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Our Associates are leading senior professionals whose careers, experience and interests provide you with access to expertise in specific technical and program areas of nonprofit management - specifically fundraising, special events, human capital development, finance, legal, accounting, technology, marketing, public relations, graphic design and communications management.

Each Associate has over 15 years of professional employment experience in their respective areas of expertise.

Our Associates have also served on over 75 cumulative nonprofit boards in leadership positions on executive, personnel, human relations, resource development, strategic planning, volunteer management, and special event committees.

We believe that serving in our profession as volunteers is a very important calling, and privilege, as your coworkers in the field, and brings extra value in serving our partner clients.

View a sampling of organizations where we have served as board members in North Carolina.

Michelle Speas, MA, CFRE

Expertise: Organizational assessments, strategic planning, customized board retreats, governance, development and membership audits, grant writing, starting major gift and planned giving programs, capital campaigns, annual giving and international gifs.

Michelle has worked in the United States, Japan, and Africa. In Japan she served as a public relations officer for the Office of the Governor of Toyama Prefecture for two years. In Uganda, Africa, she has provided consulting since 2009 to Ekissa, Africa Renewal Ministries, and Bridge Africa International. She continues to travel several times a year to Uganda.
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Kevin P. Chrestman, CPA

Kevin has over 30 years of experience in public accounting. He had experience with both local and regional firms before joining the current firm in 1984. A significant portion of this experience has been in the nonprofit sector, including accounting, auditing and tax services.
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Anna Eichhorn

Prior to joining Susan G. Komen as the Executive Director, Anna served as the Executive Director of Smart Start of Davie County and United Way of Davie County. She has also served as the Director of Development for Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest, NC and Branch Manager/Director of Disaster Services for the American Red Cross.

In her role as Executive Director of Susan G. Komen, Anna serves on the North Carolina State Public Policy Collaborative.
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Richard F. Hobson

Richard F. Hobson is the founder and CEO of HobsonStrategicVision in Cary, NC.

Expertise: Custom fundraising software, software assessment and planning, database solutions, networks, donor database specialist, website design, website hosting, network set-up and administration.

Richard F. Hobson has served as a college Vice President of Institutional Advancement, Educational Technology Product Manager for a major musical Instrument Manufacturer and numerous marketing and technical jobs in the IT world.
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Karen Jarvis

Karen is the founder and President of The Message Factory, a public relations and marketing agency she formed in 2010 that is based in Winston-Salem, NC. She has 21 years of experience in newspaper, television and public relations.

Prior to forming her own agency, Karen was senior vice president at a Winston-Salem, North Carolina public relations firm for almost nine years. Throughout her tenure in the PR industry Karen led numerous high profile communications initiatives, national and local, from corporate restructurings and product introductions to awareness campaigns and event PR for numerous non-profit organizations.
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Sherry Olivier

Sherry W. Olivier joins The NonProfit Collaborative with over 20 years of experience in corporate strategy, product development, organizational and financial planning, and project management.

Prior to joining The NonProfit Collaborative, Sherry worked for Inmar, Inc. in several executive roles, including Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis and Vice President, Product Management. In these roles she developed the company’s long-term financial planning and management reporting processes, led the evaluation of company growth and improvement initiatives, and created the strategic roadmap for several key product offerings.
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Mari Jo Turner

Since 1982 Mari Jo has worked in development and volunteer services with health and human service nonprofits, churches, healthcare, and an operating foundation as an executive director, chief development officer, volunteer coordinator, and grants administrator.
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Wake Forest University Community Development Clinic

Steve Virgil, JD, Director Community Development Clinic & Associate Clinical Professor of Law

Expertise: Nonprofit Development and Capacity Building – The Clinic will work to increase the capacity of nonprofit organizations as they work to fulfill their missions by providing legal and business consulting services, including:

  • Organizational assessment
  • Strategic planning
  • Board training and capacity building
  • Legal Assistance
  • Marketing strategies and analysis

Steve earned his JD, 1994, cum laude, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio and his BA, 1988, with honors, St. Johns College, Annapolis, Maryland.

The Russell Agency

The Russell Agency is a full-service marketing, advertising and design firm headquartered in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Since its beginning in 1979, Russell has earned an enviable reputation for its ability to create breakthrough messages (print, broadcast, identity design and now Web and social media) that speak persuasively and powerfully to a diverse array of markets and target audiences.
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