Jan 9, 2025
Posted Under: Foraker News
2024 brought both a reorganization of some team members and the addition of new staff, which allowed us to grow strategically and remain resilient and responsive to Alaska’s nonprofits and tribes.
New staff team members:
- Our human resources offerings will be growing, led by our newest staff member Sara Grondahl. Sara joined our team as Vice President of People and Culture and will assist nonprofits and tribes through HR facilitation and training in addition to leading us in scaling our Human Resources Shared Services.
- Our fundraising offerings will be growing, led by Emily Groves, Senior Director of Philanthropy. Emily has been a Foraker consultant for the last seven years and recently moved into a staff position. Emily will continue to support organizations in fundraising facilitation and training, in addition to growing our fundraising consultant team.
- We are excited to deepen and expand our offerings for tribal administrators and tribal councils, led by Tyan Hayes. Tyan has been a Foraker consultant for the last two years and is now our Senior Director of Tribal and Nonprofit Leadership. In addition to running our Executive Leadership Intensive, and serving as a Foraker mentor and coach, Tyan will focus on growing specific areas of support unique to tribal leadership, building on 24 years of Foraker’s work in this area.
- Leadership Transition remains in high demand. We recently added Joe Keifer to the team as a Leadership Transition Guide. Joe will be supporting organizations as they navigate their transitions.
- Financial Shared Services is growing to keep up with demand. We recently added Janelle Foss as a Staff Accountant.
- Jocelyn Schendel is our new Executive Assistant and Board Liaison as we focus on building the strength and capacity of our board team.
The team you know with new roles:
- Chellie Skoog’s position has shifted to focus more on building a suite of services for leadership development and meeting the growing demand for these services in an ever-shifting workforce. Her title is now Vice President of Leadership Development.
- Kate Rose will provide oversight for our growing operations in addition to her communication and education roles as our Vice President of Communications and Operations.
- We have created a new position to support our growth, with Dani DesMarais moving to the role of Operations Manager.
Our team is made up of remarkable people with interesting lives and backgrounds – get to know more about them here. We also added several new consultants in 2024. Read more about these wonderful team members here. We look forward to sharing more updates in 2025 as the staff and consulting team continue to grow.
