• William (Bill) Albright, CPA
• Nadine Bell
• Peter A. DeLisle
• Darrell Harris, CPA
• Vin Hoey

• Kristina Jones, CFRE
• Buzz Kolbe, CPBA
• Jan Edgar Langbein
• Michael W. Massiatte, JD
• Cynthia B. Nunn
• Kimberly O'Neil, MPA, MA, CPM
• Ann Ranson
• Chad M. Rosen, CPA, MBA, MS

• Barbara Ann Roy
• Carole V. Rylander, CFRE
• Susan Saunders, MPA
• Diane Schorr
• Linda Schoelkpf
• LouAnne Smith
• Suzanne Smith
• Laura Wooten
• Kim Young

Nadine Bell, the President of The Burrell Group, is an organizational effectiveness consultant and coach specializing in conflict transformation, change management, and strategic and action planning. For over twenty years Nadine has facilitated operations to collaboratively plan projects, expand creative problem solving, enhance productivity and positively impact the bottom line.

Her customized interventions are built around participatory processes that create strategic alliances, develop consensus, build trust, and maintain effective communications. Nadine works with stakeholders to develop a shared vision and commitment to operating principles that both prevent problems and provide the means to resolve conflict. She assists management in creating excellence in its leadership by developing skills to manage change and transitions, plan strategically, and deal with difficult behaviors and situations. Her clients include Fortune 500 companies and businesses in the engineering, manufacturing, finance, legal, health care, service, and transportation arenas as well as educational institutions, municipalities, not-for-profits and the United Nations.

An award winning speaker, seminar leader and keynoter, Nadine is a Past Chair of the International Association of Facilitators. She earned her Bachelors and Masters Degrees from the University of Michigan.

An experienced facilitator, trained mediator and mentor trainer of the Technology of Participation Group Facilitation Methods, Nadine is the only facilitator to hold the Certified Professional Facilitator, Certified Master Facilitator and Certified ToP Facilitator designations and she assess facilitator candidates for all three certifications globally.

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Peter A. DeLisle is Leslie B. Crane Chair and Professor of Leadership Studies and Director of The Posey Leadership Institute at Austin College.

Professor DeLisle’s background in education includes award-winning teaching in engineering, education and human resources development. He held the William B. Severns Chair in Human Behavior in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois in Urbana. He is a member of the executive education faculty at Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.

DeLisle’s industry experience includes executive human resources development leadership at Hewlett-Packard Company and vice president for human resources for Convex Computer of Dallas. He was a Program Manager for the Center for Creative Leadership in Colorado Springs and has helped found three successful companies and acted as an advisor, consultant and teacher of leaders in more than two hundred companies and communities over the last 30 years.

He has served as resource and advisor to the National Science Foundation, the National Research Council, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, the E.M. Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurial Leadership, and the Governor’s Executive Leadership Program and Texas Association of School Boards. He has served on boards of directors for the Urban League and Community Services in Colorado Springs, the American Cancer Society and the Selective Service Commission in Dallas, and the National Association for Community Leadership. He is a principal contributor to Leadership Dallas on leadership effectiveness and development. DeLisle served in the United States Army as a captain of field artillery and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.

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Darrell Harris is a Certified Public Accountant with over 16 years of progressively responsible experience in the field of financial accounting. Darrell operates a private practice dedicated to being best in class for providing core financial accounting services to business enterprises and not-for-profit organizations.

Before Starting his business MicroBooks Management in Dallas, Darrell was a:

• Senior Auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers
• A Finance Director with Motown Records
• A Fiscal Director for a nonprofit
• And a professor for the University of Southern California

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Vin Hoey, as managing director of Strategic4sight, Vin provides strategic communications consulting services to nonprofit organizations. A senior marketing executive with extensive nonprofit and business leadership experience, he offers a Brand Strategy and Communications Audit to help an organization assess its current strategies and activities. The outcomes are prioritized recommendations on how to improve the organization's brand management, marketing and communications to increase resources and further its cause. He can manage implementation of chosen communications as needed.

