The Impact Foundry has pulled together some of the region’s top experts to provide interesting and educational workshops through our Impact U programs. Starting in Q4 2023, we are excited to relaunch these regularly scheduled opportunities for networking and learning. Grow your impact with Impact Foundry!
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Mr. Whitfield is a seasoned Human Resources Executive with over 20 years of experience in human resources management and diversity, equity and inclusion. Whitfield recently completed a six year tenure as the Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for the Yuba Community College District. Whitfield was responsible for the management and oversight of the human resources operations for the district and is credited with revitalizing and streamlining the Human Resource Operations for the Yuba Community College District. Whitfield is a subject matter expert in performance management, employee engagement, diversity, equity and inclusion and state and federal EEO compliance matters. Whitfield is also a subject matter expert in leadership development. He is highly accomplished in successfully working with others to develop professional skills and improve employee effectiveness through training and development. Whitfield is a frequent speaker, trainer and presenter.
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Lorcan brings more than 24 years as a successful nonprofit President & CEO to his role as President of Lester Consulting Group. He has extensive experience in fundraising, board development, volunteer motivation, strategic planning, organizational leadership, fiscal responsibility, human resources, and facilities management.
Prior to purchasing LCG in July 2020, Lorcan served as President & CEO of Christian Brothers High School in Sacramento for 16 years. Throughout his career in education, Lorcan worked tirelessly to provide outstanding values-based education while keeping tuition affordable. He raised more than $50 million to provide educational access to low-income students, improve facilities, grow endowments, and provide competitive employee compensation.
He holds a B.A. in Sociology from Loyola Marymount University and an M.B.A. from Woodbury University in Los Angeles.
Ken Henderson is a seasoned entrepreneur and digital marketing professional, presently serving as the CEO of Sublime Digital Marketing Group, a respected marketing agency located in Rancho Cordova, California.
Boasting over two decades of industry experience, Ken has cultivated expertise in numerous facets of digital marketing, such as website design, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), copywriting, communication, CRM systems, and advertising on platforms like Facebook and Google. As a certified Google Partner and Zoho Partner, Ken’s knowledge is both extensive and cutting-edge.
Alongside his marketing abilities, Ken has delved into automation and artificial intelligence applications, integrating them into his collaborations with businesses and non-profits. His work with a wide array of clients, including non-profits, law firms, property managers, political campaigns, private schools, and small to medium businesses, has aided them in achieving their marketing goals.
Beyond his business accomplishments, Ken is an active community leader. He sits on the board of the Rancho Cordova Chamber of Commerce, contributing to the shaping of the region’s economic outlook, and is also a special advisor to MLK365, a group dedicated to making positive impact in communities. Moreover, he is a graduate of the prestigious Rancho Cordova Leadership Program and also a Certified GENEIUS, attesting to his remarkable leadership qualities.
Nick has over has over 12 years of experience in communications and marketing, which has led him to his current role as Marketing and Communications Manager for the Sacramento Children’s Home and VP of Communities for the American Marketing Association’s Sacramento Valley Chapter.
Nick began his writing career as an intern for the Sacramento Press and through an internship with Bleacher Report. Afterward, he moved into a Featured Columnist role with B/R, took over the B/R internship program’s Feedback Editor role, and obtained full-time work as a copywriter. From there, he moved back into news, joining a national Hearst Television team as a Digital Managing Editor, producing online news content.
Today, he works for the Sacramento Children’s Home, leading all of the organization’s marketing and communications efforts, including on social media and through email marketing. “I love the storytelling aspect of writing and marketing the most, so by working in the nonprofit industry, I not only get to tell real and heartwarming stories, but the work I do inspires fundraising that directly supports local children. There is no better feeling than that.”
Nick has over has over 12 years of experience in communications and marketing, which has led him to his current role as Marketing and Communications Manager for the Sacramento Children’s Home and VP of Communities for the American Marketing Association’s Sacramento Valley Chapter.
Nick began his writing career as an intern for the Sacramento Press and through an internship with Bleacher Report. Afterward, he moved into a Featured Columnist role with B/R, took over the B/R internship program’s Feedback Editor role, and obtained full-time work as a copywriter. From there, he moved back into news, joining a national Hearst Television team as a Digital Managing Editor, producing online news content.
Today, he works for the Sacramento Children’s Home, leading all of the organization’s marketing and communications efforts, including on social media and through email marketing. “I love the storytelling aspect of writing and marketing the most, so by working in the nonprofit industry, I not only get to tell real and heartwarming stories, but the work I do inspires fundraising that directly supports local children. There is no better feeling than that.”
Bob Reich is currently Executive Consultant with Brainstorm Bob Consulting. He brings a diverse background to his work and teaching, including all aspects of nonprofit organizational management, strategic planning, 501© (3) applications, events, marketing, fund raising/grants and community outreach. He has worked for small to large non-profit, academic, community, and municipal organizations, consulted with diverse nonprofit organizations and taught multiple university and professional courses and seminars on a variety of nonprofit management topics.
Born and raised in Mumbai and having moved to the US in 2004, my experiences of surviving sexual assault and sexual harassment motivated me to be an outspoken advocate of against social injustice & gender violence (especially against children & women).
I received my PhD in Criminology, Law, & Justice from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) with a specialization in Gender and Women Studies.
I am fortunate to have gained 17 years of extensive work experiences both in campus and community settings, ranging from interdisciplinary gender violence research, program administration, teaching and training (including web conferences), volunteering, & community organizing.
