May 30, 2023
[00:00:00] Paul Maurer: I've had mentors for probably close to 45 years now, and early on it was people who reached out to me.
And then as I got older and hopefully a little bit wiser, I began to reach out to others to ask them to mentor me. People who I thought were wiser, more experienced, had something to contribute,...
May 23, 2023
[00:00:00] Jerry White: Risk has to be uncertain categories. There's legal risk, there's financial risk, and then there's what I call uncontrolled risk of things you don't expect that the government may impose. What if they decide for our property at Glen Erie that it no longer is going be tax exempt?
Or what if the...
May 16, 2023
[00:00:00] Lisa Cummins: I think the question I would ask is what is your employee turnover? And because I have found nonprofits come and go, employee turnover helps me understand what your commitment is to, what your ability is to lead, and what your consistency is with your values. Because if you're not consistent,...
May 9, 2023
[00:00:00] Lisa Cummins: I'm Hispanic, and so my growing up was in that context, Mexican American context. My church spoke Spanish. That's where I learned to speak Spanish, singing through the hymnals. Spanish was not my first language as it was with my parents because my parents had the experience, that was their first...
May 2, 2023
[00:00:00] Christin McClave: The boards that I've been on that have been very well-functioning from a nonprofit standpoint, really do have a nice balance of people who are still in industry. People who are very well versed in audit and finance and can pick out what might not look right on the financials or where things...