Master of Nonprofit Leadership Faculty

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.

Jenn is a nonprofit professional with 17 years of experience in the sector. Jenn possesses a diverse set of skills in nonprofit management, with expertise in fund development, marketing, program design, and evaluation. Prior to NAO, Jenn served as the Executive Director of the Center for Nonprofit Stewardship, an organization that provided training and resources to nonprofits across the region before it joined forces with NAO in 2020. Jenn has also worked as an independent consultant providing nonprofit capacity-building and grant writing services to a variety of clients in the Willamette Valley and across the country. Jenn is a graduate of the University of Oregon and holds a B.A. in English Literature.

Paul L Dann, PhD is the Executive Director of NFI North a non-profit multiservice mental health and human services agency meeting the needs of children, youth, families, and adults throughout New Hampshire and Maine. He has previously served as the Director of Children and Family Services for North American Family Institute and in various supervisory positions with Northeastern Family Institute in Danvers, Massachusetts. Paul is and has served as a Board member of multiple non-profit organizations. He is a part time faculty at New England College in the School of Graduate and Professional Studies and a core faculty in the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire. He is a former Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Innovation and trains nationally on effective leadership development, non-profit management, change management and organizational culture. In addition, Paul is a published author with a focus centering on leadership and management in the non-profit sector. He has a Ph.D. and Masters in Human and Organizational Systems, and a Bachelor of Science in Human Service. Paul is a dynamic public speaker and in his free time he’s the frontman for a regionally recognized blues band.

Katie McCleary is a public speaker, expert facilitator, and coauthor of Bridge the Gap: Breakthrough Communication Tools to Transform Work Relationships from Challenging to Collaborative (McGraw-Hill, 2022). Her work with corporations, schools, nonprofits, and communities has been featured by Inc., Forbes, PBS, Fast Company, Wall Street Journal, Shondaland, New York Post, Mashable, and more. She is the host of NPR CapRadio’s leadership podcast, “The Drive.” She the founder of 916 Ink, a nonprofit that transforms vulnerable youth into confident authors. Katie has extensive experience working with environmental nonprofits throughout the state of California in both rural and urban communities. In addition, Katie has worked with rural school districts and nonprofits, helping them build their capacity to serve their unique communities and youth. Katie serves on the board of Visions in Education and nonprofit boards in her beloved city of Sacramento, California.

Corky is currently the Principal at LeadTeam Consulting, which facilitates leaders and teams through effective processes to build capacity for nonprofits. Corky served as director/professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and Senior Fellow at the Center for Public Service at Portland State University. Corky’s experiences as an administrator, professor, researcher, and consultant result in best practices for nonprofits and graduate programs. Corky is a Certified Professional Facilitator and certified MBTI provider.

Steve spent more than 13 years as a professor and administrator in higher education at Multnomah University and the International University of Monaco before stepping out of formal education to work with organizations in the nonprofit and public sectors. For the past 15 years, he has been developing the capacity of agencies that work with people to design strategy, develop people, and evaluate impact. He has taught thousands of leaders throughout North America and internationally how to design and implement a kind of evaluation that gets below the surface and into the heart of human change and transformation. Over the past few years, teams from more than 500 agencies throughout North America have participated in Project Impact, a year-long program to build the capacity of agencies and institutions to run self-studies on their impact. Steve has led capacity-building projects in evaluation with communities in rural Oregon. He has also facilitated strategic planning and evaluation with environmental organizations like The Climate Trust, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, the Willamette River Initiative, and various land trusts throughout Oregon. He has also been facilitating leadership development cohorts for public and nonprofit leaders in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. He is an author and conference speaker. He lives in Portland, Ore.

Saul recently retired after 35 years as executive director and co-founder of North Cascades Institute, a conservation education organization whose mission is to inspire environmental stewardship through transformative learning experiences in nature. He has extensive experience engaging with rural communities in environmental education, conservation and recreation in the Upper Skagit Valley in Whatcom and Skagit Counties.

Saul worked as a wilderness ranger, field biologist, commercial fisherman, and fire lookout before starting the institute in 1986. He has been adjunct faculty at Huxley College of the Environment, and a contributing editor to the Journal of Natural History Education and Experience and the Journal of Environmental Education. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Environmental Education Association of Washington, Association of Nature Center Administrators, Natural History Network, Alliance for Wilderness Education and Stewardship, and the Dudley Foundation. Saul lives in Bellingham, Wash., where he writes poems, watches birds, bugs and wildflowers, and goes canoeing in the rain.