Knowledge Specialists

Meet the highly skilled and experienced Knowledge Specialists who teach our professional/organizational development courses and programs and help advance our Center’s capacity building portfolio. Interested in becoming a specialist? Get in touch.

 

Rekha Athreya

Rekha Athreya

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Rekha Athreya is a Senior Manager of Marketing and Data Analytics at Arizona State University. She is adept at finding insights to inform marketing strategy and currently works with several internal and external partners on behalf of ASU.

Pam Betz

Pam Betz

Knowledge Specialist, ASU Lodestar Center

Pam Betz has been President of Betz & Company since 1995, a consulting firm which specializes in ‘raising people and money’ through the integration of innovative fund development planning with effective volunteer management programming, better known as community resource development.

Col. John Boggs

Col. John Boggs

Executive Coach, American Express Leadership Academy

Colonel John Boggs U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.) is an authority on Executive Leadership Development and Gender Integration. He is a Strategist, Author, Accomplished Speaker and Executive Transformational Leadership Coach.

Bob Brown

Bob Brown

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Bob Brown's 46-year legal career experience includes five years as a trial attorney and over 35 years focusing on nonprofits, real estate and commercial transactions.

Julie Coleman

Julie Coleman

Knowledge Specialist, ASU Lodestar Center

Julie Coleman is Principal of Julie Coleman Consulting, a strategic community engagement consulting firm providing advisory counsel and program execution in partnership with nonprofit organizations, businesses (of all sizes) and individuals/families.

Lenay Dunn

Lenay Dunn

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Dr. Lenay Dunn serves as a Knowledge Specialist for the ASU Lodestar Center's Nonprofit Management Institute where she teaches the Measuring for Impact course and courses for the Measuring Social Impact Measurement Certificate. She is an experienced educational leader, researcher, and evaluator.

 Rev. Tully M. Fletcher IV

Rev. Tully M. Fletcher IV

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Rev. Tully M. Fletcher IV, grew up in Durham, North Carolina, and attended UNC‑Greensboro and Columbia Theological Seminary. He has served Presbyterian Churches in Phoenix, AZ and Atlanta, GA over the past 15 years.

Rock Fremont

Rev. Rock Fremont

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Rev. Rock Fremont is the Senior Pastor of Shepherd of the Hills United Church of Christ.

Wally Graham

Wally Graham

Executive Coach, American Express Leadership Academy

Wally Graham is a recognized leader in organization development with over 30 years’ experience as an operations manager and organization design consultant.

 Karyn P. Grant

Karyn P. Grant

Executive Coach, American Express Leadership Academy

Karyn Grant is a passionate ICF credentialed executive coach and consultant. Her clients reach new levels of success with the help of her energizing coaching and direct business experience.

 Travys Harvey

Travys Harvey

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Travys Harvey is an experienced attorney who serves as a trusted advisor to clients in various industries. She is licensed to practice in Arizona, the District of Columbia, and Maryland.

Cindi Hubiak

Cindie Hubiak

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Cindie Hubiak brings a vast amount of experience and passion to share with others. She serves on three industry boards: a mutual fund, a national community news organization and an international organization that offers assessment tools to reveal human potential.

 Jennie Kale

Jennie Kale

Executive Coach, American Express Leadership Academy

Jennie Kale is widely recognized as an emerging business development leader dedicated to crafting memorable brand identity systems throughout the world.

 Sarah Krahenbuhl

Sarah Krahenbuhl

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Sarah Krahenbuhl - As Executive Director of Phoenix Suns Charities, Sarah Krahenbuhl works to raise and grant more than $1.5 million annually to Arizona organizations that support children in need.

Kim Madrigal

Kim Madrigal

Executive Coach, American Express Leadership Academy

Kim Madrigal, Ph.D. is a certified executive coach with over 25 years of experience in leadership development, organizational operations, and the development of quality and safety standards.

Jayson Matthews

Jayson Matthews

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Jayson Matthews is an outcome-driven public sector leader and engaging facilitator with approximately 20 years of experience in the nonprofit and local government sectors.

 Paul Perrault

Paul Perrault

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Dr. Paul G. Perrault is Senior Vice President, Community Impact and Learning for Helios Education Foundation. Dr. Perrault is charged with leading the development of the Foundation’s research and evaluation agenda and in managing Helios’ grants and project management team.

Cindi Phallen

Cindi Phallen

Knowledge Specialist, ASU Lodestar Center

Cindi Phallen is a fierce advocate for nonprofit leaders so they build strong boards and attract more money, people and awareness.

John Phelps

John Phelps

Knowledge Specialist and Coach, Nonprofit Management Institute and American Express Leadership Academy

John Phelps is the owner and founder of Pathfinder Executive Consulting, LLC, a small veteran-owned business focused on helping organizations achieve success. Before establishing his own consulting firm, John served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of the State Bar of Arizona for 10 years.

Jeri Royce

Jeri Royce

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Jeri Royce currently serves as President & CEO for Esperança, a global health organization advancing health equity by connecting needs and resources internationally and in Arizona.

John Scola

John Scola

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

John Scola has nearly 40 years of nonprofit leadership experience and is highly respected for his exceptional abilities and integrity.

 Sylvia Smythe

Sylvia Smythe

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Sylvia Smythe has over 30 years of experience as a church lay leader; in the wider community she has served as president of non-profit boards (Fine Arts Club of Pasadena, Samaritan Counseling Center in Whitter, Vice President of the Canterbury Board at the University of Southern California).

 Linda Tailleart

Linda Tailleart

Knowledge Specialist, ASU Lodestar Center

Linda Tailleart is a Knowledge Specialist with the Lodestar Center for Nonprofit Innovation and Philanthropy at Arizona State University.

Rev. Erin Tomayo

Rev. Erin Tamayo

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Rev. Erin Tamayo is a Nonprofit Professional, Faith-Rooted Community Organizer, Bilingual Educator, Interfaith Community Leader, and an Ordained Pastor of the Presbyterian Church (USA).

Jennifer Tersigni

Jennifer Tersigni

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Jennifer Tersigni’s professional career began at The White House, where she worked on a team that supported fundraising, leadership and change management in action after the Oklahoma City bombing, a federal government furlough, and Clinton Administration headlines.

 Kate Thoene

Kate Thoene

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Kate Thoene is a contractor who has worked in the nonprofit sector here in The Valley for over 20 years.

 Deborah Thompson

Deborah Thompson

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Deborah Thompson is a nonprofit professional with 30 years of experience leading and working with mission-based organizations.  She is passionate about advancing the nonprofit sector through principles of servant leadership, good governance and accountability; and developing the next generation of n

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Todd Vigil

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Todd Vigil is the Director of Marketing and Stewardship for Barrow Neurological Foundation. The foundation provides philanthropic support of Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, located in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona.

Stephanie Viviano

Stephanie Viviano

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Stephanie Viviano has held leadership positions for a variety of charitable non-profits, both large and small, over the last 15 years.

 Rev. Rick Wilson

Rev. Rick Wilson

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Rev. Rick Wilson is the Rector of the Episcopal Church of St. Matthew. Serving as Rector at St. Matthew’s for 13 years, he began as Priest-in-Charge under Special Circumstances five months before his call.

Brian Wood

Brian Wood

Executive Coach, American Express Leadership Academy

Brian Wood previously served as Chairman of The Board for the Tempe Chamber of Commerce in AZ.