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Our Team
“We see mergers, partnerships, affiliations, and other strategic restructuring methods as tools to allow nonprofit organizations to combine forces to do more and be more impactful.”
We’ve built a dream team of highly experienced professionals, brought together from across sectors and disciplines with one goal in mind - propelling your mission to new heights.
From assessment and negotiation to implementation and integration our unique, customized approach to the merger process provides our client partners with the confidence and structure needed to forge ahead efficiently and effectively so they can remain mission-focused.
Dan Reynolds
President at Holmes, Radford & Reynolds, Inc.
Holmes, Radford & Reynolds, Inc., is a St. Louis-based consulting firm that for twenty-five years has been helping its nonprofit partners achieve aspirational visions through inspirational and strategic fundraising and organizational consulting services. The firm specializes in board development, culture building, feasibility, capacity building and record-setting capital and endowment campaigns.
Rhonda Gray
Business Performance Advisor at Insperity
At Insperity Rhonda works to develop HR solutions for small and midsize businesses and nonprofits, with a focus on organizations ranging from 10 to 150 employees. Insperity is a complete HR service that provides dedicated HR services and support so nonprofits can focus on the importance of their mission.
Nancy Hawes
Managing Shareholder at The Hawes Law Firm P.C.
Nancy is highly experienced lawyer focused in the areas of corporate, real estate law, finance, nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, and public finance. A recipient of "The Best Lawyers in America" from 2013 to present, her work emphasizes Corporate Law, Real Estate & Development, Finance & Lending, Public Finance, and Nonprofit Organizations
LaTia S. King Harrison
Consultant at The Gratitude Co.
LaTia has been serving the nonprofit sector for over twenty years, both as a practitioner, and consultant. LaTia assists the team in project management overall, focusing on DEI, organizational culture evaluation, board engagement, and mission alignment.
Stephen Westbrooks
Executive Director at IFF – Southern Region
IFF is a mission-driven lender, real estate consultant, and developer that helps communities thrive. At IFF, Stephen supports community development by providing affordable loans up to $9m and offering real estate expertise to nonprofits, producing actionable data for community partners, and serving as a turnkey developer to launch community-driven projects to bridge the gap between community need and traditional developers’ reach.
Jim Schnurbusch
President at OrgStory
At OrgStory, Jim develops strategies that help nonprofit organizations create differentiated brand platforms and compelling brand stories that attract donors, raise awareness, build membership, drive change. He has spent the past 30+ years as a leader in the strategic planning, communications and development fields, developing and delivering the stories of both for profit and nonprofit organizations locally, regionally, nationally and globally.
Jean Butzen
President at Mission Plus Strategy Consulting (M+S)
Jean is an expert on Nonprofit Mergers and Partnerships. As a leader in the Chicago nonprofit sector for 40+ years, she launched M+S in 2006 with an eye on specializing in nonprofit restructuring and the firm is now the largest Midwest-based provider of merger and partnership restructuring services to the nonprofit sector.
Zach Radford
Consultant at Holmes, Radford & Reynolds, Inc.
Zach works as a consultant, writer, and researcher at HRR. In addition to myriad writing assignments to support nonprofits, he specializes in conducting research on companies and foundations, working with analytical tools, interpreting wealth screening results for individuals, and assisting organizations with predictive modeling and planning.
Sarah Buek, MSW, LCSW
Founder & Principal at The IllumiLab
The IllumiLab helps nonprofit organizations increase their impact by articulating, aligning, and measuring their Why, What, and How. Using the tools of performance management, evaluation, and quality improvement, nonprofits can increase the focus, quality, and impact of their work. Sarah founded The IllumiLab in 2016 and has spent 15 years in the St. Louis nonprofit sector as a family therapist, program manager, quality improvement manager, grant-maker, and capacity builder.