Building a 21st Century Nonprofit: A change management roadmap on how to create a fully integrated, customer focused organization

Session 8 | 3:45pm - 4:30pm

Presented by Mark Climie-Elliott CFRE of HJC and Debbie Comuzzi, President and CEO, Children’s Health Foundation

The biggest turning point in 2010 may be the way in which non-profits have to manage their organizations, in a fast changing, increasingly integrated world. This session will take you through ways in which to manage these changes.

The Session

How do you put it all together from a strategic leadership perspective? To achieve success today, functional silos must come down – staff must acquire new skills – and reporting structures require more fluidity from project to project.

Join two senior nonprofit executives and learn how they’ve been able to foster success, inspire creativity and innovation, and build loyalty in nonprofit environments that are becoming more complex and increasingly demanding.

Speaker Biography

Mark Climie-Elliott CFRE 
Senior Advisor/Consultant HJC

Mark is President of Climie-Elliott and recently allied with HJC as a Senior Advisor/Consultant. Talents include all facets of integrated fund development, change management, strategic planning, volunteer management, training & development, brand marketing and communications to name a few.

With more than twenty years of experience in nonprofit management, Mark has worked with organizations of all sizes and diverse sectors. He is also the current volunteer Chair of The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Canada Council and serves on AFP Greater Toronto Chapter’s Board as Immediate Past President and represented Canada on the AFP International Board of Directors in 2008.

Debbie Comuzzi
President and CEO, Children’s Health Foundation, London, Ontario

Debbie has devoted her career of 30 years to the non-profit sector and in the last 15 years, most especially, to raising money for children in need.

Deb’s career began in Toronto with the Canadian Red Cross Society in the role of Provincial Manager, Safety Services. She then moved to the Canadian Cancer Society where she held the position of Provincial Director of Planning and Operations and before that as a Health Planner for the Metro Toronto District Health Council.

Deb was then able fully realize her commitment to assisting children in need when she accepted the role of National Executive Director of the Sunshine Dreams for Kids Foundation of Canada in London. After working in that role for five years, she moved to her current position as President and CEO of Children’s Health Foundation, raising money for Children’s Hospital and Children’s Health Research Institute.

Debbie is also an active volunteer herself, demonstrating both a personal and professional dedication to helping those in need. She recently was awarded the Award of Distinction from her alma mater, King’s University College, The University of Western Ontario.