NTEN Board of Directors

Board Officers

Chair

Lynn Labieniec

CEO, Beaconfire Consulting
Arlington, Virginia

  Vice-Chair

Amy Borgstrom

Associate Director of Policy, Corporation for National and Community Service
Washington, DC

Treasurer

Lauren-Glenn Davitian

Executive Director, CCTV
Burlington, Vermont

  Secretary

Phil Ferrante-Roseberry

Executive Vice President, TechSoup Global
San Francisco, California

Board Members

Katya Andresen

COO, Network for Good
Bethesda, Maryland

 

Rusty Burwell

Vice President, Data and Technology, American Lung Association
New York, New York

Patrick Collins

Chief Information Officer, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Menlo Park, California

 

Edward Granger-Happ

Global CIO, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Geneva, Switzerland

Jocelyn Harmon

Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Network for Good
Bethesda, Maryland

 

 

Tom Krackeler

Vice President, Common Ground
Austin, Texas

 

Steve MacLaughlin

Director of Internet Solutions, Blackbaud
Charleston, South Carolina

Tucker MacLean


San Francisco, California

 

Jody Mahoney

Vice President, Anita Borg Institute for Women & Technology
Palo Alto, California

Randal Pinkett

CEO, BCT Partners
Newark, New Jersey

 

Richard K. Rappleye

VP Administration, The Kresge Foundation
Troy, Michigan

 

Michael Schreiber

Senior Vice President, Global Business Coalition
New York, New York

 

Nancy Schwartz

President, Nancy Schwartz & Co.
New York, New York

 

Board Members Emeritus

Barbara Chang, NPower NY

Gavin Clabaugh, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Ami Dar, Idealist.org

David Eisner, Corporation for National and Community Service

Reg Foster, IBM

Michael Gilbert, The Gilbert Center

Sheeraz Haji, Cleantech Group

Bill Lester, EngenderHealth

Marc Osten, Consultant

Jillaine Smith, Grantmakers for Organizational Effectiveness

Vince Stehle, Surdna Foundation

Katya Andresen is Chief Operating Officer of the leading online charitable resource, Network for Good, as well as a speaker, author and blogger about nonprofit marketing, online outreach and social media. In addition, she teaches at American University's Key Certificate Program and serves on the board of NTEN. Katya has trained thousands of causes in effective marketing and media relations, and her marketing materials for non-profits have won national and international awards. She is the author of the book, Robin Hood Marketing: Stealing Corporate Savvy to Sell Just Causes, which has been translated into four languages. She is also a co-author featured in the book, People to People Fundraising - Social Networking and Web 2.0 for Charities. Fundraising Success Magazine named her Fundraising Professional of the Year in 2007. Before joining Network for Good, she was Senior Vice President of Sutton Group, a marketing and communications firm and a marketing consultant overseas in Ukraine. She also worked for CARE International. Katya traces her passion for good causes to the enormous social need she witnessed as a journalist prior to her work in the non-profit sector. She was a foreign correspondent for Reuters News and Television in Asia and for Associated Press and major US newspapers in Africa. First term runs through 2013.

Amy Borgstrom has been Associate Director of Policy at the Corporation for National and Community Service since 2005. Prior to that she worked at the U.S. Department of Commerce Technology Opportunities Program. For almost twenty years before that, she worked to revitalize the economy of rural Appalachian Ohio through a market-based strategy and use of the Internet with the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks. She also consulted on the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Managing Information with Rural America program, served on the Board of CTCnet, and helped found the Association for Community Networks in the last millennium. A librarian who has yet to work in a library, she has an MLS degree from Kent State University, and MA in English from Ohio University, and attended undergraduate school at Colorado College. First term runs through 2013.

Rusty Burwell currently serves as Vice President, Data and Technology at the national headquarters of the American Lung Association in New York. His ALA career started with the Mississippi Lung Association as a Field Representative in 1983. He worked in a number of fundraising capacities at the national level starting in 1987 and moved to New York in 1992. In September 2006, he took his current position responsible for internal IT and phone operations at the ALA headquarters, the nationwide database operations center in Henderson, NV, online/web operations and other nationwide technology projects such as the centralized Sage MIP accounting system, and the Convio online platform. First term runs through 2011.

