The Influential Nonprofit

Melanie and her husband are proud adoptive parents of two children. She has 29 years of nonprofit management experience and she joined the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition as Executive Director in 1999. Under her guidance, the agency developed groundbreaking programs, Extreme Recruitment, and 30 days to Family. Melanie has been honored in the St. Louis Business Journal's 50 Most Influential Busi...

Key Takeaways: Your donors support and participate in whatever you ask when you are influential. With influence, your organization can create a higher level of impact and consequently create more change. Influence isn’t, a social media influencer, manipulation, selling, or pushing an idea or an agenda. The key to influence is the ability to get people you have no authority over to do what you want...

Bethany is the Founder of Snyder Strategies a boutique consulting firm she formed to share and leverage her deep understanding of the advocacy world with nonprofits and social justice organizations. With her 15 years of experience in communications, advocacy, and public affairs. Bethany is s seasoned professional and expert in managing strategic communications, leading successful advocacy initiati...

Rachel was born and raised in St. Louis, MO after her parents emigrated from India. She studied women’s studies at Loyola Univerity in Chicago, IL  before returning to St. Louis where she earned her Masters degree in Public Policy Administration from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She started her nonprofit career working with Habitat for Humanity St. Louis She also worked in fundraising for...

Barb Griffith is the President and CEO of Community Living, Inc. located in St. Charles County, Community Living enriches the lives of people with disabilities so they can achieve their highest potential through the provision of services and programs to children and adults with disabilities that allow them to live, learn, work and play in the community. Barb joined the staff of Community Living in...

If you want your nonprofit to make the biggest impact possible on those you serve. And to do that you need a community of support. Each week, join Maryanne Dersch, nonprofit revolutionary, as she interviews nonprofit leaders who are growing their influence to raise more money and do more good. If you want to fundraise with ease, build better relationships with board and staff, or just need a shot...