Business Name (DBA): www.kathakissman.com
Business Address:          4801 Wisconsin Avene, NW Washington, District Of Columbia 20016 United States
Business Phone:            202-669-4423
Email Address:              katha@kathakissman.com
Website:                      www.kathakissman.com
Principal:                      Katha Kissman

Categories of service:

Administration/Management
Association Management
Board Development
Career
Conflict Management and Mediation
Consultants
Customer Service
Executive Coaching/Mentoring
Executive Recruiter
Facilitator
Health and Wellness
Human Resources
Interim Staff & Executive Directors
Interview Skills
Job Search
Leadership Development
Leadership Transition
Life Coaches
Nutrition and Weight Management
Coaching
Organizational Development/Organizational Assessments
Presentation Training
Resume Development
Strategic Planning
Team Building
Trainer/Training

Description of services:

Looking for interim management due to a sudden Loss of CEO, President or Executive Director?

Needing executive coaching, strategic planning consulting, governance and board of director role effectiveness training, or other organizational development help?

Seeking meeting facilitation, team building, or other nonprofit resources or consulting?

Wanting to increase your personal or professional effectiveness by utilizing the power of your mind?

With over 25 years of experience managing and consulting with nonprofits, I can provide your organization with comprehensive interim management - a leadership bridge as an Interim Leader while it undergoes a comprehensive search for a new leader or while providing your current leader with a well-deserved sabbatical. I can also assist CEOs and boards of directors with governance or organizational development consulting or training. Whether it is consulting, training, facilitating or coaching, I can serve you or your organization on short-term or long-term assignments to increase effectiveness towards mission fulfillment.  As appropriate, the tool of hypnotherapy can be used to increase personal and professional well being.

Background on you and/or your business:

Katha Kissman is a BoardSource senior governance consultant.  Based in the Washington, DC area, Katha has over 25 years of experience managing and consulting with nonprofits.  As a senior governance consultant, Katha provides individualized board consultation and training and conducts workshops on governance issues. Katha has worked with a variety of organizations including the Boys & Girls Club of America, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Lincoln County Community Foundation, and LA Art, among others.  She has particular expertise in assisting boards with compliance, fiscal management, fundraising, relations and retention, risk management, special events, strategic planning, team-building, and training.

In addition to providing governance consulting through BoardSource, Katha also serves as an Interim Leader, providing organizations with a short- or long-term leadership bridge, and provides nonprofit organizational development consulting.  Previously, she served as Leadership America's executive director in 1996 and 1997 and then again as its president and CEO in 2000 and 2001. She lived in the United Arab Emirates in 1998 and 1999 where she helped found the American University of Sharjah's Continuing Education Center.  Katha also helped found the American University of Kuwait's Continuing Education Center in 2004.

Katha currently serves or has served with the Office Depot Business Women's Council, IONA Senior Services, the African Continuum Theatre Company, the Trans-Arab Research Institute, the New Buffalo Railroad Museum, Leadership Montgomery, the Berrien County Economic Development Commission, the Harbor Country Chamber of Commerce, the Maryland State Arts Council, the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, Greentree Shelter for Women, NOW, and Hexagon.

Katha received her B.S. in Public Administration, School of Public Service at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Testimonials and/or references:

Gayle Anderson
Former Board Secretary, LEADERSHIP AMERICA
President, Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce
601 West 4th Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
336/728-9214
anderson@winstonsalem.com

Joyce Henderson
Collegiate Professor of Human Resources, University of Maryland
Former Board Member, LEADERSHIP AMERICA
Former Vice President for Human Resources, Volunteers of America
301/585-9329
Jhen816@aol.com

Catherine Irwin
Director, Casting the Future
Contemporary American Theatre Festival
Shepardstown, WV 25443
304/876-3473
cirwin@shepherd.edu

Others available upon request

Names of and/or links to your books, articles or blogs:

Taming the Troublesome Board Member, http://www.boardsource.org/Bookstore.asp?Item=1017
Trouble at the Top: The Nonprofit Board Member's Guide to Managing an Imperfect CEO, http://www.boardsource.org/Bookstore.asp?Item=1100
Contributor to Board Member magazine
Interim Management: Using High-Level Temporary Employees For Short-Term Executive Staffing Needs, June 2007, Vol. 25, Number 6 The Bureau of National Affairs
Clinical Hypnotherapy, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BIS63G2Fls
Contributor to WELL Street newsletter

Service area by country, state or zip code:

United States, Washington, DC, Chicago