Experienced real estate finance professional (and attorney) works with land trusts to assess and improve easement data and monitoring, online document storage, financial planning and forecasting and organizational development.
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CONSULTANT | COACH* focusing on executives and emerging leaders | ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEM SOLVER | BOARD FIXER | STRATEGIST | PLANNER.
MAYES | WILSON & ASSOCIATES knows your world and your pain-points. Our team's core focus is organizational development and sustainability, building better boards and solving board problems, solving organizational and team challenges, planning for the future (strategic, succession & transition) and fundraising. We conduct organizational assessments, deliver accreditation guidance and application management and prepare fundraising plans. We problem solve, we build, we train. We're bada** consultants who are passionate about solving your problem and love our work. We bring experience in leading nonprofits, programs and businesses to our solution oriented approach to your most challenging problems. We work throughout the US & in the Caribbean in person and by conference/video calls.
*CTI coach certification program 2018.
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Sarah is skilled at managing organizational change, developing and mentoring people and managing complex projects. She has worked in the not-for-profit, research, technology and education fields and has over twenty years of experience, most recently in the land trust community. Sarah served in several leadership roles at the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy, including Director of Human Resources for five years and the Director of Stewardship for three years prior. She was instrumental in supporting the growth of the organization with attention to culture, development of staff and volunteers and monitoring benchmarks and outcomes. Sarah has extensive experience in the creation, implementation, and review of policies and procedures, and successfully led the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy through the accreditation process in 2009 and again in 2014. Today, Sarah supports land trusts as they plan and prepare for accreditation. She provides guidance and training to develop people and systems to meet the goals of the organization.