Leadership Succession Planning: The Secret to Sustainability and Growth

Leadership Succession Planning: The Secret to Sustainability and Growth
Worried about your organization's professional and/or board succession plan (or lack thereof)? We don't blame you. A strong leadership succession plan is critical to future success, as nonprofits without a plan tend to flounder when a long-time leader or founder moves on.

Join Evolve Giving Group's President and CEO, Amy Schiffman, for an interactive conversation about the steps we must take to ensure seamless transitions and long-term sustainability. She will discuss the assessment process, positioning internal talent for future roles, the development of an aligned vision for leadership transitions, and recruiting and onboarding new leadership.

About the Presenter

Amy Schiffman, CFRE, MSW

With more than 25 years in nonprofit development, Amy partners with organizations to develop effective fundraising campaigns, build strong leadership teams and empower them with tools to visualize and achieve mission impact. Since co-founding Giving Tree Associates in 2008 and launching Evolve Giving Group in 2020, Amy has helped over 300 nonprofits raise tens of millions of dollars, create growth strategies and recruit exceptional nonprofit executives. Based in Chicago, Amy is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) and is a frequent presenter at local and national conferences. She is an alum of the University of Illinois and the University of Pennsylvania and serves on faculty at the HUC/USC Zelikow School of Nonprofit Management in Los Angeles.