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.

Jon Ruybalid

Jonathan A. Ruybalid

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Jon Ruybalid is a Director and shareholder of the firm Schmitt Schneck Even & Williams, P.C. He has been representing and advising nonprofit tax-exempt organizations, social enterprises, and businesses for 27+ years.

Rev. Hunter Ruffin

Rev. Hunter Ruffin

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

The Rev. Hunter Ruffin is an Episcopal priest who has served in some of the largest congregations and some of the smallest congregations in The Episcopal Church.

Rev. Canon Richard N. Morrison

The Rev. Canon Richard N. Morrison

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

Richard Morrison is a lawyer and a priest, with an undergraduate degree in Business Management.  Richard is now retired, but as a deacon or priest served four congregations in Arizona from 1997 through 2018.

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.

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.

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.

 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.

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.

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 Advance Community (formerly 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 experience as a church lay leader; in the wider community she has served as president for several non-profit boards.

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.

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Kate Thoene

Knowledge Specialist, Nonprofit Management Institute

 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 numerous leadership positions for a variety of charitable non-profits, both large and small, over the last 20 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.