4th Annual Nonprofit
Leadership Conference

From Mission to Changing Lives 

March 26, 2008

Orange County Community College
Middletown, NY
Harriman Hall

All conference  attendees will receive the award winning book, Momentum written by our keynote speaker!

The Institute for Nonprofit Leadership and Management’s 4th Annual Conference, “From Mission to Changing Lives,” will be held Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at SUNY Orange in Middletown, NY. The conference will focus on the many changes being fostered by technology and globalization that affect communities that we serve. The conference will provide nonprofit professionals with an opportunity to define new roles for themselves, their units, and their organizations. 

The Institute’s Annual Conference is the premier opportunity to network with your colleagues while gaining new perspectives and insights into the challenges facing us both today and tomorrow. We look forward to seeing you at the Conference.

“Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age” received the 2007 McAdam Book Award for the most valuable nonprofit management book 

PROGRAM (subject to change) 

8:00-8:30am Registration / Breakfast / Vendor Tables 

8:30-8:45am Welcome: Dr. William Richards, President, SUNY Orange 

8:45-9:30am Keynote 

9:30-9:50am Networking Break 

10:00-11:20am Concurrent Workshops 

Public Relations on a Shoestring: When to Say What to the Press – 
Libby Post, President, Communications Services 

Building Your Organization’s Share of Mind & Heart: The Essence of 
Strategic Marketing – John Bassler, Ph.D., President, Know/Go NPD 
LLC 

A Case Study of an Affiliation Between Family Empowerment Council, 
Inc. and Occupations, Inc. – Amy Anderson-Winchell, Executive Vice 
President and Chief Operating Officer, Occupations, Inc. (and Chief 
Executive Officer of Family Empowerment Council, Inc.), James B. 
DeStefano, President and Chief Executive Officer of Occupations, Inc., 
Graham M. Skea, Chairperson of Family Empowerment Council, Inc. 
Board of Directors, and Daniel B. Hulse, Past Chairperson of 
Occupations, Inc. Board of Directors 

Strategize Your Organization’s Future: Perform a Killer PEST Analysis – 
Danette Shepard, D.R. Shepard Consulting Services, LLC & Deborah 
Hansen, Director of Program, Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson 

11:30-noon Closing Session, Raffle and Thank You 

Institute for Nonprofit 
Leadership and 
Management 
4 WAYS TO REGISTER: 
ONLINE: www.sunyorange.edu/nonprofit 

PHONE: 845-341-4890 
FAX: 845-341-4897 
MAIL: SUNY Orange 
Continuing Education 
115 South St 
Middletown, NY 10940 

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CONFERENCE FEES:


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Institute Members . $20 . $25 
Non-Members . $25 . $30 

PAYMENT: 

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Advisory Council Members . 

Chris Ashman, Commissioner, Orange County Department of Mental Health 

John Checklick, President & CPO, Orange County United Way 

Nolly Climes, Program Director, RSS, Inc. President, JMHCA 

Dr. John A. D'Ambrosio, President, Orange County Chamber of Commerce 

Antonio Figueroa, Director of Planning, Development and Corporate Compliance, RECAP, Inc. 

Dan Grady, President & CEO, Hospice of Orange & Sullivan Counties 

Angela Kays-Burden, Director of Grants, Orange County Government

Steven Lieberstein, Development Officer, St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital 

Frances Melder, Administrative CEO, Southwinds

Anne Palmer Moss, Vice President, Development, Elant Foundation, Inc. 

Linda S. Muller, President and CEO, The Greater Hudson Valley Family Health Center 

Nancy Proyect, President, Orange County Citizens Foundation 

Carol Smith, Vice President, Government Initiatives, Orange County Chamber of Commerce 

R.J. Smith, President, R.J. Smith Realty; Board President, Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan 

Allan Thomas, President and CEO, Families First New York, Inc.

Karen VanHouten, Executive Director, Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan

Institute Members

o Affinity Advantage Financial 
o Eastern New York Federal Credit 
Union 
o Families First New York, Inc. 
o Long Island University, Rockland 
Graduate Campus 

Founding Partners 

o Community Foundation of Orange 
and Sullivan 
o Orange County Chamber of 
Commerce 
o Orange County Citizens Foundation 
o Orange County Government 
o Orange County United Way