Vin also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of North Texas, teaching a course on Public Relations for Nonprofits. He serves on the board of Project Transformation, a Dallas-based nonprofit education program that is growing nationally and on the board of the Social Enterprise Alliance, the leading organization in North America that is actively building the field of social enterprise. He is a member of CEO Netweavers, an organization of CEOs and trusted service advisers who share a philosophy of servant leadership, Throughout his career, Vin provided significant volunteer leadership to a variety of local, national and international nonprofit organizations in various cities. He chaired the boards of directors of six nonprofits, co-founded two agencies and led key initiatives. Vin holds a BA degree with Phi Beta Kappa honors from DePauw University and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University. He also completed graduate studies in political science at the University of Houston.

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Kristina E. Jones, M.A., CFRE is President of Stronger Organizations, LLC a full-service consulting firm working with organizations to ready organizations for their optimum impact.  When you seek the tools and resources to improve the success of your organization, her capacity building expertise includes assistance with organizational development, organizational communications, marketing, community engagement strategies and facilitation. As a frequent presenter, trainer and facilitator; participants have given accolades for her engaging style of applying theory to practice through experienced storytelling.

A believer in strengthening communities, Kristina has served on numerous boards.  She is a graduate of Leadership Texas Class of 2008, and has been honored as a “Top 20 Under 40” in the Abilene community.    You may find her writings on the web and through her business column on Corporate Citizenship.  Currently she is on the National Advisory Board for the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health and serves as chair of the Civic Leaders for the U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command.  Empowered by the young men and women who commit to serving our Country, her spare time is spent visiting Air Force installations and working with communities to acknowledge and strengthen their support of our Military.

Buzz Kolbe, Leadership Development Coach & Executive Director, Leadership Plano

Buzz is the President and Chief Leadership Development Coach of LeadingWIN; a firm dedicated to relevant and accelerated leadership development. He is an expert one on one coach and also supports organizations as a facilitator to develop efficient strategic plans and define and implement powerful vision and mission statements. Buzz’s business experience began over 25 years ago “working in the corporate mailroom” leading the path to executive positions with growth oriented global companies. In 1999, Buzz launched Kolbe & Associates; a firm dedicated to excellence in business and personal coaching. In 2009 Buzz responded to the growing needs of clients and developed his new company, LeadingWIN to include more tools and solutions in addition to coaching. In addition, Buzz is the Executive Director of Leadership Plano; a program that develops and educates leaders to serve the community in civic and charitable organizations. He is an expert in assessment tools, experiential team development and strategic planning facilitation. A graduate of Coach U International and the Corporate Business Coaching Program, he is a member of the International Coach Federation and Dallas Human Resources Management Association and has served on numerous boards.

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Jan Edgar Langbein, Executive Director, Genesis Women’s Shelter

Jan Langbein is a former Board member and Genesis volunteer. Appointed in January 1991, as Executive Director of Genesis, Mrs. Langbein oversees the internal and external operations of funding and community education. She conducts training seminars at the Dallas Police Academy, as well as community groups and seminars. She feels that “Each of us has the opportunity and the obligation to reach out and help create a change -- to help break the generational cycle of family violence.”

In 2009, Mrs. Langbein concluded a Presidential Appointment as Senior Policy Advisor to the Director of the United States Department of Justice’s, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). As Senior Policy Advisor, Mrs. Langbein served as chief strategist of OVW. On behalf of the Director, she guided and evaluated program and administrative processes and worked to implement standards and protocols for internal and external operations. She supported the ongoing efforts within OVW for policy issues regarding the implementation of the Violence Against Women Act.

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Michael currently serves as corporate counsel for Denbury Resources Inc., an independent oil and gas company headquartered in Plano, Texas.  In this role, he provides day-to-day counsel and strategic advice to senior management on a variety of matters, including human resources, employee benefits, compensation, corporate compliance and ethics, health, safety and environmental and litigation.

Prior to joining Denbury, Michael spent several years in private practice with law firms representing clients in labor and employment, corporate and commercial matters, serving most recently as a senior associate in the Dallas office of Hunton & Williams, LLP.

Before entering private practice, Michael served as a law clerk to United States Magistrate Judge William F. Sanderson, Jr., United States District Court, Northern District of Texas.  Michael also served as a briefing attorney to Chief Justice William J. Cornelius, Texas Sixth Court of Appeals.

Michael was named in Texas Monthly as a "Texas Rising Star" in employment litigation defense in 2010 and 2011, and is a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas.  