Patrick Collins is the chief information officer and director of grants administration at The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. In these capacities, he is responsible for all aspects of the Foundation's information technology and for the efficient flow of its grantmaking processes. He also manages the Foundation's videoconferencing grants program, which reduces travel for Hewlett employees and grantees, and a small portfolio of other grants pertaining to information technology.

Before joining the Foundation in 2005, Patrick was director of information and communication services at the University of California Office of the President. There he directed the delivery of information technology services to 2,200 employees at UC headquarters and the negotiation and management of $200 million in annual information technology purchases for the UC system. Earlier in his career, Patrick directed two academic data centers: the California Census Research Data Center at UCLA and UC Berkeley, and the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect at Cornell University. He also has contributed to scholarly publications as a data analyst, statistician, and author.

Patrick serves the Foundation Center's board of trustees and advisory committees for TechSoup, GuideStar, and the Council on Foundations. He received a bachelor of science degree from Cornell University and a master of business administration degree from the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley-both with honors. Second term runs through 2013.

Lauren-Glenn Davitian is widely credited with establishing strong community access to cable television throughout Vermont. She is a well-known spokeswoman on behalf of free speech and open networks locally and in the state capital. She is founder and executive director of CCTV's Center for Media and Democracy and oversees Channel 17/Town Meeting Television (a regional government access TV channel), Common Good Vermont (a Vermont nonprofit capacity building project) and CCTV Productions & Technical Services. She is a founding member of Vermont Access Network (a trade group of 27 public access tv centers in Vermont) and currently serves on the editorial board of the Alliance for Community Media's Community Media Review and NTEN. Lauren-Glenn is a graduate of the University of Vermont (B.A. in Anthropology, Phi Beta Kappa, 1982). Second term runs through 2011.

Phil Ferrante-Roseberry is Executive Vice President of TechSoup Global(formerly CompuMentor), a recognized international leader in bringing technological empowerment and philanthropy to social benefit organizations around the world. Its flagship website, TechSoup.org,serves over 400,000 nonprofit users monthly.

Phil's "first career" was that of a software engineer with numerous companies in Silicon Valley and Massachusetts. During that period he worked on a wide range of projects, including design efforts for weather radar systems, mainframe computers, and enterprise-level CRM systems.

In 1995, Phil entered the nonprofit technology world and hasn't looked back. In his years with TechSoup, he has developed extensive experience in the areas of social enterprise and nonprofit/corporate collaborations. Phil strives to develop programs which fit an organization's culture, stay true to its mission, and provide much needed sources of unrestricted capital.

Phil holds a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts. A news-junkie and strong advocate of the Commons, Phil lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and 2 children. Second term runs through 2011.

Edward G. Happ is the Global CIO of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), based in Geneva, Switzerland, and Chairman of NetHope, a U.S. based consortium of 31 leading international relief, development and conservation nonprofits focused on information and communications technology (ICT) and collaboration.

He is the former Chief Information Officer at Save the Children, in Westport, CT, where he worked for the past decade. During his first year at Save the Children, in March 2001, he presented a paper to Cisco on "Wiring the Virtual Village," which became the basis for NetHope

His thirty plus years of professional experience include all facets of managing information services and high technology businesses, including general management with P&L responsibility, operations, product management, sales, marketing, customer service, human resources management, technical consulting, manufacturing, and both software and hardware development.

In 2007, the editors of eWEEK, CIO Insight and Baseline selected Mr. Happ as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in IT and one of the Top 100 CIOs. In 2008, the Center for Digital Strategies at the Tuck Business School at Dartmouth appointed Mr. Happ as Executive Fellow and first CIO in residence for the spring term. In 2010, the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) honored Mr. Happ with a Lifetime Achievement Award for technology leadership in the nonprofit community. This year he was also selected to be a Practitioner in Residence at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center for fall, 2011. First term runs through 2013.

Jocelyn Harmon is passionate about helping nonprofits succeed online so that they can change the world! Jocelyn has worked with some of the biggest and most respected nonprofits in the U.S., including ASPCA, IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare), The Nature Conservancy, Defenders of Wildlife, Carter Center, American Legacy Foundation, Oceana and Meals on Wheels Association of America.

