Orletta Caldwell, PhD

Dr. Caldwell is a passionate and qualified educator and nonprofit management specialist. Caldwell brings more than 30 years of administrative and leadership experience to the CEO of Beyond Existing Enterprises and co-founder of ShareNomy. Highlights of a stellar and diverse career include executive director, Camp Baber, worked with many other rural organizations and as an assistant professor at Grand Rapids Community College. She has served in many professional and volunteer capacities, including Tech Soup, the Community Development Advocates of Detroit (CDAD), Metro Detroit Council of Christian Churches, Urban Renewal Commission for the city of Colorado Springs, board member/secretary, Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, and the Southfield Downtown Development Authority for Southfield, Mich. She earned her bachelor of public affairs from Wayne State University, master of science in management from Cardinal Stritch, and PhD in public policy & administration specializing in nonprofit management from Walden University.

She teaches NL 540 Managing Meetings & Projects and NL 504 Colloquium: Nonprofit Organizations in the Pacific University Master of Nonprofit Leadership program.