to effectively launch a social venture to develop an earned revenue
stream. She is a gubernatorial appointment
serving on the board of the OneStar Foundation in Austin, is a partner with
Dallas Social Venture Partners, and Board Chair of the North Texas Chapter
of the Social Enterprise Alliance. Charlotte
received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from San Francisco State
University and a master’s degree in Business Administration from West Texas
A&M University.
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Buzz Kolbe, CPBA
 Buzz Kolbe, Leadership Development Coach & Executive Director,
Leadership Plano
Buzz is the President and Chief Leadership Development Coach of LeadingWIN;
a firm dedicated to relevant and accelerated leadership development. He is
an expert one on one coach and also supports organizations as a facilitator
to develop efficient strategic plans and define and implement powerful
vision and mission statements. Buzz’s business experience began over 25
years ago “working in the corporate mailroom” leading the path to executive
positions with growth oriented global companies. In 1999, Buzz launched
Kolbe & Associates; a firm dedicated to excellence in business and personal
coaching. In 2009 Buzz responded to the growing needs of clients and
developed his new company, LeadingWIN to include more tools and solutions in
addition to coaching. In addition, Buzz is the Executive Director of
Leadership Plano; a program that develops and educates leaders to serve the
community in civic and charitable organizations. He is an expert in
assessment tools, experiential team development and strategic planning
facilitation. A graduate of Coach U International and the Corporate Business
Coaching Program, he is a member of the International Coach Federation and
Dallas Human Resources Management Association and has served on numerous
boards.
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Jan Edgar Langbein
 Jan
Edgar Langbein, Executive Director, Genesis Women’s Shelter
Jan Langbein is a former Board member and Genesis volunteer. Appointed in
January
1991, as Executive Director of Genesis, Mrs. Langbein oversees the internal
and
external operations of funding and community education. She conducts
training seminars
at the Dallas Police Academy, as well as community groups and seminars. She
feels that “Each of us has the opportunity and the obligation to reach out
and help
create a change -- to help break the generational cycle of family violence.”
In 2009, Mrs. Langbein concluded a Presidential Appointment as Senior Policy
Advisor
to the Director of the United States Department of Justice’s, Office on
Violence
Against Women (OVW). As Senior Policy Advisor, Mrs. Langbein served as chief
strategist of OVW. On behalf of the Director, she guided and evaluated
program
and administrative processes and worked to implement standards and protocols
for
internal and external operations. She supported the ongoing efforts within
OVW for
policy issues regarding the implementation of the Violence Against Women
Act.
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Michael W. Massiatte,
JD
 Michael
Massiatte is an in-house attorney with Denbury Resources Inc. (Denbury),
an independent oil and gas company in Plano, Texas.
His practice focuses on providing day-to-day advice and
representation in labor and employment law matters, including EEO issues,
non-competition and trade secret matters and compliance with state and
federal employment laws. Michael
also provides day-to-day advice and counseling on employer-sponsored benefit
plans. Michael’s experience
includes: litigation in state and federal courts, defending employers
against claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful
discharge; providing counsel and advice to employers regarding day-to-day
issues such as discipline, termination, accommodation, benefits and leave;
and counseling clients in litigation avoidance and compliance with federal
and state employment-related laws. Michael has provided advice and
counseling to various nonprofit entities including, the St. Vincent de Paul
Society-Dallas, Ronald McDonald House of Dallas, and Helping Restore
Ability.
Prior to his employment with Denbury, he was a senior
associate in the Labor & Employment section of Hunton & Williams LLP.
While at Hunton & Williams, Michael received the distinguished E.
Randolph Williams award for excellence in pro bono service.
He is a member of Young Leaders Society of the United Way of
Metropolitan Dallas.
Michael was named in Texas Monthly as a "Texas Rising
Star" in employment litigation defense in 2010 and 2011, and is a member of
the College of the State Bar of Texas.
He received his J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law and his
B.A from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Cynthia B. Nunn
 Cynthia is a career nonprofit professional currently serving as President of the Center for Nonprofit Management. She returned to the Center to lead this nationally recognized management support organization that increases the performance and impact of more than 1,300 nonprofit organizations in the North Texas area. Past nonprofit leadership roles include President/Chief Professional Officer of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas, Inc., a youth development organization serving 10,000 youth in Dallas, Texas and Executive Director of Bryan's House, a nationally acclaimed pediatric AIDS organization in North Texas. Prior to these positions, she was Director of Consulting Services for the Center for Nonprofit Management and had an extensive career in managing employment and training services in Dallas.