Michael received his J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law (2000) and his B.A from the University of Texas at Austin (1997).

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Cynthia is a career nonprofit professional currently serving as President of the Center for Nonprofit Management. She returned to the Center to lead this nationally recognized management support organization that increases the performance and impact of more than 1,300 nonprofit organizations in the North Texas area. Past nonprofit leadership roles include President/Chief Professional Officer of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas, Inc., a youth development organization serving 10,000 youth in Dallas, Texas and Executive Director of Bryan's House, a nationally acclaimed pediatric AIDS organization in North Texas. Prior to these positions, she was Director of Consulting Services for the Center for Nonprofit Management and had an extensive career in managing employment and training services in Dallas.

Mrs. Nunn has served on numerous boards and advisory committees throughout the Metroplex and currently serves on the board of the North Texas Commission, E.K. Bailey Ministries, and the Harmony Community Development Corporation. She is a member of the Leadership Dallas Alumni Association and past president of the Association of United Way Agency Executives which afforded her the opportunity to serve on the United Way's Board of Directors and Finance Committee.

Her passion is coaching nonprofit and corporate professionals and mentoring young women seeking career guidance, encouragement and support. She is highly engaged as a volunteer through church, civic and nonprofit organizations. Mrs. Nunn is a recent graduate of the Nonprofit Leadership Certificate Program jointly sponsored by the Center for Nonprofit Management and Southern Methodist University. She is often engaged as a panel speaker and workshop presenter on nonprofit issues, such as board governance, ethics and accountability, communication and executive leadership.

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Kimberly O’Neil is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Giving Blueprint. Known as The Giving Architect, she has been serving communities for as long as she can remember. As a youth growing up in New York City, her parents instilled in her that service to others is a part of life and involvement isn’t up for debate. By the time she graduated from high school, she had served her community through active volunteerism and that same spirit transcended through her collegiate and professional careers as well.

A veteran government and nonprofit executive, she was appointed as the youngest African American woman City Manager in the United States, worked in the Executive Office of former Washington D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, facilitated management and leadership courses at Indiana Wesleyan University and served as the President/Executive Director of Pro Football Hall of Famer’s Darrell Green’s nonprofit organization, the Youth Life Foundation. It was under the leadership of Mr. Green and his authentic spirit of philanthropy that Kimberly realized the immense impact that public figures have on charitable giving and community service.

After a 17 year career, Kimberly took a leap to follow her purpose of social entrepreneurship with the goal of being a catalyst for change and encouraging others to make charitable giving a part of their lifestyle. She created The Giving Blueprint to encourage those with social influence to authentically make charitable giving a part of their lifestyle. The core focus is to match public figures and businesses who want to serve but need assistance identifying quality and established charitable organizations. Through private consultations, educational training and speaking engagements, the organization's secondary focus is to aid in the development of growth strategies for nonprofit organizations.

Throughout the year, Kimberly hosts several “Just Kim and Friends” events to support charitable causes..

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 Ann Ranson helps organizations net more results from their sponsorship efforts; promoting tolerance and peace; promoting tea as a way for intentional and civil discourse; and supporting social innovation, enterprise and entrepreneurship.

Her business success has been achieved by building long-term, trust-based relationships. Upon reflecting on her successes, Ann made a surprising discovery – business isn’t just a series of transactions – it is a social construct.

Ann gives you the benefit of her Fortune 500 experience in her career spanning 30+ years in the rough-and-tumble media world coupled with her extensive studies in personal and professional growth potential. Her real world perspective comes from executing high-stakes sales and marketing campaigns, to quickly learn what does and does not work.

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Chad M. Rosen, CPA, MBA, MS is the managing member of CMRosen, LLC – a Certified Public Accounting Firm. He is a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor and specializes in the needs of nonprofit organizations. He has prepared Form 990s and performed financial statement audits, reviews, and compilations for various types of nonprofit organizations.

Mr. Rosen received his undergraduate degree from UCLA, where he graduated magna cum laude in only three years. There, he became known for his efficiency and organization, and was awarded membership into Phi Beta Kappa honors society. He received his MBA in Finance and his MS in Accounting and Information Management from the University of Texas at Dallas, where he was named "Cohort Scholar." He became licensed as a CPA after passing all four parts of the CPA Exam on his first attempt.

