Long after the beach lifeguard left his post for the day and before some of the lyrics to Looking Glass’ number one song Brandy were...

In town to attend a national conference on guardianship and elder law, I was in San Francisco twenty-nine years ago when the Rodney King...

Helen Keller is credited with saying, “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt...

In 1966 I was born into an Italian American family living in the northeast. Tradition and the importance of family was invisibly etched...

After college and before I met the man I am married to, I dated a narcissist. During a brutally lengthy five year, on-again, off-again...

In the early 1990s, I worked for a law office and provided geriatric care management for several of the firm’s clients. We offered family...

Some not so obvious casualties of this COVID-19 pandemic are the auxiliary services previously provided to communities by nonprofit...

Just like no one truly owns a beautiful forest and no one truly owns a coral reef, nonprofit organizations were not set up to be owned by...

Lately, with all of the strong feelings and opinions being expressed in our society, I sometimes feel like perhaps we are losing sight of...

Lately, I’ve been looking for truth in a lot of places, and coming up short. These days it is difficult to tell if a news story is...

This week I was on a Skype call with a colleague who lives oversees and we were discussing the challenges of building an effective...

I am pretty certain that my lineage does not include links to royalty or political power. I do not believe any of my ancestors have run...

Old Glory will not be flying in front of my home this weekend, but not for the reasons you might think. Typically, my family likes to...

A few years ago I had the good fortune to work with some amazing folks in Japan. We took a train from the hustle & bustle of Tokyo to a...

At a meeting with a colleague the other day, I was asked an insightful question, “How did you manage the strong personalities that surely...

I like healthy competitions as much as the next person. Of course these days, competition takes on the form of an RFP (Request for...

This past Sunday, my daughter and I donned our thermal underwear, our pussy hats, (thanks Christy Hallas) and our warmest sweaters and...

Are you burning bridges without even knowing it? Are you confused sometimes when you get a less than enthusiastic reply from a donor,...

Last weekend at the end of a two day video shoot, my tired tween spoke up and said, “I want my mom! I don’t want the producer, editor, or...

In a recent meeting with a board member of an international non-profit, I was asked a question that stopped me in my tracks. “Grace, have...