Valtas Group is pleased to announce that Rebecca Lavigne has joined our consulting team. 

​Rebecca brings 15 years of leadership experience in the nonprofit sector. Known as a thoughtful and collaborative strategic leader, Rebecca thrives in times of growth, change and transition. 

Rebecca has led nonprofits to better health and greater impact as an interim executive director, board member, development director, program director and consultant. Her expertise includes executive transitions, organizational and program assessments, strategic planning, change management, staff and board development, and operational systems development. 

FamilyWorks recently announced that Marcia Wright-Soika will become their new Executive Director.
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Although FamilyWorks’ operations and services are not back to normal due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation, there will be opportunities for you to meet Marcia as she embarks as FamilyWorks new Executive Director in the months ahead.  

​The FamilyWorks Board of Directors empowered a Succession Committee to lead a rigorous search process with support from Valtas Group and in collaboration with staff. Marcia emerged as the ideal leader for FamilyWorks. 

The Board of Directors of Launch recently announced they had selected Angela Griffin as the next Executive Director.

Angela said, “I believe every child has a special purpose. It is our responsibility to intentionally and diligently cultivate and build their potential so they can fully thrive in life and in community. This starts with ensuring children, youth, and families have equitable access to high quality early learning and school age enrichment experiences. We are uniquely positioned to serve our community during a pandemic that has both exposed the fragility of the childcare industry and how essential childcare is to the rebuilding of our economy.”

Angela joins the Launch team as a visionary and inspirational leader with over 27 years of experience, primarily focused on the development and implementation of early learning, childcare and youth development programs. ​

Valtas Group is pleased to announce that Sylvia Fuerstenberg has joined our consulting team. 

​Sylvia Fuerstenberg is a strategic, visionary leader with 33 years of Executive leadership experience, excelling in a broad range of human services endeavors; from juvenile rehabilitation, wilderness adventure programs for delinquents, inner-city programs for teens in NYC, youth services and homeless young adults in the Northwest.  

​Sylvia excels at guiding organizations through challenging transitions, specializing in organizational assessment and capacity building for the future leadership of the organization.  

Hi everyone. It has been a long couple of weeks. I don’t think many of us have experienced anything like this before.

​We’ve weathered awful things as a society, but this is something else, a threat not just to our physical health, but our livelihoods, our way of being, our groundedness, and our optimism for the future. 

There are fiduciary responsibilities and liabilities involved with being a board member. 

​It is essential to know and understand them and the directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance coverage.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Deborah Jensen as Executive Director of Audubon Washington.
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Deborah has over 25 years of executive experience leading conservation, education and scientific organizations.

​While CEO at the Woodland Park Zoo she led a successful public-private partnership with the city of Seattle, expanded the zoo’s field conservation programs to 35 projects worldwide, created the zoo’s first sustainability plan, and oversaw the opening of Zoomazium the first Leed Gold certified building at any zoo.