Training Interim Leaders and Providing Strategic Transition Solutions for Nonprofits Since 2002

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Interim Executives Academy has advanced academic models and standards of practice for purposeful and methodical transitional leadership for charitable organizations, associations, congregations and foundations of all sizes.

Today, there are 700 Academy graduates who live in 40 states and provinces. 

Interim Executives Academy helps nonprofit boards of directors search for an interim executive director (including Development Directors) and prepares nonprofit professionals to guide organizations through short-term leadership transitions.

As a national resource center for the interim executive profession, Interim Executives Academy offers seven lines of service:

🔹Interim Executive Placement when an organization faces a leadership transition, candidates from the Academy can be engaged to serve as a strategic, short-term leader until the permanent hire is made - Learn More

🔹 Certificate Education Programs, including Interim Executives Academy, Interim Development Directors BootCamp and Succession Planning Consultant BootCamp - See Upcoming Events

🔹Continuing Education Seminars featuring authors, researchers, and practicing interims as guest lecturers

🔹 A Structured Peer Advisor Program available to any engaged interim executive at work anywhere in the United States or Canada

🔹 The Interim Executives Marketplace as the nation's only job listing service available to nonprofit organizations to advertise their interim executive positions directly to our 700 graduates

🔹Alumni Roundtables as a national network of local and special interest affinity groups

🔹 Professional Services Network Directory that lists the consulting specialties of our graduates to be of service to their colleagues while in an interim engagement


Meet Our TEam


Jeff Wilcox

President & Chief Learning Curator

Seattle, Washington

Joan Baumgartner Brown

Chief Operating Officer

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Kristin Baur

Senior Program Coordinator - Interim Development Directors Academy

Gig Harbor, Washington

Randy Brinson

Senior Program Strategist – Leadership Succession Services

Seattle, Washington

Bonita Duncan

Senior Program Strategist - National United Way Interim Leadership Roundtable

Lebanon, New Jersey

Sharon Howe

Senior Administrative Strategist – Interim Executive Customer Relations

Edmonds, Washington

Erin Rodenbiker

Senior Creative Strategist – Communications & Marketing

Copenhagen, Denmark

Erick Seelbach

Senior Program Strategist - Nonprofit Leadership Continuity Solutions - Pacific Northwest

Tacoma, Washington


Meet Our Interim Advisors & Academy Faculty


Kristin Barsness

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member

Tacoma, Washington

Keith Barsuhn

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member

Marietta, Georgia

Jan Cohen

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member Emeritus

San Carlos, California

Marc Haupert

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member

Los Angeles, California

Elaine Himelfarb

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member

San Diego, California

Tim Kittleson

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member

Los Angeles, California

Kevin Lynch

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Joan McBride

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member

Santa Ana, California

Rachel Morse

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member

Anchorage, Alaska

David Nicole

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Terry Pottmeyer

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member Emeritus

Seattle, Washington

Shailushi Ritchie

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member

Chicago, Illinois

Karin Sabey

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member

Columbus, Ohio

Janet Schulman

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member

Los Angeles, California

Lindsay Shields

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member

Long Beach, California

Lovisa Stannow

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member

Los Angeles, California

Deborah Thompson

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member

Albuquerque, New Mexcio

Amy Wasser

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member

Bellevue, Washington

Heyward Watson

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member

Seattle, Washington

Anne Wilson

Peer Advisor & Academy Faculty Member

San Francisco, California


Meet Our Interim of the Year


Rebecca Lane Named 2023 Nonprofit Interim Executive of the Year

Rebecca Lane has not only left her mark on environmental, educational, housing, business, justice, food, and health causes throughout the Pacific Northwest, her work has also demonstrated the impact of strategic leadership to nonprofits in transition. For outstanding contributions to the interim executive profession, Lane has been awarded Nonprofit Interim Executive of the Year by Third Sector Company.

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