Current Board
Danielle Holly - Board Chair - Common Impact
Danielle Holly serves as the Marketing Consultant at Common Impact. In this capacity, she helps Common Impact's clients develop a strategic approach for their marketing ambitions. Her client work includes facilitating conversations about organizational identity, conducting market research, and assessing the effectiveness of marketing materials. Danielle also manages teams of volunteers who help to implement capacity building projects for Common Impact's nonprofit clients. Danielle comes to Common Impact after working in the private sector for a brokerage firm in New York City. In this role, she was responsible for managing and maintaining broker and client relationships and overseeing charitable donations. Danielle has earned her B.A. in Journalism at Fordham University and an MBA in Marketing and International Management from Boston University.
Marc Baizman - My Computer Guy Nonprofit Technology Consulting
Marc is currently consulting for nonprofits in and around Boston, helping with Google Apps and Salesforce implementations. Until the end of 2009, he was the Manager of Information Technology at Root Cause, where he was responsible for all things tech, from debugging network cables to technology policies and planning. Marc joined Root Cause after two years working in the nonprofit sector at NPower as a Senior Project Manager in Consulting Services. Prior to NPower, he was a technology trainer at Pfizer for three years. Marc brings a wealth of experience in the private sector, having worked at Motorola and Xerox, as well as a passion for the nonprofit sector and connecting organizations with technology in a positive way. Marc has an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a TESOL Certificate from Columbia Teacher's College in New York City. In his free time, Marc performs improv comedy and theater at Improv Boston in Cambridge.
Robin Cohen - Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters
Robin has been the Senior Recruitment Coordinator at Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters since June 2008. Prior to joining the JBBBS staff, Robin was the Recruiting Coordinator at Building Excellent Schools. In her role as Senior Recruitment Coordinator, Robin oversees the recruitment and retention of 150 new adult mentors each year for children and adults with disabilities in need. Because she believes so strongly in the power of mentoring, she volunteers with The Steppingstone Foundation and through Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters' Friend 2 Friend program. Robin graduated from Clark University with a BA in Government and International Relations and a Masters in Public Administration. She remains active with Clark sitting on the Boston Alumni Council Executive Council. Robin joined YNPN Boston board in December 2009.
Kevin Flynn - Commongood Careers
As a Director of Client Services with Commongood Careers, Kevin Flynn manages a portfolio of socially entrepreneurial organizations to help connect them with the highest-quality talent in the sector. Prior to joining Commongood, he served as Program Assistant with National TenPoint Leadership Foundation, working with high risk and gang involved youth to reduce violence in the most underserved neighborhoods in cities through the country. He also served as the Executive Administrator of Ella J. Baker House Community Center in Dorchester, MA. Kevin majored in English at Boston College and has been a YNPN Boston Board Member since fall of 2007.
Chris Herron - Nonprofit Finance Fund
Chris Herron is an independent consultant for nonprofit organizations with a focus on finance, economic development, and education. Chris is currently working with Nonprofit Finance Fund's Capital Partners in their effort to develop a more mature market for nonprofit growth capital. He is also a recruiting manager for One Acre Fund--a Kenyan-based NGO that "helps poor farmers lift themselves out of poverty." Prior to his current work, Chris ran a for-profit youth media company called The Daily Jolt for five years and received his MBA from the Yale School of Management in 2008. He has worked and volunteered for a wide range of nonprofit organizations over the last decade and currently spends Saturday mornings reviewing math flashcards with students at Excel Academy in East Boston. Chris received his BA in Russian Studies and Psychology from Amherst College and joined the YNPN Boston board in December 2009.
Dave Paek - Nonprofit Management Systems, Inc.
Dave is a fundraising database consultant specializing in Raiser's Edge. As a full-time consultant under NMS, he helps various nonprofit clients with their fundraising database issues and training. Prior to his current work, Dave worked as a Database Administrator for Citizen Schools supporting its development staff in the donor database system management. He also served as a Development Coordinator at Tenacity, a local after-school youth development organization focused on teaching life skills to at-risk middle school students in Boston. Dave holds a B.A. in Economics from University of Massachusetts-Amherst and an M.A. in Nonprofit Management from Worcester State College. In his free time, Dave enjoys outdoor activities with his buddy Max (a chocolate lab mix) such as hiking, kayaking and skiing. Dave is also the drummer for a local cover band in Boston named Somerset.
Julia Propp - American Repertory Theater
As a Development Officer at the A.R.T., Julia is responsible for creating and running all special events for the theater while building new audiences and cultivating young donors. Before entering development, she worked as a licensed Myers-Briggs facilitator and implemented corporate training programs for 5 Wits, Inc., Teambonding and TeamDynamix. She holds a M.A. in Theatre and Community from Emerson College with a focus in Theatre for Social Change.
Katie has worked in the non-profit sector since graduating from the College of the Holy Cross in 2006, where she received a B.A. in Philosophy and Religious Studies. Katie currently serves as the Direct Marketing and Special Gifts Assistant at Oxfam America, providing a range of administrative support to the Direct Marketing team, part of the Resource Development division. Prior to joining Oxfam, Katie worked for two years as a Case Manager with the Youth GED Program at Crittenton Women's Union, providing counseling and life-skills instruction to out of school youth. She also served as the Assistant Director of Corporate Work Study at Cristo Rey High School Sacramento during a year of volunteer work with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. Katie has been a YNPN Boston Board Member since December of 2009.
Matt is currently a Portfolio Analyst at New Profit Inc., a nonprofit venture philanthropy fund that helps innovative social entrepreneurs and their organizations bring about widespread and transformative impact on critical social problems. Before joining New Profit, Matt worked at New Sector Alliance in its Residency in Social Enterprise program, where he focused on development projects at MY TURN Inc., a dropout prevention and out-of-school youth intervention organization based out of Brockton, MA. While pursuing his BBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, Matt held internships with Big Brothers Big Sisters, Focus: HOPE, Nonprofit Finance Fund, GlobalGiving, and United Way of America. In his spare time, Matt can be found running, attempting to escape the city for some hiking or biking, or walking his breed-to-be-determined dog, Roxy. Matt has been a YNPN Boston Board Member since December of 2009.
Kristen Vining - FSG Social Impact Advisors
Kristen has over five years' experience in the public and nonprofit sector with a focus on Operations and Accounting. She is currently the Business Manager at FSG Social Impact Advisors, a nonprofit consulting firm. Before FSG, Kristen worked in similar positions at United for a Fair Economy and the State Library of Massachusetts. Kristen holds a B.A. in American Politics and a B.A. in African-American & African Studies from the University of Virginia. She is currently pursuing her MBA in Public & Nonprofit Management at Boston University. In her "free time", she has volunteered with Horizons for Homeless Children, BostonCares and the Independent Film Festival of Boston. She has been a YNPN Boston Board Member since Fall 2007.
Benjamin Weisman has been involved with the nonprofit sector throughout his entire career. Currently he is the Development Officer, Individual Giving at Rosie's Place, a sanctuary for poor and homeless women. Previously Benjamin worked for an event consulting firm in New York specializing in non-profit galas and other fundraising events and served on the Board of Directors for the United Way of Morris County. In addition to serving on the board of YNPN-Boston, Benjamin also serves as a Board Member and Chair of the Fundraising and Development Committee for the National Marfan Foundation and coordinates teen programming for the foundation's annual conference. Benjamin has a B.A in Theatre Arts and Political Science from Drew University in Madison, NJ and is currently pursuing his MBA from Boston University with a concentration in Public and Nonprofit Management. Ben and his wife Lindsey live in Salem, MA with their cats Queen Elizabeth and Cleopatra.