Mrs. Nunn has served on numerous boards and advisory committees throughout the Metroplex and currently serves on the board of the North Texas Commission, E.K. Bailey Ministries, and the Harmony Community Development Corporation. She is a member of the Leadership Dallas Alumni Association and past president of the Association of United Way Agency Executives which afforded her the opportunity to serve on the United Way's Board of Directors and Finance Committee.
Her passion is coaching nonprofit and corporate professionals and mentoring young women seeking career guidance, encouragement and support. She is highly engaged as a volunteer through church, civic and nonprofit organizations. Mrs. Nunn is a recent graduate of the Nonprofit Leadership Certificate Program jointly sponsored by the Center for Nonprofit Management and Southern Methodist University. She is often engaged as a panel speaker and workshop presenter on nonprofit issues, such as board governance, ethics and accountability, communication and executive leadership.
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Tom Pearce
 President of iLead Consulting & Training, Mr. Pearce is a world class developer of executive talent. As the Vice President of HR and Administration for ARCO China, he supervised 25 people and managed a budget of $8 million. He slashed $2 million from his budget and developed others so effectively that he gained recognition at the highest levels of ARCO. Over the years, his training expertise and his eye for executive talent have earned him invitations to Indonesia, London, Norway, Nigeria, and Dubai to help with their development efforts.
As a trainer, Mr. Pearce has worked with Blockbuster, Mobil, Nortel, British Petroleum, and the Environmental Protection Agency to help each of those organizations develop more versatile leaders. Mr. Pearce is an award winning speaker, and trainer. His firm was recently recognized by Executive Excellence Magazine as one of the top Leadership Development firms in the country.
He has an MBA from Duke University in North Carolina and an undergraduate degree in Communications from William and Mary. In 2004, Mr. Pearce was nominated as the “Volunteer of the Year,” for the City of McKinney for his participation in a variety of community causes.
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Ann Ranson
 Ann
Ranson, a sales & marketing coach & consultant, works with business owners &
non-profits who understand the power of marketing and want to be smart about
increasing revenue.
Her platform of social responsibility drives her desire
to help her clients work smarter through partnerships - whether that's a
strategic alliance or a cause marketing campaign, because she's learned that
when we work together we are working smarter.
Ann draws on her career spanning 30+ years in the rough-and-tumble
media world and gives you the benefits of her Fortune 500 experience.
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Chad M. Rosen, CPA, MBA, MS
 Chad M. Rosen, CPA, MBA, MS is the managing member of CMRosen, LLC – a
Certified Public Accounting Firm. He is a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor
and specializes in the needs of nonprofit organizations. He has prepared
Form 990s and performed financial statement audits, reviews, and
compilations for various types of nonprofit organizations.
Mr. Rosen received his undergraduate degree from UCLA, where he graduated
magna cum laude in only three years. There, he became known for his
efficiency and organization, and was awarded membership into Phi Beta Kappa
honors society. He received his MBA in Finance and his MS in Accounting and
Information Management from the University of Texas at Dallas, where he was
named "Cohort Scholar." He became licensed as a CPA after passing all four
parts of the CPA Exam on his first attempt.
Before founding the firm, Mr. Rosen had been with local CPA firms where he
provided various tax services and audits, reviews, and compilations to
clients in industries such as the non-profit, retail, manufacturing,
financial, and oil and gas industries. He quickly developed a reputation for
providing excellent service with strong client interaction, prompting him to
form CMRosen, LLC.
He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and
is also active in his local synagogue. In his spare time, he likes spending
time with his wife and daughter.
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Barbara Ann Roy
Barbara Ann Roy, Development Professional for over 25 years in the Dallas Fort Worth area, originally from New Hampshire, began her career as a High School English teacher. Diverse fundraising experience as the Director of Adult Education for the American Indian Center which was federally funded; the Associate Executive Director for Girls, Inc. which is part of United Way; the MIS Director for Planned Parenthood which is funded by client fees, as well as private and public donations. Most recently, Barbara Ann is a Data Management and Development Consultant with clients in education, social and health services, as well as the arts. Her specialty is the “behind the scenes” of development work - designing and reorganizing donor data bases, developing work and communication plans, organizing staff support for volunteer efforts, and calendaring development activities. She teaches classes here at the Center for Nonprofit Management in the Certificate Program, and provides systems support for nonprofits in the Dallas Fort Worth area and New England where she summers.
