Jill Sheldon's Resumé

The mission of Open Road Coaching & Consulting is to provide leadership development and capacity building to leaders who make a living by making
a difference.  

Areas of focus for coaching and consulting practice, 1999 - present

• Coach mission-driven leaders around developing leadership skills and organization capacity, productive board/staff relationships, successful fundraising strategies, hiring and retaining skilled, successful employees, program development, creating successful decision-making processes, and more
• Work with board, staff and key supporters to create effective, inspiring and realistic strategic plans to guide an organization toward their vision of success
• Design and facilitate staff and board retreats to develop strategic plans, boost morale, strengthen key relationships, develop boards of directors, engage constituents, and create action plans.
• Help generate millions of dollars in philanthropic support from foundation, corporate and government grants through research, data management, writing, editing, and cultivating relationships for numerous small to medium-sized nonprofits from all sectors

Other Professional Experience

Assistant Director of the Center for Environmental Law & Policy, 1998 - 2004

• Assisted board president and executive director with board recruitment, strategic planning, organizational development and hiring
• Developed organization and program budgets, supervised administrative staff and volunteers
• Created and carried out annual fundraising plan and managed relationships with funders, including foundation prospect research, writing proposals, and tracking foundation funding
• Coordinated successful membership and major gift campaigns to raise $50,000, annually

Senior Services Homesharing Program, 1995-1998, Manager

• Directed nationally-recognized, 18-year old homesharing program for seniors
• Wrote grants and program evaluations
• Conducted all outreach, including public speaking engagements, interviews with television and print media, and writing and editing quarterly newsletter
• Conducted senior home assessments and provided follow-up assistance and advocacy to participants
• Recruited and managed volunteers

Relevant Community Volunteer Experience

Pride Foundation Board Member, 2002 - 2006, Chair of Revenue and co-chair of Scholarship Committees, member of Executive Committee

• Served as board lead for organization-wide effort to raise over $450,000 for major donors to support the gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual communities in the Pacific Northwest
• Active participant in multi-million dollar endowment campaign and major strategic planning effort
• Responsible for reviewing and analyzing hundreds of grant and scholarship applications, and working with fellow board members to select recipients

Synopses of other relevant experience:

• West Coast Administrator for the Government Accountability Project, 1994-1995
• Operations Manager for Senior Services Nutrition Projects, 1992-1995
• Volunteered as ESL tutor for immigrants and refugees, math tutor for elementary school students, 1990-present
• Puget Sound Coaches Association Board Member, State Chapter of the International Coach Federation, 2005-2006
• Tutor for ESL Middle School Students

Education

• Master of Arts, Coaching and Consulting, Leadership Institute of Seattle, 1999

• Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1989. Government major, Women's Studies minor.
  

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