Frank Abdale
Janice Alderman
Experience: Children and youth services; Food, hunger; Human services or multi-service; Recreation, sports, leisure; Grant writing and training
Janice Alderman has worked in development for more than 35 years. Through JAZ Consulting, she has provided more than 30 organizations with annual campaigns, major gift, foundation and corporate fundraising consulting, managed grant writing, lead strategic planning initiatives, created communications strategy, trained board members in development, aided in board development and provided copywriting. Prior to that, she was Vice
President of Development for Children’s Aid and Family Services in Paramus, NJ and served as the Director of Development for Women in Cable and Telecommunications.
Babette Baker
Experience: Aging, seniors, retirement issues; Arts, culture, humanities; Children and youth services; Education, academia, research, science, technology; Food, hunger; Government, politics; Health – mental/crisis intervention; Health – FQHCs; Health – general; Housing and homelessness; Human services or multi-service; Religious or spiritual
Other professional experience: Fellow, National United Way Program on Nonprofit Leadership
Certifications: NeighborWorks Community Leadership and Economic Development Certificate; Leadership Greater Bellevue/Redmond program; Strategic planning – TEI Institute
Babette Baker has over 30 years of experience supporting nonprofits, businesses, and municipalities in program design/development, process facilitation, grants administration, fiscal management, marketing, and program assessment/evaluation, as a consultant and nonprofit professional. Her background includes developing viable economic and community development projects. She has served as a Peer Reviewer for federal, state, and local government (New York, Oklahoma, and New Jersey) and several foundations in areas including education, community engagement, health care, youth programming, homeless programming, AIDS/HIV, public art, economic development, and housing. She also spent five years at Edison Schools, one of the largest charter school management companies in the country, serving in several management positions including Director of Community Engagement and Director of Operational Support. She has managed multiple profit/loss units, engaged ethnically and linguistically diverse communities around educational issues, and provided operational support for over 25 charter schools around the country.
Babette holds a BA in English with a minor in African/American Studies from Colgate University, and has completed coursework in the Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation Program at Syracuse University.
Lee Botnick
Support Center Roles: Facilitator, Consultant, Executive Coach
Practice areas: Organizational structure and development, HR operations and strategy, executive coaching and mentoring, systems evaluation and implementation, risk management, and staff development training.
Experience: Children and youth services; Employment, vocational, job training; Government, politics; Health – general; HIV/AIDS; Human services or multi-service; Religious or spiritual; HR issues and management; Organizational development; Conflict resolution; coaching
Specialization/Tagline: TBD
Other professional experience: President, (temple); Board member:
Memberships/Affiliations: SHERM
Keith Green
Experience: Children and youth services; Disaster preparation and assistance; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; HIV/AIDS; Philanthropy/grant making; Voluntarism, community services; Leadership Development; DEIB; Board Governance; Facilitation
Certifications: BoardSource Certified Governance Trainer
Keith H. Green is an accomplished Senior Executive, Thought Leader, Speaker and Facilitator with more than 30 years of success in nonprofits and defense. Leveraging extensive experience in organizational administration and operations as well as direction of training programs and staff in not–for–profit, commercial, and industrial environments, he is a valuable asset for health and wellness companies or programs for Education and children, of various sizes and stages of growth that are seeking expert assistance with project management, creating structure around human capital, staff development, strategic planning, or policy and practice development. His broad areas of expertise include board governance, strategy, strategic planning, business planning, and human resources.
As a veteran Board Member, Keith currently holds seats on the Board of Directors for University Hospital-Newark, Programs for Parents, Inc, and Boys to Leaders Foundation. He has served as a Member of dozens of community organizations, schools, and nonprofits. He holds a Bachelor of Science – HRM from the Union Institute & University and completed the Executive Leadership Program at UCLA as well as the Advanced Leadership Program with United Way Worldwide.
Gilles Mesrobian
Experience: Advocacy, civil rights, social justice; Aging, seniors, retirement issues; Animal-related; Arts, culture, humanities; Children and youth services; Disabilities; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Education, academia, research, science, technology; Government, politics; Health – FQHCs; Health – general; HIV/AIDS; Housing and homelessness; Human services or multi-service; Immigrant/refugee support; LGBTQIA+; Philanthropy/grant making; Professional association or network; Recreation, sports, leisure; Religious or spiritual; Substance abuse, recovery, addiction
Certifications: BoardSource Certified Governance Trainer
Memberships/Affiliations: NeighborWorks America; Sustainability Professionals; Bard College’s MBA in Sustainability
Gilles Mesrobian is an Affiliate Consultant at Support Center. He is also on the faculty of Bard College’s MBA in Sustainability where he teaches Personal Leadership Development working with MBA students to develop leadership competencies utilizing a personal mastery approach.
