Kara Wentworth

Throughout her career, Kara has helped nonprofits learn, build capacity, and build toward equity. From launching a new public school in Seattle to building a model for community-centered design and impact strategy for public TV, she has consistently focused on elevating community-led solutions to key community needs. She believes we can have a greater impact through collaborative innovation, designing stronger programs and more just systems led by the people they are for.

Lori Moffa

Lori Moffa is The Nonprofit Center’s director of consulting.  Her appreciation and understanding of the role of the consultant stems from her own extensive experience as a consultant to a variety of nonprofits and as a professional whose role has been to work with groups of consultants. For over 20 years Lori has worked in the nonprofit sector in a variety of roles.  At United Way of King County, Seattle, she recruited and managed a corps of consultants, including some volunteer, to provide technical assistance Read more

Lynne A. Texter, Ph.D.

Lynne A. Texter, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor Emerita in the Department of Communication at La Salle University and a long-time consultant with La Salle’s influential Nonprofit Center. An award-winning educator with over 30 years of teaching experience in the U.S., Czech Republic, Switzerland, and Greece, Lynne consults with a variety of organizations and specializes in a range of areas, including presentation skills, workplace communication, and persuasion, power, and influence. In addition to other administrative roles, Lynne has served as interim Provost & Vice President Read more

Meghan Pierce, Ph.D.

Meghan Pierce, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Marketing at La Salle University.  While pursuing her Ph.D., Meghan consulted in the nonprofit sector, with a focus on participatory action research, behavior change strategies, and measuring impact. She received her B.S. in marketing, B.A. in foreign languages and literatures, M.S. in marketing research, and Ph.D. in marketing from Virginia Tech.  She also spent several years spent working with the Health Communication Lab and Center for Organizational Research at the University of Lugano, Switzerland.

Meredith Sossman

Meredith Sossman, CFRE, JD is an accomplished development professional and attorney, who has helped non-profits achieve better results through insight and experience in all aspects of giving and non-profit management.  In her ten years with the West Chester University Foundation, she served as a campaign director, associate executive director, in-house counsel and chief development officer.  She successfully led the foundation’s $50 million capital campaign.  Meredith is a principal at MM&C Consulting and works with plannedgiving.com to help non-profits exceed their goals by providing experience, insight and Read more

Michael Matthews

Michael Matthews is the founder and principal member of Panache 5 consulting, specializing in development, training, and project management for nonprofits and public health initiatives actively engaging youth, families and community residents and start-up businesses. He previously was associate director of the Neighborhood League Institute in Cleveland, which develops grassroots resident leadership that strengthens communities by improving the quality of life for urban underserved residents.  He was also director of MyCom, a youth development network that brings together over 750 partners in 17 neighborhoods in Read more

Michael Smith, Ph.D.

Michael Smith, Ph.D. is chair of the Department of Communication at La Salle University, where he is also an associate professor.  He was formerly director of the graduate program in Professional and Business Communication.  He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in public relations, organizational communications and conflict.  He has worked with a variety of nonprofits, including the American Heart Association, Cultural Center for Art and Historical Artifacts, the Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger, and the World Meeting of Families, and has presented crisis communication training Read more

Neil Batiancila

Neil Batiancila currently serves as Philadelphia Zoo’s Chief Development Officer – the first in the history of America’s first zoo. In his role, and as part of the senior management team, Mr. Batiancila oversees all contributed revenue activities, including charitable operations and government affairs. He also oversees the Zoo’s marketing & communications functions.

Prior to his role with Philadelphia Zoo, Mr. Batiancila served as Executive Director, Campaign Operations at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation where he most recently led efforts for a multi-year, multi-faceted $1 billion Read more

Richard Przywara

Richard Przywara, CFRE, is CEO of Woodlawn Trustees. He was previously vice president of resource development for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware, chief operations officer for the YMCA of Greater Brandywine and executive vice president of operations for Ashley Addiction Treatment. Prior to joining Ashley, he was executive director of the West Chester University Foundation, responsible for a $50 million capital campaign and $6 million in annual fundraising and leading a $300 million revitalization project of the student residence halls. Rich has also Read more

Roshawnda Washington

Roshawnda (Ro) Washington is the Director of Corporate and Foundation Partnerships at The Nonprofit Center, a role that exemplifies her commitment to building strong connections and facilitating change. Prior to her current position, Ro served as the volunteer manager for Dow in the Delaware Valley, as a part of their partnership with The Nonprofit Center. In this role, Ro leveraged the power of volunteerism to promote positive employee experiences, supporting Dow’s global citizenship investments, and ultimately, advancing the Dow ambition.

In past positions, Ro helped develop Read more