October 13-16, 2020
Daily, 10-11am ET, 12-1pm ET and 4-5pm ET
Members-Only
We never know when opportunity will come knocking! Having a current, impactful resumé on hand means you will be ready when it's time to take your next professional step.
WOC is pleased to offer members a one-on-one complimentary resumé review with a seasoned professional, many of whom are executive coaches and recruiting experts with extensive knowledge of the nonprofit sector. These 15-minute sessions will provide helpful hints for highlighting you and your accomplishments. In addition, our experts will offer up-to-the-minute insights about distinguishing yourself in the current job market. Space is extremely limited so please sign up today!
***LIMITED SEATING ENGAGEMENT***
***Each registrant will receive one (1) 15-minute session.***
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Thank you for your interest in Resumé Refresh. We will be in touch with your session closer to the event.
Facilitators
Maeve Clifford, Co-Founder & Managing Partner
With nearly fifteen years of experience in executive search, Maeve brings a deep commitment to an exceptional client experience and an orientation around continuous learning and reflection to both her work and our clients’ needs. Having served nonprofit clients across a wide range of issue areas, as well as those in the industrial, technology, and healthcare sectors, Maeve’s exposure to a variety of markets, positions, and functions has deepened her thinking on how to best approach executive search. Her experience has also given her a keen understanding of the complicated interplay between networks and an appreciation for the universal qualities that make for transformational leadership.
Maeve brings direct nonprofit experience to her work at Pearl Street, having held roles with Harvard University, Denver School of Science & Technology (DSST), and several historic preservation entities. Energized by her work with mission-driven organizations across the spectrum and particularly drawn to those seeking to dismantle structural inequity, Maeve is proud to serve on the board of directors for Girls Inc. of San Diego County, an organization that inspires girls to be strong, smart, and bold by providing life-changing support and real solutions to the unique issues they face. She holds a bachelor’s in American History from Wellesley College.
Raised in the Boston area, Maeve calls San Diego home. When she’s not working with clients to amplify their impact through talent strategy, you’ll find her on a trail with her young son, reveling in the opportunity to see the world through his eyes.
Emily Edwards, Director, Portfolio Fundraising Strategies
Emily supports the portfolio in their efforts to build successful and sustainable fundraising strategies that are tailored to each organization’s model and unique strengths. She is a whole-hearted non-profit leader with a lifelong commitment to equity and poverty alleviation. Emily dedicated the first two decades of her career to Summer Search, a national youth development organization that envisions a world where young people can fulfill their potential and lead families and communities to thrive. Emily’s interest in working at Summer Search was sparked by her experience attending Central, a Philadelphia public high school, where she watched her classmates break through barriers of poverty, access, and racism to graduate and go onto college. Emily graduated with a BA in African American Studies with a concentration in Sociology from Wesleyan University.
Felicia Garcia-Hartstein, Search Consultant and Director for Search Management
Felicia Garcia-Hartstein helps lead the search management team at Aspen Leadership Group, where she works to continuously improve ALG’s endeavor in recruiting exceptional talent and helping candidates navigate successful careers. As a Search Consultant, she establishes enduring relationships with ALG candidates and engages chief executives and development professionals for searches in nonprofit organizations across the country, including in education, arts and culture, health care, foundations and institutes, and community services.
Prior to joining ALG, Felicia was the Executive Director of Presidential Advancement at the University of Rochester, where she worked closely with the President of the University, Board of Trustees, and Chief Advancement Officer in order to engage the University’s alumni and friends. Additionally, she has a breadth of advancement experience including fundraising for an academic unit, regional fundraising, involvement in a $1.2 billion campaign from start to finish, developing a volunteer engagement program from the ground up, and board and volunteer management. Previously, she worked for a Fortune 100 financial services organization, TIAA, in Denver, Colorado.
She holds an M.B.A and a B.S. in Business Administration with a minor in Chicano Studies, both from Colorado State University-Pueblo. She is a Board Member of the AFP Genesee Valley Chapter, the Chair of the Town of Brighton’s Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Advisory Board, and a graduate of the United Way of Greater Rochester's Latino Leadership Development Program. She resides in Rochester, NY with her husband, two children, and English Bulldog.
