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Joan Garry, Founder, Nonprofit Leadership Lab

Joan Garry

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Founder, Nonprofit Leadership Lab

Joan Garry is an internationally recognized champion for the nonprofit sector and a highly sought-after executive coach for CEOs at some of the nation’s largest organizations. Joan’s firm offers high-end strategic advisory services with a unique combination of coaching and management consulting. She is called upon by large organizations to tackle substantial change management, crisis management, and leadership transitions requiring a hands-on strategist, a messaging expert, and a compassionate truth-teller.

Joan is the go-to resource for hundreds of thousands of nonprofit leaders worldwide. Through her blog, podcast, and book, Joan Garry’s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership, she has become the ‘Dear Abby’ of the nonprofit sector, advocating for the success of nonprofits, large and small.

As a columnist for the Chronicle of Philanthropy and a contributor to Harvard Business Review and Forbes Magazine, among others, Joan is a preeminent media spokesperson and thought leader on the role of the nonprofit sector in our society and is a sought-after voice on issues facing the sector today.

Joan is also the founder of the Nonprofit Leadership Lab, a world-class online educational membership organization for board and staff leaders of small nonprofits.