If you are interested in working with Sally, please contact Freya Bradford at NorthSky. She will work on making an introduction and explaining our process.

 Lucille M. Chrisman, CPCC, is a Certified Executive Coach, with over 25 years experience as a business leader. She works one-on-one with executives and high-potential leaders in non-profit and for-profit organizations, helping them gain clarity, focus and action for personal and professional success. As a result of her coaching, clients are better able to:

• Lead from a place of strength

• Balance work and personal time

• Communicate with a positive impact

• Navigate roadblocks with confidence

• Make critical decisions

• Take risks and set a new course

• Engage and connect with key people

Lucille’s past experiences as Vice President of Public Affairs and Executive Director of Development at Saginaw Valley State University and Associate Director of Philanthropy for The Nature Conservancy, have given her broad and deep understanding of the complexities and challenges of being a nonprofit leader. In addition to this, Lucille was a trustee of the Saginaw Community Foundation for 8 years, leading the marketing and public relations efforts along with serving as an advisory to the Youth Advisory Council for the state.

Her desire to build human capacity in organizations began when she was a corporate trainer and facilitator for Delta College and the American Management Association. From this experience, Lucille started her own business in 1986, CommunicationWorks, developing and facilitating customized communication programs for organizations, city government and educational institutions.

As a University professor at CMU and SVSU, Lucille taught several undergraduate courses in the Communication Department including Effective Communications, Business Communications, Small Group Communication and Organizational Leadership.

Lucille is a certified Executive Coach from The Coaches Training Institute and is a member of the International Coaching Federation. She holds a Master of Arts from Central Michigan University and a Bachelor of Arts from Northern Michigan University. She has been recognized as a “Woman of Distinction” from the Girls Scouts of Mitten Bay and “Outstanding Leader” award from the Tri-County Women in Leadership Group.

Areas of expertise include leadership development, interpersonal communication, team building, management skills, listening, conflict resolution, fundraising, board development, strategic planning and succession planning.

If you are interested in working with Lucille, please contact Freya Bradford at NorthSky. She will work on making an introduction and explaining our process.

 

Zareena Koch began her 15 year career as a fundraiser while working with high-risk, inner city parents and more importantly, their infants. Quickly realizing there simply wasn’t enough funding to go around, she began to write and receive private and public grants. By combining several different services, more than $2,000,000 was distributed to area parents, schools and children.

“I began to see that funding helped - a lot. I could serve a community more completely by doing something not everyone knew how to do”. Armed with a Bachelor’s of Social Work/Chemistry from University of Missouri, she has continued to raise funds for non profits. Her clients include the Girl Scout Council, public school districts, international relief agencies, arts and religious organizations. Whether focusing on major gift prospects, event management or direct mail, she believes passionately in the fiscal responsibility of an agency.

“In today’s market, it’s not acceptable to post an enormous loss year after year without taking active steps to remedy the situation. Fundraising is everyone’s job in an agency. The agencies that take on this challenge are the ones that last.”

Whether it be active fund solicitation, construction of development plans, volunteer management/policies, strategic recommendations or Board help, Zareena Koch is focused on making non profits run better. She is currently serving a 7-year term on Boyne City School Board and volunteers her time with various non profits locally and nationally. She also teaches high school and college students the importance of funding their non profit dream. She lives in Northern Michigan with her husband, three children and many pets.

If you are interested in working with Zareena, please contact Freya Bradford at NorthSky. She will work on making an introduction and explaining our process.

Over half of her work (63%), is as an evaluation consultant. She also works as a grant writer or grant consultant (13%) and the rest is miscellaneous services (24%) such as leadership for and management of projects, task forces or collaborative efforts; organizational, policy or program planning, development, analysis or evaluation; research and writing for grants, needs assessments, newsletters, educational materials or reports; and interviewing, group interviews and surveys.

RMK's specializes in organizations that target services to families and children. Past clients include programs that serve early childhood (15%), children of all ages (35%), and families (25%). The remainder of her practice (25%) targets a variety of other constituents.

Ms. McPhail is always ready for new challenges and tailors her services to meet the needs of each organization with which she works.

If you are interested in working with Rita, please contact Freya Bradford at NorthSky. She will work on making an introduction and explaining our process.

Marjorie Rich has over 25 years of experience working in the field of Public Health, both in the public and non-profit sectors. She brings an expertise in data-based strategic planning, program evaluation, grant writing, community health assessment, program development, and group facilitation. Her collaborative approach to working with diverse populations and organizations has been an integral component of her work. Marjie began her career working in international public health while living in New York City. She subsequently became involved on a more local level, working at state and county health departments. Bringing her diverse skill set to the Traverse City area, she began consulting in 1995, leading a multi-county community health assessment. Multiple programs were created as a result of this work, many of which she consulted on as grant writer, program development coordinator, and program evaluator.

Most recently, Marjie has been active in the education community, serving two terms on the school board of the Traverse City Area Public Schools. This is the largest school district in Northern Michigan, with a budget of over $80 million, approximately 10,000 students and 1700 employees. As president for two years, she oversaw the hiring of a new superintendent and the state government-imposed budget reduction of 10%.

Marjie has Bachelors of Arts from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a Masters of Public Health from Columbia University, New York. Her master’s work was on maternal and child health care in developing countries, evaluating national family planning programs in over 100 developing countries.

If you are interested in working with Marjie, please contact Freya Bradford at NorthSky. She will work on making an introduction and explaining our process.