Jocelyn has been a member of the "capacity-building" community for nonprofits since 2000. She started her fundraising career at the Georgia Center for Nonprofits and then became Director of Development and Communications for the National Council of Nonprofits, an association of 22,000 local charities. Prior to joining Care2, Jocelyn was Director of Business Development for InfoGroup Nonprofit where she was responsible for sales, marketing and new product development.

Jocelyn is a recognized blogger and speaker on online marketing for social change. Her previous speaking engagements include workshops and presentations for American University, Howard University, Network for Good, Arthritis Foundation, BlogHer, Bridge Conference, Direct Marketing Association Nonprofit Federation, NTEN (Nonprofit Technology Network), The Arc of North Carolina, Artez Interactive, Mental Health America and more.

In 2009, Fast Company recognized her as one of the "Women in Nonprofit Technology Who Rock!" Her personal blog, Marketing for Nonprofits, is top-ranked on Alltop. She also writes a bi-monthly column for Fundraising Success. First term runs through 2014.


Tom Krackeler has spent over a decade developing web technology that enables nonprofits to acquire, engage, and retain supporters online. Tom is currently at Convio as Vice President of the Common Ground product line, a nonprofit constituent relationship management solution that Convio built on the Force.com platform from Salesforce.com. Tom joined Convio in 2007 and has also served as Vice President of Product Management where he was responsible for product strategy and planning. Prior to joining Convio, Tom was Senior Vice President of Products at GetActive Software, where he oversaw the company's engineering, product management, and user experience teams. Before GetActive, Tom worked in the nonprofit sector at the Environmental Defense Fund and as a consultant with Accenture. Tom has a BA in Political Science and Philosophy from Duke University and an MPP in Public Policy from UC Berkeley. First term runs through 2011.

Lynn Labieniec has been helping the nonprofit sector apply technology to their business operations since 1980 and is currently the CEO of and a strategy consultant for Beaconfire Consulting. She has developed technology strategies for clients such as the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research Foundation, United Way of America, Planned Parenthood, and others.

Before co-founding Beaconfire, Lynn served on Commerce One's Nonprofit Leadership Team, as well as a leader within Commerce One's project management skill track. Previously, Lynn was a founding partner of RivCom Limited, in the United Kingdom, a consultancy firm specializing in applying XML technologies to knowledge and information management problems. She has also held various management positions at Blackbaud Inc. and Riverside Software Inc., with a particular focus on helping corporate and private foundations effectively implement and integrate grants management and employee gift matching software. She started her career at IBM's Corporate Headquarters in Armonk, NY. During her tenure of nearly seven years, she worked on many projects with the corporate philanthropy department, including leading the technology development of IBM's employee matching gift program. Second term runs through 2011.

Steve MacLaughlin is the Director of Internet Solutions at Blackbaud and is responsible for leading how the company provides online solutions for its clients. Steve has spent more than 12 years building successful online initiatives with a broad range of Fortune 500 firms, government and educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations across the world. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and events including the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP), Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), Direct Marketing Fundraisers Association (DMFA), National Association of Independent School (NAIS), Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN), and many other nonprofit industry organizations. Steve was been recognized by the ePhilanthropy Foundation as an ePhilanthropy Master Trainer. Steve's thoughts on leveraging the Internet were featured in the book People to People Fundraising: Social Networking and Web 2.0 for Charities and he is currently working on a new book about nonprofit management strategies that will be published in 2010. You can find his blog at: www.blackbauds.com/connections Steve earned both his undergraduate degree and a Master of Science degree in Interactive Media from Indiana University. First term runs through 2011.

Tucker MacLean has over 10 years experience working in CRM and on-demand applications and joined salesforce.com in 2000. He served numerous roles in the Sales and Services organizations before shifting his focus full time to the nonprofit sector in early 2006 as the Salesforce.com Foundation's first fellow. Since then, he has worked closely with the Salesforce.com Foundation to expand the license donations program and in early 2007, Tucker started a new discount program for organizations looking to grow beyond the standard donation where all of our license offerings are made available at an 80% discount off of the commercial rates. Tucker manages a global team that runs the nonprofit donation program, Power of Us Partner program,and supports all qualified nonprofit organizations and educational institutions using the Force.com platform.

Tucker resides in the Bay Area with his wife and two daughters and has a BA in Economics from Trinity College. First term runs through 2013.