As an award-winning gender scholar, expert, educator, and storyteller, I am committed to using and exploring media, Pop culture, film/ cinema and storytelling as innovative and interactive culturally responsive tools to engage communities and create social impact and change. I have completed trainings in digital storytelling facilitation and oral storytelling techniques.
A leader in nonprofit and academic organizations for over two decades, Paul David Terry (he/they) connects volunteer management, healthcare, higher education and international and multicultural education to aid organizations in deconstructing bias and advancing equity in systems, communications, and leadership.
As the assistant director of affinity programs at UC Davis and alumni diversity representative for the University of California Office of the President, Paul directs alumni affinity groups and leads the CAAA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee and programs DEI trainings for volunteer alumni leaders across the globe.
He has served as the past chair of the UC Davis Chancellor’s Committee on LGBTQIA+ Communities, a member of the Lived Name and Gender Identity Task Force, the co-chair of the Website and Data subcommittee for the Chancellor’s Next Generation Campus Safety Task Force and the vice-chair for the UC Davis Health Vice Chancellor’s LGBTQ+ Health Advisory Council.
His contributions have advanced the first needs assessment for advancing critical issues for LGBTQ+ patients, employees, clinicians and students and the first LGBTQ+ 101 training at UC Davis Health.
As a doctoral student in International and Multicultural Education with emphasis in human rights education, racial justice in education and organizational leadership, Paul examines intersectional disciplines to bolster nonprofit industries, including healthcare, higher education and volunteer driven organizations.
His work garners multiple scholarships, fellowships and grants to support podcasts and workshops with UCSF, UC Davis Health, USF and nonprofit organizations like Drag Queen Story Hour and Rise For Racial Justice. As an IME Fellow at University of San Francisco, he teaches Critical Race Theory and How To Talk About Race, and designs virtual educational resources for educators across the country.
As a community member, Paul draws on the energy with volunteering with the people he loves while doing the activities that create social change to make a difference. He’s passionate about giving back to communities. Paul is a racial healing circle facilitator with the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Center at UC Davis Health and volunteers with Crisis Text Line during holiday breaks. His passion form music can find hm performing and conducting marching bands to singing opera with local choruses.
While he cherishes the many facets that make up family, he honors his Cherokee and Chickasaw ancestry by (re)membering and teaching lessons from Indigenous education, holding space for life-long learning on unsettling the settler-colonial mindset and advancing story-telling practices that center self-efficacy, transformation, and healing.
Kelsey improves workplace climate and culture with an intentional focus in two areas – systems and people. By identifying barriers to success on an individual and organizational level she works to improve policies, procedures and professional relationships amongst colleagues. She practices the tenets of servant leadership and believes that excellence happens when you focus on both a big picture vision as well as the day-to-day operations that make it a reality. Kelsey is an experienced trainer and has presented at local, state, national and international education conferences. Her 10 year career in nonprofit management has created a foundation in strategic planning, assessment and evaluation, grant writing and management, professional development and community organizing. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology.
Laura Hallberg, Ed.D. has almost 30 years of experience in education having
served as a high school teacher, a schoolsite administrator, at the district level, as well as at an education nonprofit organization.
She is currently an assistant dean of Benerd College at University of the Pacific,
overseeing several graduate programs focused on leadership, equity, and
innovation.
Since coming to Benerd, she’s developed two of those programs, the
Transformative Action in Education Ed.D. and the Leading for Social Impact
Master’s in Leadership.
Her research and publications have focused on equity-centered leadership, imposter syndrome, and the importance of self-care in leadership.
Sonia supports Lester Consulting Group’s staff to advance the standards and practice of effective management and philanthropy among the clients they serve. She joined LCG with over 15 years of experience in client management and support. Throughout her career, Sonia has worked with organizations across a wide range of industries –from network storage technology and manufactured homes, to key account sales. No matter which hat she’s wearing, her goal has been simple –to empower clients and organizations to drive measurable results while improving operational processes.
Sonia earned a Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Communication Studies from California State University, Chico. She also holds a certification in Project Management from the University of California, Sacramento.
Louise J Santiago, PhD. is the Assistant Dean of the College of Education and Health Sciences and Director of the Graduate School of Education. A former middle school and high school principal, Dr. Santiago built the last fully funded high tech high school in California, earned a California Distinguished School honor, exemplary status as a Career Tech Education school, was a subject of a nationwide research study as one of the top 10 achieving principals from California and was the focus of a CDE policy brief prepared by Stanford University regarding the importance of coaching for school leaders.
Currently, her research focuses on Communities of Practice as vehicles for equity-focused teams, Social Learning Spaces, and Systems Convening. Louise is also a certified leadership coach holding an ACC certification through the International
Coach Federation, the global standard bearers in coach certification.
Debbie is the founder and Executive Director of Health Education Council. Her two primary areas of expertise are cross-sector coalition building and reducing health disparities in diverse low-income communities.
Michelle Odell is the Director of Public Affairs for Kaiser Permanente in South Sacramento, where she oversees all aspects of Public Affairs including community relations, government relations; community health and community benefit planning; and internal and external communications, including media relations.
| Annual Operating Budget | Dues |
|---|---|
Under $200,000 | $110 |
$200,000 – 500,000 | $210 |
$500,001 – 1,000,000 | $310 |
$1,000,001 – 4,000,000 | $410 |
$4,000,001 + | $510 |
Kristi Rolak is Sales Director in Sacramento for One Workplace, a full service commercial interior furnishings company headquartered in Santa Clara and serving greater Sacramento.