Mesrobian’s professional credentials include over 26 years of senior management experience in the nonprofit arena, with nearly 20 years as an Executive Director. His consulting experience covers a broad range of organizational work in the nonprofit and philanthropic sector, including executive leadership transition, organizational assessment, executive search, strategic planning, and leadership development.
In addition to his consulting work, Gilles facilitates several leadership training programs including the New York Power Authority’s MBA program and the New York Foundation for the Arts’ year-long leadership program, funded through the American Express Leadership Institute.
Laurel Molloy
Experience: Advocacy, civil rights, social justice; Aging, seniors, retirement issues; Arts, culture, humanities; Children and youth services; Disabilities; Disaster preparation and assistance; Employment, vocational, job training; Environment; Family/domestic violence; Food, hunger; Health – mental/crisis intervention; Health – general; Housing and homelessness; Human services or multi-service; Immigrant/refugee support; Legal, law assistance; LGBTQIA+; Philanthropy/grant making; Professional association or network; Recreation, sports, leisure; Religious or spiritual; Substance abuse, recovery, addiction; Voluntarism, community services; Women; Trainings; Logic models; Theory of change; Surveys
Publications: Finally – Outcome Measurement Strategies Anyone Can Understand
Laurel Molloy began teaching public workshops at the Support Center | Partnership in Philanthropy back in 2001. Since then, she has expanded her involvement to include a wide variety of customized on-site trainings and ongoing consulting engagements. Over the years, Molloy’s work with Support Center has involved both nonprofits and foundations.
Molloy is Founder and CEO of Innovations Quantified (IQ), a consulting firm that has been helping organizations increase their impact since 1999. Through program planning, implementation, and outcome measurement services, IQ has served an international client list that includes the Actors Fund of America, Atlanta Women’s Foundation, Boys & Girls Clubs, FDNY Counseling Unit, and the International Labor Organization.
Tonia Papke
Experience: Advocacy, civil rights, social justice; Aging, seniors, retirement issues; Arts, culture, humanities; Environment; Government, politics; Immigrant/refugee support; Professional association or network; Reproductive rights; Nonprofit financial management; Nonprofit accounting systems; Investment policies; Budgeting; Scenario planning
Networks/ Affinity Groups: Nonprofit Resource Group, Association of Nonprofit Specialists, Hudson Valley Nonprofit Consultants.
Certifications: CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®
Languages: Spanish (Fluent)
Tonia has been affiliated with Support Center for over 20 years as a consultant, interim financial officer, and workshop facilitator. She has over 30 years of international and domestic experience in the areas of financial analysis and management, strategic and business planning, treasury management and outsourced CFO. She has served as CFO for almost two dozen nonprofit organizations throughout the NY metro area and has worked with domestic and international nonprofits to create and implement strong internal controls, install nonprofit fund accounting systems, create financial reporting systems, and develop investment policy statements. She leads workshops on financial issues including budgeting, financial statements, audit preparation and investment policy statements. She has been an adjunct professor at Adelphi University, Columbia University, and New School for Social Research. She holds an MBA from Columbia University Business School, an MS in Urban Planning from the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Urban Planning, and Historic Preservation and a BA from Macalester College. Tonia Papke is also a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, providing expertise in investment management and retirement plans to nonprofit organizations and individuals.
Wendy Seligson
Experience: Advocacy, civil rights, social justice; Arts, culture, humanities; Children and youth services; Environment; Government, politics; Housing and homelessness; Human services or multi-service; Professional association or network; Recreation, sports, leisure; Substance abuse, recovery, addiction; Voluntarism, community services; Coaching middle and senior managers
Certifications: JD
Memberships/affiliations: Association of Nonprofit Specialists
Wendy Seligson is an Affiliate Consultant with the Support Center and founder of Wendy Seligson Consulting, a nonprofit management consulting firm specializing in business and financial planning, organizational systems development, coaching and professional development and strategic approaches to managing risk. With over twenty years as senior executive and chief operating officer in New York City nonprofits, Seligson is experienced at managing complex nonprofit organizations. As the Associate Executive Director of the 14th Street Y from 2007 through 2015 , Seligson managed the Y through a period of rapid growth in which the program size and revenue doubled over five years; she is particularly proud of her work at the Y building high functioning teams and mentoring and developing talented middle-managers to achieve these results. Seligson has a JD from New York University School of Law and an undergraduate degree from Duke University.