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Carole V. Rylander, CFRE
 With more than 21 years of service in the sector, Ms. Rylander offers customized solutions to challenges experienced by not-for-profit organizations. She makes use of multiple techniques such as hands-on consulting, facilitation, executive coaching and training services to empower board and staff leadership and to create synergy among operational areas. She draws upon any one or a combination of strategies to assist leadership in moving their organization to a new level of productivity and efficiency, thereby achieving greater success in fulfilling their mission.
Ms. Rylander has significant experience with feasibility studies and capital campaigns, major gifts, annual giving, strategic planning, board development and governance, governance and development audits, development planning, program and constituent communications and grantseeking.
Ms. Rylander is a frequent speaker whose highly rated workshops and trainings benefit board and staff leadership as well as corporate executives seeking to be engaged in the not-for-profit sector. Presentation topics include: Strategies for Successful Trustee Leadership, Before Joining a Board…, Fundraising…It's Not About the Money, Leading Your Leadership to Major Gift Success, Four Keys to Fundraising Success, Managing the Development Office, and The Case Statement Workshop, among others.
She is a past president of the Dallas Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and has held accreditation as a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) since 1990. Ms. Rylander is a member of the International Association of Facilitators and is a Qualified Trainer with the Institute of Cultural Affairs.
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Susan Saunders, MPA
 Susan Saunders, MPA, principal of SGS Solutions, provides consulting services to private family foundations, non-profit organizations and for-profit corporations. Her work focuses on strategic planning, governance and funds development, programs and marketing communications and neutral facilitation. Prior to creating her own firm,
Ms. Saunders served as the Grants Administrator for a large family foundation in Texas. Ms. Saunders started a nonprofit organization leading its operations for the first six years. She served as senior executive for a large international economic development firm based in Washington, D.C. Ms. Saunders consulted on large multi-country projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Near East, primarily in the health field. Through her work with public and private sector partners around the world, she led multi-disciplinary teams to complete complex assignments.
Early in her career, Ms. Saunders assisted with the start up of a consulting business in Washington, D.C. She initiated and managed the international division that comprised eighty percent of the firm's business in less than six years. Her first job out of college was in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with an international nongovernmental organization where she was placed in a management capacity after five months of work.
Ms. Saunders is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the International Association of Facilitators. She serves on the Board of the Association of Philanthropic Counsel. She volunteers as faculty for the Dallas Center for Nonprofit Management. Ms. Saunders earned her B.A. from Mills College in Oakland, California. She received a Masters degree in Public Administration (M.P.A.) from American University in Washington, D.C.
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Diane Schorr
 Diane
Schorr works to turn vision into reality for start-up and emerging
organizations. In her current role as Executive Director of The Suder
Foundation, she successfully launched First Scholars, an innovative national
model designed to increase the graduation rates of first generation college
students.
Diane worked at Northeast Ohio Sourcing Office during its start up phase as
Supply Management Consultant and Staff Counsel. As a member of the inaugural
class of the Cleveland Executive Fellowship, she successfully launched a
partnership between a national bank and a nonprofit organization to market a
new savings product to low-income families. Diane assisted in strengthening
the business practices of nonprofit social enterprises for Metroport Meals
on Wheels and Vocational Guidance Services and has engaged in strategic
planning with clients such as Golden Ciphers, Homeward Bound, Captain Hope’s
Kids, and Assistance League of Coppell.
Diane holds a J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State
University and a B.S.B.A. from John Carroll University. In addition to
serving as faculty, consultant and volunteer for the Center for Nonprofit
Management and volunteer for the Dallas Women’s Foundation, Diane is active
on several committees for the National Scholarship Providers Association.
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LouAnne Smith
A Dallas native, LouAnne Smith owns and operates Volunteer Solutions, a
consulting company that provides organizational assessment, board governance
training, strategic planning and volunteer program development services for
nonprofits and volunteer-driven organizations across the country. Volunteer
Solutions helps clients maximize their volunteer effectiveness at every
level of operation. Her inspirational and entertaining workshops and
presentations draw from a diverse experience in the nonprofit sector, which
includes zoological parks and aquariums, urban churches, public health,
education, social service and arts organizations.
LouAnne’s work with nonprofits began in the area of volunteer resource
management over 35 years ago. She continues to manage volunteers for a local
hospital in the Tenet Healthcare system. She is also an active volunteer on
several local and national boards.
