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Mary Hiland
Mary Hiland, PhD is a nonprofit board and leadership development consultant dedicated to assisting nonprofit executives and board members in unleashing their organizational and com...view moreMary Hiland, PhD is a nonprofit board and leadership development consultant dedicated to assisting nonprofit executives and board members in unleashing their organizational and community impact potential. She works with nonprofit leaders to strengthen the executive/board partnership and develop the board as a powerful force for organizational and mission results. Mary is a coach and mentor for boards, individual board leaders, and executive directors.
Mary has over forty years of experience in the nonprofit sector-twenty-six as an executive. Her executive experience began with a small nonprofit ($100,000 budget), which she grew by leading two nonprofit mergers into one of the largest nonprofits in the California Bay Area-with 530 staff and a budget of $25 million.
Mary has been consulting since 2002, working with several hundred nonprofits, including associations and all-volunteer nonprofits. The focus of her consulting is board development and executive leadership. As a certified Strategic Restructuring Consultant, Mary has trained and consulted with over ninety nonprofits on mergers and strategic alliances, coaching and facilitating nonprofit leaders through all phases of the process.
Mary understands a board's perspective first-hand, having chaired and served for eighteen years on several nonprofit boards.
Mary is a speaker, published author, and researcher. She has presented at numerous conferences, conducts workshops, and is a business professor at DeAnza Community College. She is a contributing author to four books on nonprofit leadership and governance, including You and Your Nonprofit Board (2013) and Leading and Managing in the Social Sector: Introduction and Overview (2017).
Mary has received numerous awards, including the Silicon Valley Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership Award, Tribute to Women in Industry Achievement Award, Woman of Achievement in Community Service, and the NSFRE Spirit of Philanthropy Award.
Mary obtained her PhD designation in 2006, focusing on nonprofit leadership and governance, doing research on the board chair/executive relationship and effective boards. Mary has three master's degrees: social work, public administration, and organizational development.
Mary is the founder and host of the podcast Inspired Nonprofit Leadership.
Learn more about Mary by visiting her website:
https://www.hilandconsulting.org/meet-mary/more-about-mary
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryhiland
Inspired Nonprofit Leadership Facebook Group:
https://tinyurl.com/inspirednonprofitleadership
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Books by Mary Hiland
Love Your Board!: The Executive Directors' Guide to Discovering the Sources of Nonprofit Board Troubles and What to Do About Them Insight Out:One Blind Woman’s View of Her Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Bumpy Road to Assisted Living: A Daughter's Memoir Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings