Spokes Symposium 2021

Kathleen Marcove is the President of Marcove Executive Training. She will share her expert knowledge of the important cultural and human resources considerations when combining forces with other nonprofits. Kathy is a Senior Certified Professional with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), a certified Action Learning Coach, and accredited in Distance Education employing a wide variety of virtual learning techniques. She has over 20 years’ experience inspiring leaders in industry, nonprofit, and government to cultivate motivating work environments with focused and engaged employees. Kathy offers an invaluable perspective to meet any organization’s need for strategic human resource development and transformational leadership taking teams to the next level of success.

Casey Summar is a partner with the Law Firm for Non-Profits and a national arts consultant on strategy, planning and board development. Casey can answer the important legal aspects to consider when developing partnerships. Prior to relocating to the Central Coast, Casey founded the Tennessee Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts in 2005 which grew to become the Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville, for which she served as Executive Director for over a decade. Casey was recognized for this work as the 2016 Nonprofit CEO of the Year for Middle Tennessee. She received her J.D. with honors from Vanderbilt University Law School where she continues to serve as an adjunct Professor of Law teaching Nonprofit Law.

Lindsay Kijewski is an associate of SeaChange Capital Partners, where she manages the SeaChange-Lodestar Fund for Nonprofit Collaboration. Lindsay will share how this fund supports nonprofits in exploring or completing mergers, acquisitions, joint-ventures, and other types of formal, long-term collaborations. She has previously held positions as a Social Impact Fellow with the University of Pennsylvania Center for High Impact Philanthropy and Penn’s M.S. in Nonprofit Leadership program. She is a part-time instructor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice, where she helps to design and teach graduate-level seminars in nonprofit governance and social impact assessment.

Branden Welshons has been a managing partner at Better Business Financial Services for over 20 years and Chief Financial Officer at Jean Marie Cidery for seven years. Branden will share his expertise of important financial considerations to consider when thinking about organization mergers.