Training Interim Leaders and Providing Strategic Transition Solutions for Nonprofits Since 2002
Third Sector Company & Interim Executives Academy have 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 over 700 Academy graduates who live in 40 states and provinces.
Third Sector Company 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, Third Sector Company & Interim Executives Academy offers six 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
"TOP INTERIM PLACEMENT PROVIDER IN THE NATION 2026"
The recognition by Manage HR Magazine reflects over two decades of dedicated community leadership helping interim executives from a variety of backgrounds create intersectionality between the business models of nonprofit organizations with a methodical process for strategic transitional leadership.
Meet Our TEam
Kristin Baur
Senior Program Coordinator - Interim Development Directors Academy
Gig Harbor, Washington
Bonita Duncan
Senior Program Strategist - National United Way Interim Leadership Roundtable
Lebanon, New Jersey
Erick Seelbach
Senior Program Strategist - Nonprofit Leadership Continuity Solutions - Pacific Northwest
Tacoma, Washington
Meet Our Interim Advisors & Academy Faculty
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.
