Scott Schaffer, Principal of Public Interest Management Group, is an experienced nonprofit leader and consultant with a background in economics, finance and behavioral science. He is a four-time past CEO of regional, statewide and national nonprofits. He's directed growth, designed financial turnarounds and built high-performance organizations in the food security, environmental and housing fields. Scott's consulting practice links expertise in financial analysis and organizational development, and radiates from a core principle that social change requires passion and great ideas along with smart strategy and skillful execution. His work with a range of clients is an extension of this philosophy. He's played a key role in over twenty nonprofit mergers and restructuring projects, and launched social enterprises promoting affordable housing, technology adoption and environmental conservation. Scott has also developed a range of innovative business strategy methods, and delivers training workshops on strategic nonprofit management. Scott's education includes the Harvard Kennedy School, Carnegie Mellon University, and Columbia Business School. His writing on organizational development, finance and public policy appears in his blog. Off the clock, he's a guitarist, runner, and frequent hiker in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest.

With background in both the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors, Sonia brings strategy development, program planning, organizational development, adaptive leadership, leading and managing change, and research and evaluation expertise together to transform communities. She is the owner of Strategy For Impact, a consultancy focused on helping organizations and nonprofits increase their community impact. Sonia helps organizations deepen their impact through collaborative visioning, design, planning, implementation and assessment. She strives to create a learning culture in which curiosity is encouraged and reflection and learning inform strategy and programs. Her work is guided by a commitment to equity and a belief that the best solutions are the result of collaborative effort, a commitment to listening and learning, and an openness to creativity and new ideas. Sonia has extensive experience with organizational, strategy, and program development. She has led organization-wide strategic planning efforts and has overseen strategy development, implementation, and evaluation across multiple impact areas. Prior to launching a consulting practice, Sonia served as the Chief Community Impact Officer for Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) where she led the development and implementation of the foundation’s impact strategies. Prior to her tenure at OCF she led program evaluations and other social policy research teams at several human services research and evaluation firms and started her career in the nonprofit youth services field.