Nonprofit Leadership Transitions and Organizational Sustainability: An Updated Approach that Changes the Landscape

Jeanne Bell, MNA directs NPQ's Advancing Practice program to advance critical conversations about nonprofit management and leadership. She is the former CEO of CompassPoint, where she stewarded the strategic evolution of the organization to focus on emerging leaders and emergent leadership practice with an explicit orientation to social change. She is the author of numerous articles on nonprofit leadership, strategy, and sustainability and co-author of several books, including most recently, The Sustainability Mindset (Jossey-Bass, 2015). Jeanne's board leadership has included officer positions at the Alliance for Nonprofit Management and Intersection for the Arts. She currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Master of Nonprofit Administration program at the University of San Francisco's School of Management.

Tom Adams is a director with Raffa PC, a consulting and finance services company. Adams has focused his writing, learning, and consulting for two decades on nonprofit executive transition and succession, contributing greatly to the development of nonprofit practice related to executive transitions, succession, and sustainability planning. He is author of The Nonprofit Leadership Transition and Development Guide: Proven Paths for Leaders and Organizations (Jossey-Bass, 2010). Other writings may be found at www.raffa.com/newsandresources/publications.