On a Mission for Nonprofit Leaders

Shawn DeCarlo is the Director of Community Impact at CareOregon , where he has spent over a decade overseeing community impact grantmaking. He works closely with grant recipients, reviewing proposals and guiding selection decisions. Over the years, he’s built relationships with more than 400 community-based organizations, giving him a front-row seat to what works, and what doesn’t, when it comes t...

Leah Kral is a speaker and author of Innovation for Social Change: How Wildly Successful Nonprofits Inspire and Deliver Results . Her work helps nonprofit leaders build a practical, repeatable approach to innovation that leads to stronger programs, better outcomes, and greater impact. She helps nonprofit leaders build innovative organizations through workshops and consulting focused on creative th...

Kelly Beeland is the president and founder of KLB Consulting , where she partners with nonprofit boards and executive teams to align strategy, strengthen governance, and lead change that actually sticks. She’s known for bringing structure, calm, and clarity to messy moments, especially when the stakes are high and the next step isn’t obvious. Kelly has spent 25 years helping purpose-driven leaders...

Stephen King has spent his career helping nonprofits grow and scale. After eight years at EY, he served as CFO and Director of Development at Amnesty International USA, where he raised $20 million annually and helped build the systems behind the organization’s 300% growth.  He went on to found Virtual Growth, the first online accounting service, which evolved into GrowthForce, one of the largest c...

Warren Tranquada is the President and CEO of the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas. Under his leadership over the past three years, the Center has prioritized growing audiences, diversifying programming, deepening customer engagement and the customer experience, and strengthening finances. Previously, he led strategic planning and business operations for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center a...

Stacey Epperson is the Founder and CEO of Next Step® Network , a housing intermediary that mobilizes mission-based developers and manufacturers to provide affordable housing solutions. Next Step’s system of Manufactured Housing Done Right® connects responsible financing, homebuyer education, and delivery of high quality, ENERGY STAR® manufactured homes, creating a model that brings more value to t...

Sharon Kittredje is the principal at HIRE Talent Management Solutions, providing HR and talent services to growing organizations, and at Metier Coaching, providing leadership coaching to executives. On a Mission for Nonprofit Leaders podcast  is produced by John Gillespie and Kim Bulger of  Scaling Nonprofits . Each episode dives into candid conversations with nonprofit EDs and experts o...

Hannah Chatalbash is the Executive Director of Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program , providing community access to healthy food. An LMSW graduate of Fordham University, Hannah is passionate about building equitable and sustainable communities. In addition to her work with MCHPP, Hannah serves on the Maine Health Mid Coast Hospital Community Board and the Arts Are Elementary Board. On a Mission for...