Before founding the firm, Mr. Rosen had been with local CPA firms where he provided various tax services and audits, reviews, and compilations to clients in industries such as the non-profit, retail, manufacturing, financial, and oil and gas industries. He quickly developed a reputation for providing excellent service with strong client interaction, prompting him to form CMRosen, LLC.

He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is also active in his local synagogue. In his spare time, he likes spending time with his wife and daughter.

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With more than 21 years of service in the sector, Ms. Rylander offers customized solutions to challenges experienced by not-for-profit organizations. She makes use of multiple techniques such as hands-on consulting, facilitation, executive coaching and training services to empower board and staff leadership and to create synergy among operational areas. She draws upon any one or a combination of strategies to assist leadership in moving their organization to a new level of productivity and efficiency, thereby achieving greater success in fulfilling their mission.

Ms. Rylander has significant experience with feasibility studies and capital campaigns, major gifts, annual giving, strategic planning, board development and governance, governance and development audits, development planning, program and constituent communications and grantseeking.

Ms. Rylander is a frequent speaker whose highly rated workshops and trainings benefit board and staff leadership as well as corporate executives seeking to be engaged in the not-for-profit sector. Presentation topics include: Strategies for Successful Trustee Leadership, Before Joining a Board…, Fundraising…It's Not About the Money, Leading Your Leadership to Major Gift Success, Four Keys to Fundraising Success, Managing the Development Office, and The Case Statement Workshop, among others.

She is a past president of the Dallas Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and has held accreditation as a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) since 1990. Ms. Rylander is a member of the International Association of Facilitators and is a Qualified Trainer with the Institute of Cultural Affairs. Carole also recently became on one of only a handful of BoardSource Certified Governance Trainers in The United States.

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Susan Saunders, MPA, principal of SGS Solutions, provides consulting services to private family foundations, non-profit organizations and for-profit corporations. Her work focuses on strategic planning, governance and funds development, programs and marketing communications and neutral facilitation. Prior to creating her own firm,

Ms. Saunders served as the Grants Administrator for a large family foundation in Texas. Ms. Saunders started a nonprofit organization leading its operations for the first six years. She served as senior executive for a large international economic development firm based in Washington, D.C. Ms. Saunders consulted on large multi-country projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Near East, primarily in the health field. Through her work with public and private sector partners around the world, she led multi-disciplinary teams to complete complex assignments.

Early in her career, Ms. Saunders assisted with the start up of a consulting business in Washington, D.C. She initiated and managed the international division that comprised eighty percent of the firm's business in less than six years. Her first job out of college was in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with an international nongovernmental organization where she was placed in a management capacity after five months of work.

Ms. Saunders is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the International Association of Facilitators. She serves on the Board of the Association of Philanthropic Counsel. She volunteers as faculty for the Dallas Center for Nonprofit Management. Ms. Saunders earned her B.A. from Mills College in Oakland, California. She received a Masters degree in Public Administration (M.P.A.) from American University in Washington, D.C.

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Diane Schorr works to turn vision into reality for start-up and emerging organizations. In her current role as Executive Director of The Suder Foundation, she successfully launched First Scholars, an innovative national model designed to increase the graduation rates of first generation college students.

Diane worked at Northeast Ohio Sourcing Office during its start up phase as Supply Management Consultant and Staff Counsel. As a member of the inaugural class of the Cleveland Executive Fellowship, she successfully launched a partnership between a national bank and a nonprofit organization to market a new savings product to low-income families. Diane assisted in strengthening the business practices of nonprofit social enterprises for Metroport Meals on Wheels and Vocational Guidance Services and has engaged in strategic planning with clients such as Golden Ciphers, Homeward Bound, Captain Hope’s Kids, and Assistance League of Coppell.

Diane holds a J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University and a B.S.B.A. from John Carroll University. In addition to serving as faculty, consultant and volunteer for the Center for Nonprofit Management and volunteer for the Dallas Women’s Foundation, Diane is active on several committees for the National Scholarship Providers Association.

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Linda Schoelkopf is the owner of Chasing Maybe!, a firm dedicated to helping organizations accelerate their ability to move the mission forward. After spending nearly 35 years in the non-profit sector, Linda now focuses her time and energy ensuring those dedicated to the non-profit sector have the clarity, focus and execution skills necessary to inspire their organizations to success.

