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I've been in your shoes - I know how it is.
I was the primary leader and strategic thinker. I get what it means to make decisions that have long-term, permanent effects on dollars and people. I understand that nonprofit staff and volunteer leaders are pulled in a lot of directions. I was the person called in the middle of the night when the building’s alarm went off, and then had to switch gears to meet with a donor at seven o’clock that same morning to make an articulate case for giving.
I understand how it feels to have the responsibility to oversee millions of dollars in donated funds, ensuring that every penny is accounted for, and that the work mirrors the values of the organization and its constituency. I have instituted great change and witnessed its impact.
I've also been the person at Kinko’s at 2:00 a.m. pleading with the copier to just do what I want it to do. I was the person in the basement of the Chicago Central Post Office (you don’t ever want to be this person), trying to make the postal workers like me, so I could eventually send out 2,000 pieces of bulk mail.
Nonprofit people work in the trenches to make big change happen.
Where do you want to go? Let’s figure out how to get there together.
I was the primary leader and strategic thinker. I get what it means to make decisions that have long-term, permanent effects on dollars and people. I understand that nonprofit staff and volunteer leaders are pulled in a lot of directions. I was the person called in the middle of the night when the building’s alarm went off, and then had to switch gears to meet with a donor at seven o’clock that same morning to make an articulate case for giving.
I understand how it feels to have the responsibility to oversee millions of dollars in donated funds, ensuring that every penny is accounted for, and that the work mirrors the values of the organization and its constituency. I have instituted great change and witnessed its impact.
I've also been the person at Kinko’s at 2:00 a.m. pleading with the copier to just do what I want it to do. I was the person in the basement of the Chicago Central Post Office (you don’t ever want to be this person), trying to make the postal workers like me, so I could eventually send out 2,000 pieces of bulk mail.
Nonprofit people work in the trenches to make big change happen.
Where do you want to go? Let’s figure out how to get there together.
About Emily |
Emily (Rosenberg) Chaleff holds a particular expertise in identifying the potential for greatness in good organizations and helping them go from where they are, to where they want to be. She brings more than 20 years of experience in the nonprofit sector in management, revenue development, organizational development, board oversight, program development, persuasive writing, communications, crises management and executive leadership.
A Chicago native, she launched successful new sites for two separate nonprofit organizations in that city between 2002-2008. After Emily and her husband fell in love with Maine, they moved, and she was executive director at the Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine (JCA) from 2008-2014. At the JCA she led the organization through a transformative growth process that culminated in the purchase of a new building site and an unprecedented $3 million in capital giving. Emily holds a master’s degree in nonprofit management. She is a member of Maine’s Institute for Civic Leadership’s Phi Class. Emily lives in Portland, Maine with her husband, two sons and a dog named Phoebe. Building on her lifelong love of summer camp, in 2016, Emily co-founded Camp Alsing - a premier co-ed residential camp in Maine. Alsing provides a traditional camping experience for young people with social communications disorders. www.campalsing.com |
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