Sharmila Rao Thakkar
Experience: Disaster preparation and assistance; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Health – general; Human services or multi-service; Philanthropy/grant making; Professional association or network; Women
Certifications: 21/64 certified trainer in multigenerational philanthropy
Sharmila utilizes her expertise in leadership development, program implementation, resource development and communications, advising clients on operations, strategy, board development, multigenerational engagement, grantmaking and community outreach activities.
Previously, Sharmila was appointed the first non-family executive director of the Siragusa Family Foundation in Chicago, directing operational, programmatic and administrative functions of the organization and advising on the same for their nonprofit grantees. She has held leadership roles on several boards and committees involving issues of women and children, immigrant communities, education and public health, and building philanthropic leadership and the capacity of the nonprofit sector.
A native New Yorker, Sharmila relocated back to Staten Island, NY after spending the past 17 years in Chicago. She holds an MPH from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, an MPA from the Columbia University School of International & Public Affairs, and a BA in International Relations from Brown University.
Dart Westphal
Experience: Advocacy, civil rights, social justice; Arts, culture, humanities; Education, academia, research, science, technology; Employment, vocational, job training; Environment; Family/domestic violence; Government, politics; Health – general; Housing and homelessness; Religious or spiritual; Voluntarism, community services; Small groups; Startups
Certifications: BoardSource Certified Governance Trainer
Languages: English, Spanish
Westphal brings over 25 years of experience to his work as an organizational development consultant. Formerly the President/Chief Executive Officer of the Mosholu Preservation Corporation in the Bronx, he coordinated multi-family acquisition and rehabilitation, cooperative conversion, condominium new construction and provided technical assistance to landlords and small businesses in the community. He has been instrumental in developing the Bronx River Alliance, developed new funding methods for supportive housing, created a Business Improvement District and started a nonprofit newspaper. He has wide experience in real estate development, community collaborations, environmental and faith based organizations.
Westphal also served in positions with the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, and the South Bronx Open Space Task Force. Westphal holds an M.A. in Anthropology from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
Robin Yates
Experience: Advocacy, civil rights, social justice; Arts, culture, humanities; Education, academia, research, science, technology; Employment, vocational, job training; Environment; Government, politics; Health – general; Human services or multi-service; Professional association or network; Voluntarism, community services
Workshops: Supervisory Essentials; Coaching Nonprofit and Leaders; Remote Team Management, Strategic Planning.
Other professional experience: Board service: Current: New York Civil Liberties Union.
Affiliations: Berkshire Kripalu Community; Denver Partners, Colorado Women’s Employment and Education.
Certifications: Certified Women Business Enterprise in NYC, Arts Administration, New York University; Leadership Coaching, New York University; ACC Certified Coach with International Coaching Federation (ICF); International Coach Academy; and Positive IntelligenceTM.
In her work as a nonprofit consultant, Yates is known for engaging, facilitated sessions that allow teams to collaborate effectively using tools and techniques from her experience both in the for-profit and not-for-profit worlds. Prior to starting her consulting business in 2014, Robin spent 26 years at IBM, where she executed acquisitions and divestitures, negotiated outsourcing agreements, managed diverse teams, helped launch new businesses, and managed the ThinkPad brand across Europe, Middle East and Africa.
A certified Women Business Enterprise with the city of New York, Yates now focuses solely on nonprofits and government agencies working to improve healthcare, social justice, education, and the environment. Yates received her BS from Vanderbilt University and an Executive MBA from the University of Colorado.
Marie Zieger
Experience: Arts, culture, humanities; Family/domestic violence; Food, hunger; coaching
Marie Zieger has over 30 years’ experience working with nonprofit organizations, including eight years as Executive Director of Support Center for Nonprofit Management in New Jersey and eleven years as a Senior Consultant with Support Center in New York City. Prior to her work with Support Center, she served in several management positions with the United Way of Morris County. Marie trains and consults nationally as well as internationally for nonprofit organizations of various sizes in the areas of executive transitions, board development, and strategic planning and fund development. Her work includes Executive Director coaching; facilitation of Board retreats; and Board & Staff coaching. Marie has conducted hundreds of management training workshops focusing on Strategic Planning, Fund Development Strategies; Asking for Funds; and Board Roles & Responsibilities.