LouAnne is an educator at heart – she has served as curriculum developer
and instructor for the Center’s Nonprofit Management Certification Program
since its inception and also works as a consultant in the areas of board
governance, strategic planning and program assessment. She lives in Dallas
with her husband and they have three grown sons.
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Jack Straus, JD
 Jack Straus is an attorney who serves as General Counsel and Chief Financial
Officer for Pioneer Bible Translators. He has been a speaker on tax
and legal issues for nonprofits at a number of churches and conferences.
He also lectures at Dallas Christian College's professional development
seminar on tax and legal issues for ministers and churches. He has been an
adjunct professor at Dallas Christian College where he taught National,
State, and Local Government and he has written articles for such diverse
publications as the Christian Standard, The Lookout, the Japan Commercial
Arbitration Association Journal, and the National Association of Church
Business Administration Ledger.
Jack graduated from Emory University in 1977, and then the University of
Georgia Law School in 1980. After working in the financial and estate
planning area for a number of years, he became General Counsel for a real
estate development company. Then, in 1987, Jack and his wife, Karen, started
Mission Imports, an alternative trade company that designed and purchased
handicrafts from groups in developing world countries. Since its founding in
1987, Mission Imports went on to create full-time or part-time jobs for
hundreds of artisans in numerous countries and through product purchases
from around the world was able to channel millions of dollars back to
artisans. The company was sold at the end of 1996, at which point Jack moved
back into the practice of law.
From 2001 to 2003, while continuing to maintain his private practice,
Jack also served as the director of the Low Income Tax Clinic at Central
Dallas Ministries L.A.W. Center (Legal Action Works).
Jack serves as an elder at Valley View Christian Church in Dallas, TX,
and has been active in numerous community organizations, including the board
of Carrollton Pony Baseball, and coaching both youth baseball and
basketball. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, State Bar of Georgia,
Christian Legal Society, and Dallas Bar Association.
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Defae Weaver
 With
over 25 years of experience with page layout and design using Adobe InDesign
(previously PageMaker) Defae Weaver has a passion for creating eye-catching
printed materials. She thrives in sharing her knowledge of this software
package to help others catch the vision of a professional looking document.
Principal of Precision Type since 1993 she has designed books, catalogs, and
directories for corporations, ad agencies, self-published writers,
non-profits, printers, and more throughout the DFW metroplex. As Director of
Marketing and Development for Metrocrest Social Services in Carrollton for
seven years she implemented company brand, logo, and tag line into every
aspect of the company.
Defae graduated from the University of North Texas majoring in Business with
a specialty in Marketing. She has been an instructor for the Center for
Nonprofit Management since 2003. She enjoys sharing her expertise and
helpful tips of Adobe InDesign.
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Laura Wooten
 Laura Wooten is sole proprietor of Wooten Communications; a consulting firm
that helps nonprofits develop strategic plans tied to their missions and
brands.
In addition, she is an instructor and consultant for the Center for
Nonprofit Management and works with Dallas-area nonprofits such as the
Dallas Women's Foundation, Attitudes and Attire, and Special Care and Career
Services.
With more than 15 years experience in corporate marketing and
communications, with companies such as EDS, Lucent Technologies and SDL
International, Laura understands both the dynamics of corporate strategies
and how nonprofits can best capitalize on these concepts.
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Kim Young
 With almost 30 years experience in marketing, public affairs and media relations in the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors, Kim Young has gained professional perspective and strategic insight from all sides of the desk. Her work as an award-winning communicator is complemented by Kim's passion for, and hands-on work with evolving technologies that help enable dialogue, build relationships and grow partnerships.
In 2004, Kim started the forest & the trees, to help organizations implement the communications framework necessary to build the partnerships with customers, donors, members and community that are essential today for growth and sustainability.
Kim was an award-winning journalist for statewide and national publications, including Ad Age and ADWEEK, and she has held senior local, statewide, regional and national marketing and communication positions in the commercial airline, economic development, financial services and professional services sectors. She has worked for companies such as Deloitte & Touche and Bank of America, as well as non-profits such as PBS and the BBC, the Texas Commission for the Arts, the Texas Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus, the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, the Lone Star Emmy Chapter and Empower African Children.
Kim has been an instructor for the Nonprofit Management Certificate program administered by the Dallas Center for Nonprofit Management and Brookhaven College since the program began in 2004. Kim completed Stanford University's Center for Social Innovation's Nonprofit Management Institute in 2006.
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