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

Select Support Center Experience: Andromeda Community Initiatives, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration, Bronx River Alliance, Center for Health and Human Services Research and Action, Day Care Council of New York, Educational Arts Team, FishWise, Greater Newark Conservancy, iEARN, Monarch Housing Associates, New Destiny Housing, Queens Community House, Newark Trust for Education, Reader's Digest Partners for Sight, Ronald McDonald House of Greater Hudson Valley, Seafood Harvesters, Shareholders Alliance, Spectrum 360, Sustainable Westchester, United Community Schools, Unified Vailsburg Services Organization, Workforce Professionals Training Institute, York Street Project.

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.