Experienced interim professionals for nonprofits.

Our network of nonprofit management professionals serves as Interim Executive Directors. Each of our members has substantial experience as a nonprofit Executive Director and Interim Executive Director and has met the criteria for membership in BAIED.

A diversity fellowship program was adopted in 2021 to encourage and mentor new, younger, and diverse talent, and a strong commitment was made within the network to support and model DEIA principles and practices. Much of the group actively engages in diversity trainings and online sessions that have exemplified and discussed best practices within the scope of the Interim role.

Learn more about each of our members and their experience below:

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Philip Arca

With a lifelong commitment to equity, justice, and belonging – Philip attempts to lend a hand “bending the arc of the moral universe

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Carrie Blanding

Carrie Blanding is an Oakland, California-based consultant who specializes in interim executive director roles. Her interim clients span a wide range of causes, sizes,

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Jan Cohen

Jan Cohen has been a Consultant, Interim executive, and Trainer who has worked with more than 200 nonprofit organizations over more than 30

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Ben Delaney

In his more than two decades of nonprofit leadership, Ben has served as CEO of a Social Enterprise program, Executive Director, Interim Executive

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Sharon Dolan

Sharon is an organizational change strategist working in partnership with non-profit organizations during transitions. After serving as an executive director for 5 organizations,

2022-06-15T07:23:22-07:00

Kerry Enright

Kerry Katherine Enright has been a Bay-Area based management consultant serving nonprofit organizations since 1997, when she launched her firm, Articulate Integrity. She has

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Louise Franklin

Louise Franklin is a seasoned nonprofit consultant specializing in leadership transition and organizational change. This includes serving as interim executive director and executive

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Cristine Kelly

Cristine Kelly is the Principal of Fix Creative- a management consultancy serving mission-driven organizations. The firm focuses on interim management, leadership transition, strategic

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Jim Rettew

“Never waste a good crisis.” Every crisis represents an opportunity to improve an organization for the better, and Jim uses these transitions to

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Avi Rose

Avi Rose is a long-time social worker and nonprofit leader who has worked extensively in health and human service organizations. In 2021 he concluded

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Beth Schecter

Beth Schecter specializes in Executive transitions and organizational change management. With a 25 year career committed to the nonprofit sector, and 16 completed

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Lina Sheth

Lina Sheth, MPH, CPCC partners with social sector organizations to facilitate, coach and offer thought partnership to strengthen organizational effectiveness that builds on culture

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Mary Vradelis

Mary Vradelis has 30 years of experience in nonprofit leadership; capacity-building; and training. She draws on her experience as Executive Director of two

Several of the Bay Area nonprofits our interims have served with:
Berkeley Food and Housing Project
San Francisco Marin Food Bank
Ocean Science Trust
Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir
San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis

“When we hired a BAIED interim to hold things together after the unexpected departure of our new nonprofit executive director, we thought we were getting a band-aid solution. Instead, we got a complete workup that we didn’t even know we needed. With skill, decisiveness, diplomacy, and grace, he supported staff, stabilized operations, strengthened internal systems, and up-leveled the board on governance and strategy. I learned more from him in the ten months we worked together than in the twenty-five years I’ve spent serving on various boards. I would jump at the chance to work with him again!”

“The BAIED interim we hired came highly recommended and was an excellent choice. She truly made a difference in bringing us up to where the organization should be, energizing the staff, lowering the anxiety of the board, and guiding us successfully through some rough times… she has my heartfelt thanks and appreciation.”

“The BAIED interim stepped into our organization during a time of great transition and uncertainty. She was able to assess the situation clearly and move our organization forward with transparency and sureness. She kept the staff and board united in developing a tactical plan that was able to shore up our services and processes. Ultimately, her astute decision making brought us through a place where were able to move forward with a new executive director and a sense of vision for where we are headed. She left our organization well-prepared for our steps forward.”

“The BAIED interim we hired came into SFCP after the former executive had left, with virtually no orientation. She had to discover everything for herself, and discovered an organization that needed significant reforming. Working with the volunteer leadership, she brought consummate professionalism – not to mention a great deal of experience and knowledge – to her assignment. She did not come in as if she were a consultant just doing another job, but did her job with dedication, energy and persistence, and with clarity about what she was here to do.”

interim ED serving as nonprofit executive director during leadership change

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