Nonprofit
Interview with Laura Gassner Otting, founder of Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group
Please tell us about what you do. Essentially, I’m a professional yenta. I get paid to ask all sorts of personal questions, learn about people’s passions, and help them reach their goals. I fix people up; except that I do it for professionals looking for fulfilling positions in the nonprofit, political, and higher education worlds.
Transitioning into a Rewarding Nonprofit Career
Meet Jerri Barrett, Director of Marketing for the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, "Connecting women and technology." Jerri left her high tech marketing job to join the nonprofit world and was willing to share her inspirational story. Thank you Jerri!
Why did you join the nonprofit world?
Why did you join the nonprofit world?
Transitioning into a Rewarding Nonprofit Career
Meet Jerri Barrett, Director of Marketing for the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, "Connecting women and technology." Jerri left her high tech marketing job to join the nonprofit world and was willing to share her inspirational story. Thank you Jerri!
Why did you join the nonprofit world?
From Volunteer Board Member to Common Sense Media Exec.
Meet Ellyn Weisel, Bay Area Director for Common Sense Media, a wonderful web site designed to provide parents with trustworthy information to help manage their kids' media lives.
My career path
From Volunteer Board Member to Common Sense Media Exec.
Meet Ellyn Weisel, Bay Area Director for Common Sense Media, a wonderful web site designed to provide parents with trustworthy information to help manage their kids' media lives.
My career path
A New Career Helping Orphans Overseas
What are you doing now and how did you end up at the Global Education Fund?
I am currently the Program Director of Global Education Fund, a non-profit based in Boulder, Colorado that works to improve the lives of orphans around the world through education, primarily by providing books and scholarships. My path to Global Education Fund has been anything but straight, but I am fortunate that my current job combines my major interests and work experiences.
A New Career Helping Orphans Overseas
What are you doing now and how did you end up at the Global Education Fund?
I am currently the Program Director of Global Education Fund, a non-profit based in Boulder, Colorado that works to improve the lives of orphans around the world through education, primarily by providing books and scholarships. My path to Global Education Fund has been anything but straight, but I am fortunate that my current job combines my major interests and work experiences.
Meet Heather McLeod Grant, Co-author, Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High Impact Nonprofits
I had the opportunity to meet Heather McLeod Grant last week while speaking on a panel for Stanford’s Career Re-Entry Program. Heather has recently co-authored a book on Nonprofits called, Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High Impact Nonprofits. Here’s her story.
From Wall Street to State Policy Maker by way of Volunteer Mom
Meet Melita Love, a Policy Associate on the California Policy Team for Children Now. Here is her story:
Please describe your career path, how did you end up at Children Now?
I Graduated from college with a degree in Elementary education and taught for 3 years, but left teaching to earn my MBA in finance at NYU. I worked in Global Finance and Foreign Exchange for 4 years before deciding to stay home with my son (and later daughter) in 1988.
From Wall Street to State Policy Maker by way of Volunteer Mom
Meet Melita Love, a Policy Associate on the California Policy Team for Children Now. Here is her story:
Please describe your career path, how did you end up at Children Now?
I Graduated from college with a degree in Elementary education and taught for 3 years, but left teaching to earn my MBA in finance at NYU. I worked in Global Finance and Foreign Exchange for 4 years before deciding to stay home with my son (and later daughter) in 1988.
