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The experienced executives in our network are ready to guide your nonprofit through your leadership transition. Please get in touch with us today to start the process or if you have any questions.

Email

interimexecnetwork@gmail.com

Serving

The Metro DC Area & beyond

Phone

Currently, the best way to reach IEN is via the email address to the left.

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Ready to begin the process of working with IEN to get a placement for your nonprofit? Get started by filling out this contact form. Afterwards, IEN leadership will get in touch with you to start the process. We look forward to helping your nonprofit during your leadership transition.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Nonprofit interim executives serve exclusively in transitional roles in nonprofit organizations. They are specialists in managing leadership transitions.

    The Interim Executive Network is a network of experienced, professional interim executives serving nonprofit organizations in the DC metro area and beyond.

    Our executives are typically nonprofit executive directors, but we have also served as interims in other C-suite positions.

    Our interims are required to have substantial experience as an executive director and/or interim executive. We also have a number of requirements related to our professional standards. After meeting these threshold requirements, the individual seeking to join the our network must provide references, and interview with and be approved by the IEN’s steering committee members.

    Placement lengths can depend on the need of each specific nonprofit organization. However, the typical length is 3-9 months.

    Consultants advise, whereas interim executives provide on-the-ground support, both advising and implementing in the day-to-day decision making and operations of your nonprofit.

    Our interim executives work primarily for nonprofits in the DC Metro area; however, many are also willing to travel to other areas.

    IEN members have served both large and small nonprofit organizations, with budgets ranging from a few hundred thousand dollars to millions. We have provided interim leadership to many organizations driven by diverse missions, but all needing experienced transitional leadership during periods of change.

    If an organization reaches out to the Network for assistance in hiring an interim executive, IEN’s leadership will work with you to write a posting to be distributed to our referral list. Available candidates will contact the organization directly to apply and negotiate terms and conditions.

    We do not charge any referral fees to either the organizations we work with, or to our members.

    Available candidates are responsible for negotiating their own terms and conditions, including payment.

    An interim executive will probably have little to no impact on your overall budget. Each interim executive approaches this issue differently. For example, some prefer to work as independent contractors, and others work as contract employees. In many cases, the organization finds that hiring an interim executive for only a few days each week meets their needs. In the great majority of cases, the interim executive will negotiate wages and hours that fit within, or are very close to, the amount of money you have already budgeted for your executive director’s salary, benefits, and taxes.
    An interim executive can also help avoid the costs incurred when a hurried Board hires the wrong leader.

    We provide resources and training for anyone interested in building an interim practice. See our resources page for more information. To join our preferred referral list of interims, you must have substantial experience as an executive director and/or interim executive. We also have a number of requirements related to our professional standards. After meeting these threshold requirements, the individual seeking to join the referral list must provide references, and interview with and be approved by the IEN’s steering committee members.

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