Practice areas: Advocacy and lobbying; Board governance; Development; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Evaluation/outcomes measurement; Executive coaching; Executive transition and succession planning; Human resource management; Leadership development; Management; Mergers and sustained collaborations; Organizational design and structure; Programmatic design; Strategic planning; Volunteer recruitment and management.

Certifications: BoardSource Certified Governance Trainer

Memberships/Affiliations: NeighborWorks America; Sustainability Professionals; Bard College’s MBA in Sustainability

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

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.