Jody Mahoney, Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, is responsible for the sustainability of ABI. Her expertise includes the emergence of social capital markets on behalf of nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations, fund development for social enterprises, and developing nonprofit, NGO and corporate global partnerships. Prior to joining the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, Jody was Senior Director of International Development at TechSoup Global, a social enterprise based in San Francisco where she was instrumental in developing the corporate, nonprofit and NGO partnerships needed for international expansion. Prior to TechSoup Global, she held varied business development, partnership recruitment and sales management positions for technology companies. Jody holds a Bachelor in Fine Arts from Antioch College and Master in Fine Arts from Warren Wilson College, and is currently evaluating a Master's Program in International Development. First term runs through 2013.

Dr. Randal Pinkett has established himself as an entrepreneur, scholar, author and speaker. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of BCT Partners, a multimillion dollar consulting firm based in Newark, NJ, that specializes in information technology, organizational development and public policy. Dr. Pinkett holds five degrees including: a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University where he competed on the track and field team as a high jumper and long jumper; a M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Oxford in England; and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering, MBA, and Ph.D. from MIT.

He has been featured on nationally televised programs such as The Today Show, Live with Regis and Kelly, Nightline and Larry King Live. Most notably, he was the first African-American to be named a Rhodes Scholar at Rutgers University and was the winner of NBC's hit reality television show, "The Apprentice", with Donald Trump. Dr. Pinkett is the author of Campus CEO: The Student Entrepreneur's Guide to Launching a Multimillion-Dollar Business and No-Money Down CEO: How to Start Your Dream Business with Little or No Cash and co-author of Black Faces in
White Places to be released in 2009.

Born in Philadelphia and raised in New Jersey, Dr. Pinkett is a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, and attends First Baptist Church in Somerset, NJ, where he resides. He is happily married to his wife, Zahara, and they are both proud parents of their daughter, Amira. Dr. Pinkett firmly believes that "for those to whom much is given, much is expected," so throughout his endeavors, he places great emphasis on his desire to give back to the community. Second term runs through 2011.

Dick Rappleye has been with The Kresge Foundation for 8 years as both a Program Officer and now as the VP of Administration. He was previously with the C.S. Mott Foundation for over 20 years, where he served as Vice President & Treasurer (CFO) and Vice President Field Services.

He has served on boards of publicly held companies and a bank. He is currently a member of the Board of the Michigan State Bar Foundation and serves on various boards of nonprofit organizations.

He earned an MBA at the Wharton Graduate Division of the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor's Degree from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. More recently, he received a Master's Degree in religious studies at the University of Detroit-Mercy. First term runs through 2014.

Michael Schreiber is the Vice President of Membership at the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. He was previously the President of TRUiST, the world's largest Philanthropic Logistics Company. Prior to the creation of TRUiST, Michael served as the Executive Vice President for Enterprise Services at United Way of America, which housed United Way's P&L based subsidiaries as well as the organization's technology infrastructure and initiatives.

Prior to joining United Way of America in 2001, Michael worked for Deloitte Consulting. During his 6 years at Deloitte, Michael worked with a wide range of commercial and governmental clients. These clients included: The National Government of Namibia, The Commonwealth of Kentucky, and The Philadelphia Eagles. In addition, Michael created and ran Deloitte Consulting's National Non Profit Organization Practice.

Most of Michael's career prior to Deloitte was spent in Africa, where he worked for the US Embassy in The Gambia and a Swiss NGO providing privatization assistance in Zimbabwe.

Michael has a BA in Economics from Stanford University and an MBA from Duke University. Second term runs through 2011.

Nancy E. Schwartz helps nonprofits succeed through effective marketing and communications as the publisher of the Getting Attention blog and e-newsletter (www.gettingattention.org), and as President of New York City-based Nancy Schwartz & Company (NS&C). Nancy and her team at NS&C provide marketing planning and implementation services to organizations as varied as the Corporation for Supportive Housing, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Association of Mothers' Centers (NAMC), The New York Botanical Garden and the National Campaign for the Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy.

NS&C specialties include branding, communications planning, message development, online communications innovations (she stays way ahead of the curve to put these tools to work for clients ASAP) and developing revenue streams for nonprofit organizations. First term runs through 2011.