Zena Lum, Senior Advisor, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Lindauer
Zena Lum joined Lindauer in 2011, bringing with her over 17 years of nonprofit and development experience. Zena started her nonprofit career and spent seven years at the New England Aquarium in successive roles, and was eventually recruited by Boston’s Museum of Science. Other positions followed with Jumpstart, a national early education organization, and WGBH, Boston’s public broadcasting affiliate and a national producer of programs for both PBS and NPR.
Before joining Lindauer in 2011, Zena served as the inaugural Director of Institutional Advancement for Boston Public Schools, including management of all state and federal funding opportunities, coordination with other city agencies, and engagement with external partners. Zena’s placements include top nonprofit and development leaders for Jacob’s Pillow, the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra; Cincinnati Museum Center; and the League of American Orchestras. Zena has closed multiple searches with Colby College, including their Director of Museum Development. She has also completed a combined twelve searches for Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School and Harvard Medical School.
Zena is an alumna of LeadBoston, and a board member of Women in Development, co-chairing WID’s Governance and Nominating Committee as well as serving as a member of the Program Committee. Zena holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University.
Adele Mezher, Co-Founder & Managing Partner
With over twenty-five years of experience in executive search, Adele has a thorough understanding of the search life cycle and brings a natural ability to engage meaningfully with both clients and candidates. She has led searches for brand names in the technology and manufacturing sectors, but her service orientation and mission drive led her to the nonprofit space. She has developed a specialty in Advancement and Development and has worked with a range of clients including Northeastern University, University of Miami, American Civil Liberties Union, National Urban League, Spelman College, and Special Olympics International. Adele holds a certification as a Diversity & Inclusion Recruiter.
Her interest in furthering the common good was borne of her own family’s search for a better life. When she was a child, they fled civil war in Lebanon to settle north of Boston in a vibrant community known for its culturally diverse population as well as its poverty rate and the barriers to success that engenders. Those life experiences created within her a drive to advocate for equity and access at every turn. In addition to championing diversity, equity, and inclusion through her daily work, she finds significant opportunity in her volunteer roles as an academic mentor with SquashBusters and advisory board member to Aaron’s Presents. Occasionally you’ll see her pinch-hitting as a substitute teacher at her high school alma mater, the Greater Lawrence Technical School, where the teenagers keep her on her toes.
Esther Rosenberg, Co-Managing Director, Howe-Lewis International
Esther Rosenberg is Co-Owner of the executive search firm, Howe-Lewis International. She has conducted searches for local, national, and global health, education, human services, advocacy, cultural and community-based organizations. The firm recruits C-suite executives across the board and has a particular specialty in advancement searches. Esther started her executive search career at Korn/Ferry. Her earlier experience was in the not-for-profit community with the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, the Metropolitan Opera, and Case Western Reserve University, Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, she attended the American University of Paris and received both a BA and an MA in French from Case Western Reserve University. She is a member of Women in Development, Allies in Action Membership Network (Women of Color in Fundraising and Philanthropy), and a board member of The Playwrights Realm.
Katie Warnock, President of Staffing Boutique, Inc.
Katie Warnock is the President of Staffing Boutique, Inc., a (NY State Certified Woman-owned Business Enterprise) premier recruiting firm based out of NYC, servicing the nonprofit sector.
Katie began her career recruiting for nonprofits in 2005, and with her entrepreneurial spirit opened her own firm in October 2011.
She prides herself on candor, and always being “of service” to her clients and candidates. She prioritizes responding to every email and phone call within 24 hours, or in most cases, within minutes.
With over 15 years’ experience recruiting development professionals, she recognizes how small the fundraising world actually can be, and considers her network as her biggest resource which is why Staffing Boutique has been successful thus far.
When she is not running the day to day operations of her business, she can be found teaching group exercise classes for 24 Hour Fitness, or just enjoying complete silence!
