Leadership Council

Allison Alvarez

Allison Alvarez. Helping people resolve conflicts and solve problems is my specialty. Additionally, as a great listener with strong skills for understanding situations and a talent for providing useful ideas and resources, let me help you identify needs, develop a productive game plan and finally, support and encourage you to fulfill your goals!

With a well rounded resume in both the non-profit and business world, I can help you run your non-profit like a successful business. My non-profit experience includes 8 years on a board working on board development, fundraising, and operations. Additional volunteer experience includes being a Superior Court mediator where I mediated both small claims and civil harassment cases.

Dave Coffaro

Dave Coffaro is Principal of Strategic Advisory Consulting Group, a management consulting firm focused on helping organizations define, design and deliver their vision.

In addition to consulting, Dave’s experience includes leading financial services businesses at Wells Fargo and Bank of America, serving on non profit boards and as interim CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County and teaching strategic management at California State University, Fullerton.

Shaheen Husain

Shaheen Husain is the Principal at Accelerating Impact, a practice focused on fundraising strategies for nonprofits. She is creating impact in Orange County with her involvement in Girls Inc., United Way, Working Wardrobes, and OneOC.

Shaheen’s career began in banking and shifted to architecture, then higher education, and nonprofits. Her personal and professional experiences have driven her to focus her efforts on education, income, and social responsibility, both on an individual and corporate level. Shaheen was born in Khartoum, Sudan and was educated on four continents before high school!

Lee Anne Maki

Lee Anne Maki. Dedicated to helping leaders affect positive change in their own lives, organizations, and communities they serve, I am earning my International Coaching Federation (ICF) Coaching Certification. In my 25-year professional career, I developed a leadership style that channeled positivity, enthusiasm, energy, and encouragement that delivered results.

Working with me, I regard you as a partner with a strong focus on collaboration and goal achievement. A growth mindset runs how I coach and, shapes every action we take and decision we make together.

Martha Ryan

Martha Ryan. My professional background includes years of leadership experience in the corporate and consulting world. I have also served on multiple non-profit boards and I provide insight and guidance on leadership, strategic planning, board development and fund development.

I best serve my clients by helping them realize their full potential, as well as to recognize areas for growth, including helping them set goals, develop strategies and action plans. With these steps, coupled with holding them accountable, my clients become their very best.

Nader Nemati

Nader Nemati is Principal of On Demand Managers, a management consulting firm focused on providing advisory board services including fractional / interim executives helping companies to define and execute on their corporate strategies. Nader has worked at Lockheed Martin, Leidos, and Honeywell in executive positions as well as the founder of several successful startups. Nader serves on several national and local for-profit and nonprofit boards.

Nader has also volunteered his time to coach Orange County firms providing counseling, seminars on key business, technology and social media topics as well as CEO forums. Nader has also taught business and project management methodology courses at universities. Nader works to understand the mission and purpose of the nonprofit to set a comprehensive plan in executing, measuring and reporting to their respective community and stakeholders.

Barry Ross

Barry Ross RN, MPH, MBA, Executive Director, Justice Partnerships, Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, has 40 years of health care leadership experience. He is the founder of three non-profit organizations and has served in leadership roles on six non-profit boards of directors.

He has facilitated many board strategic planning retreats and served as a thought partner for several CEOs of nonprofits. Barry has experience in obtaining and administering government contracts and private foundation grants, and has a passion for addressing upstream issues through policy, system and environmental change. He teaches part time in the MPH and MSN programs at CSUF.

Linda Smith

Linda Smith. With my experience as both a for profit and nonprofit leader, and my advanced training in the Myers Briggs Temperament Indicator™, I can help you identify and utilize your strengths to maximize your impact within your organization, improve your team’s performance and communication and help you navigate the rapidly changing world of the nonprofit environment more effectively.

My background includes extensive merger and acquisition experience, strategic planning, sales and marketing, board growth, development and retention and fund development expertise. It would be an honor to work with you!

Larry Tucker

Larry Tucker. Let me help you engage your staff and your board. My 25-year career consulting with clients on people issues, gives you access to my knowledge and experience in interviewing, hiring, onboarding, retaining and engaging employees. Also, my experience in serving on nonprofits boards, including as chair, will provide you with valuable insights on board engagement, recruitment and development.

My experience also extends to working with nonprofit boards in developing effective board retreats and practical strategic plans, both of which require a comprehensive process of planning and partnering between staff and board.