Governance

Ian Benjamin has extensive experience guiding and advising nonprofits in transition. A CPA based in New York City, Ian has more than thirty-five years’ experience in the nonprofit community with organizations of all sizes and complexity including those with local, national and international scope. He has served public charities, social service providers, private foundations, international, membership and cultural groups, colleges and universities, K-12 schools, and trade and professional associations. Ian also has served for many years in leadership roles on nonprofit boards.

Ian earned a degree in law from the University of Kent, England and is qualified as a Chartered Accountant in England and Wales and as a CPA.

Abby Schaefer is a non-profit professional with 40 years of experience in effective relationship management through the lenses of fundraising, board relations/development, and institutional strategy development.

Ginny Waller is the former Executive Director of the largest, free-standing sexual assault services agency in South Carolina. She is a lawyer with more than sixteen years of experience in nonprofit leadership development and operational efficiency with specializations in change management and relationship building. Her passion is supporting nonprofit leaders as a thought partner and strategic adviser to build capacity to dream their nonprofits' visions into reality as founder and principal adviser of Waller Consulting, LLC.