Nonprofit Leaders Join Fieldstone Alliance Board of Directors
ST. PAUL, MN (April 4, 2007)—Fieldstone Alliance of St. Paul, MN announce the addition of three new members to its board of directors—Kathleen Enright, Norman W. Harrington, Jr., and Bill King.
Fieldstone Alliance’s President Carol Lukas said: “Independent for two years, Fieldstone Alliance is growing and extending the scope of its work throughout the country. We are pleased to welcome to our board three new directors with deep expertise in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector to help guide our organization.”
About the Board Members
Kathleen Enright
Kathleen P. Enright is the founding executive director of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO). A national coalition of grantmakers, GEO’s mission is to maximize philanthropy's impact by advancing the effectiveness of grantmakers and their grantees.
Kathleen speaks and writes regularly on issues of nonprofit and grantmaker effectiveness at national and regional gatherings of executives and trustees. Publications include Investing in Leadership: Inspiration and Ideas from Philanthropy’s Latest Frontier and Funding Effectiveness: Lessons in Building Nonprofit Capacity.
Kathleen serves on the advisory board of The Center for Effective Philanthropy and Independent Sector’s Building Value Together Committee. She previously served on the selection committee of the Washington Post Nonprofit Excellence Award.
Norman W. Harrington, Jr.
Norman W. Harrington, Jr. is a management consultant who has been engaged for over twenty-five years in providing management consultant services in the areas of strategic planning, capital and fund development, business planning, and general business advisory services to businesses and nonprofit organizations.
Harrington has been a lecturer and seminar presenter on management topics and panels regarding diversity and emerging markets. He is an instructor with the University of St. Thomas and has taught classes for their Center for Non-Profits and Fast Trac Entrepreneur Training Program.
Harrington serves on several boards and is a member of the Advisory Board of Boltcutters Ministries International, CEMBA Advisory Board of the Carlson School of Management, and Minnesota Blacks in Philanthropy, a chapter of National Association Black Foundation Executives.
Bill King
Bill King has served as president of the Minnesota Council on Foundations since 2001. He has worked at the Council since 1987, managing the Council’s education and professional development programs, strategic planning efforts, race and diversity initiatives, and special projects.
He currently serves as chair of the board of directors of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers and serves on the boards of the national Council on Foundations in Washington DC.
Fieldstone Alliance’s current board of directors includes founding members:
- Jon Pratt, executive director, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
- Barbara Kibbe, senior consultant with the Monitor Institute
- Paul Light, Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at New York University's Wagner School of Public Service
- David Renz, Director of the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership of the Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Missouri–Kansas City
About Fieldstone Alliance
Fieldstone Alliance is a national intermediary that works to strengthen the performance of the nonprofit sector. With a 24-year history of providing consulting, training, research, and publications that strengthen nonprofit organizations and the communities they serve, Fieldstone Alliance offers a comprehensive array of resources for nonprofit leaders, grantmakers, and consultants.
Fieldstone Alliance publishes books on nonprofit management, philanthropy, and community development, which are distributed around the world. Over a three hundred thousand copies of the award-winning publications are in use in the U.S. and in more than 70 countries.
Fieldstone Alliance regularly partners with grantmakers and nonprofit networks to strengthen communities across the country. Fieldstone Alliance, in partnerships with the Nonprofit Finance Fund of New York, and with a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, has launched a 3-year effort to strengthen the sustainability of Kellogg Foundation grantees and improve performance in the nonprofit sector.
Contact
Fieldstone Alliance
Carol Zapfel
651.556.4505
czapfel@FieldstoneAlliance.org
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