Dr. Catherine Cushinberry

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Dr. Catherine Cushinberry, originally from Memphis, is a seasoned nonprofit executive working in the Seattle area with almost thirty years of experience in nonprofit within youth development, education, and social services. She has led nonprofits with budgets as large as $94M, served in roles as the CEO, National Executive Director, Executive Director, Director of Research, and other roles. Her experience and knowledge come from working across national, local, federated, and non-federated organizations. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia in Human Development and Family Studies in 2004. Her Master of Arts, from the University of Memphis, and Bachelor of Science from Murray State University, are in Organizational Communication.
 
She has served as the CEO of Hopelink in the Seattle area, Vice-President/Executive Director of City Year Memphis where she founded the site for the national office, National Executive Director of Parents for Public Schools, and Director of Research for the National Office of Girls Inc. where she created and led research and evaluation initiatives for the more than 80 affiliates in the U.S. and Canada. For four years she led as the Executive Director of a Boys and Girls Club in Tennessee. She has worked in other nonprofits such as Children’s Home Society of California in Los Angeles and for the Missouri State 4-H. Additionally, as a consultant, she worked with clients in the U.S. and the Philippines, where she lived for a year.
 
As a nonprofit advocate and independent consultant, she began consulting with Valtas to assist organizations using her experience in a variety of areas including executive coaching, board/staff retreats/trainings, development/fundraising, organizational culture and change management.  She is also the founder of Nonprofit Is Business, a brand that advocates for the value and importance of nonprofits operating with business acumen to improve their services and advance their missions. 

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