This includes evaluation of internal processes and procedures that simplify the day-to-day work, enabling staff to focus on high-leverage activities that will engage more supporters, ultimately resulting in the organization having a greater mission impact in the community.

Linda also focuses on staff and board development, honing those skills necessary to ensure great organizational success.

Linda's career spanned nearly 35 years with a national non-profit organization, including serving as CEO in three different markets. In each market, she introduced new programs, upgraded the board, and increased revenue and program outreach. She also spent several years at the national headquarters, developing and delivering staff training to all new local area CEO's and program managers. She has been recognized with several awards for both team and individual performance. Many of the organization's leaders today began their careers as a participant in one of Linda's training sessions.

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A Dallas native, LouAnne Smith owns and operates Volunteer Solutions Consulting, a company that provides organizational assessment, board governance training, strategic planning and volunteer program development services for nonprofits and volunteer-driven organizations across the country. Volunteer Solutions helps clients maximize their volunteer effectiveness at every level of operation. Her inspirational and entertaining workshops and presentations draw from a diverse experience in the nonprofit sector, which includes zoological parks and aquariums, urban churches, public health, education, social service and arts organizations.

LouAnne’s work with nonprofits began in the area of volunteer resource management over 35 years ago. She is also an active volunteer on several local and national boards.

LouAnne is an educator at heart – she has served as curriculum developer and instructor for the Center’s Nonprofit Management Certification Program since its inception and also works as a consultant in the areas of board governance, strategic planning and program assessment. She has authored four classes currently offered through University of North Texas’ Educational Consortium for Volunteerism.  LouAnne lives in Dallas with her husband and they have three grown sons.

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Suzanne Smith is a serial social entrepreneur and bridges many disciplines as a coach and consultant to social sector organizations as Founder and Managing Director of Social Impact Architects and Co-Founder of Flywheel: Social Enterprise Hub. She also educates future social entrepreneurs as a frequent guest lecturer at campuses across the country and as Adjunct Professor at the University of North Texas and Research Fellow at the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University. She is also a leading author, blogger (@socialtrendspot) and top-rated speaker.

Suzanne holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, where she was a CASE (Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship) scholar and now serves on their Alumni Council. A native of a rural community outside of Dallas, Suzanne was raised by career educators who were deeply committed to making a difference through education. Her lifetime goal is to help spotlight the social innovation in the “flyover states” of the U.S. and bring practical and impact-driven solutions to both rural and urban communities.

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Laura Wooten is sole proprietor of Wooten Communications; a consulting firm that helps nonprofits develop strategic plans tied to their missions and brands.

In addition, she is an instructor and consultant for the Center for Nonprofit Management and works with Dallas-area nonprofits such as the Dallas Women's Foundation, Attitudes and Attire, and Special Care and Career Services.

With more than 15 years experience in corporate marketing and communications, with companies such as EDS, Lucent Technologies and SDL International, Laura understands both the dynamics of corporate strategies and how nonprofits can best capitalize on these concepts.

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With almost 30 years experience in marketing, public affairs and media relations in the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors, Kim Young has gained professional perspective and strategic insight from all sides of the desk. Her work as an award-winning communicator is complemented by Kim's passion for, and hands-on work with evolving technologies that help enable dialogue, build relationships and grow partnerships.

In 2004, Kim started the forest & the trees, to help organizations implement the communications framework necessary to build the partnerships with customers, donors, members and community that are essential today for growth and sustainability.

Kim was an award-winning journalist for statewide and national publications, including Ad Age and ADWEEK, and she has held senior local, statewide, regional and national marketing and communication positions in the commercial airline, economic development, financial services and professional services sectors. She has worked for companies such as Deloitte & Touche and Bank of America, as well as non-profits such as PBS and the BBC, the Texas Commission for the Arts, the Texas Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus, the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, the Lone Star Emmy Chapter and Empower African Children.

Kim has been an instructor for the Nonprofit Management Certificate program administered by the Dallas Center for Nonprofit Management and Brookhaven College since the program began in 2004. Kim completed Stanford University's Center for Social Innovation's Nonprofit Management Institute in 2006.

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