STEVE SMITH
About the Principal
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Steve brings 30 years of nonprofit association leadership experience to the table, having worked as an association executive director and as a member of a national organization's management team. His range of experience uniquely positions him to understand executives' challenges and provide specific, strategic and task-focused guidance.
Steve has served as a member of the management team of the American Lung Association with key responsibility in growth and development of the chapters. In that capacity, he conducted or supervised more than 30 chapter executive searches, working with local search committees, developing useful tools in assessing candidates, and subsequently working with new executives. At site visits, Steve employed his "Results Checklist" to help the new executive focus on how to approach his/her unique situation. |
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Steve was an integral member of the American Lung Association's staff and volunteer team responsible for designing and implementing an Organizational Effectiveness initiative, which will result in structural change centered around a more cost-effective delivery of mission-based work throughout the country.
As a chapter executive for 15 years, Steve worked with the local organization's board to restructure itself in size and focus. Together, they redefined the chapter's fundraising approach within a new Strategic Plan. As a result, the board-staff partnership sharpened its focus on the community and quadrupled its income.
Steve is a frequent speaker at nonprofit and fundraising conferences. He is a 1965 graduate of the University of NH, where he also earned a Master of Arts in Teaching in 1971. He completed the American Society of Association Executives association management certificate program at the University of Delaware in 1989. Steve served in the US Navy for four years, including a Vietnam tour aboard the USS BOSTON (CA69).
About "It's The Results" LLC
Results are the focus of this company's work with the association and nonprofit sectors. "An effective leader is not someone who is loved or admired. He or she is someone whose followers do the right things. Popularity is not leadership. Results are."
Peter F. Drucker
