Tracy Kennedy is a Human Resources and Organizational Development professional providing clients
with the expertise, resources and guidance to optimize organizational performance.
Tracy has over seven years’ experience in the area of human resources and organizational
development, working with a variety of organizations from software companies to non-profit
organizations. Client services that Tracy provides include the following:
Educational Background:
Tracy has also served as President of the Board of Directors for the Marin Human Resources Forum
and has professional training in many areas of Human Resources and Organizational Development.
with the expertise, resources and guidance to optimize organizational performance.
Tracy has over seven years’ experience in the area of human resources and organizational
development, working with a variety of organizations from software companies to non-profit
organizations. Client services that Tracy provides include the following:
- Recruiting (from entry level to executive)
- Coaching
- Organizational Assessment & Diagnosis
- Performance Management
- Upward Evaluations & Feedback Mechanisms
- Team Building
Educational Background:
- M.A. Human Resources & Organizational Development
University of San Francisco
B.A. Psychology
University of California, Santa Barbara
Tracy has also served as President of the Board of Directors for the Marin Human Resources Forum
and has professional training in many areas of Human Resources and Organizational Development.
| About Us - Affiliations & Advisors |
As of March 2006, DHR (www.dhrinternational.com/nonprofit) is ranked the fifth largest search firm in
the U.S. It is among the top 10 in world revenue, and number one in office location and geographic
coverage.
DHR's Nonprofit Practice provides executive search and high level strategic consulting to a
distinguished group of nonprofit clients. Our mission is "to improve the effectiveness of nonprofit
organizations world-wide", which represents our consultative approach and our commitment to
establish mutually beneficial and long-term relationships with each of our clients.
Consultants in DHR's Nonprofit Practice have extensive experience providing executive search to a
variety of nonprofit organizations. Our clients range from museums to performing arts organizations
and centers, international development and social service organizations, zoos and aquariums,
gardens and arboreta, economic development, foundations, and educational organizations.
the U.S. It is among the top 10 in world revenue, and number one in office location and geographic
coverage.
DHR's Nonprofit Practice provides executive search and high level strategic consulting to a
distinguished group of nonprofit clients. Our mission is "to improve the effectiveness of nonprofit
organizations world-wide", which represents our consultative approach and our commitment to
establish mutually beneficial and long-term relationships with each of our clients.
Consultants in DHR's Nonprofit Practice have extensive experience providing executive search to a
variety of nonprofit organizations. Our clients range from museums to performing arts organizations
and centers, international development and social service organizations, zoos and aquariums,
gardens and arboreta, economic development, foundations, and educational organizations.
We exist to:
- enrich and strengthen volunteerism and nonprofit organizations
- enhance community leadership and involvement
- promote the impact and value of the nonprofit sector
| Tracy Kennedy |
| Diane Foster & Associates |
| DHR Nonprofit |
today. We have years of successful experience in partnering with executive directors and vice today.
We have years of successful experience in partnering with executive directors and vice presidents to
better take up their roles with their leadership teams in private industry and public agencies.
Because of this and the fact that we have the best of certification in industrial and organizational
psychology as well as "in-the-trenches" experience to coach, build teams, implement programs, and
facilitate strategic planning assessment, and communication, we are known as "Master Coaches and
Consultants.""Master Coaches and Consultants."
We have years of successful experience in partnering with executive directors and vice presidents to
better take up their roles with their leadership teams in private industry and public agencies.
Because of this and the fact that we have the best of certification in industrial and organizational
psychology as well as "in-the-trenches" experience to coach, build teams, implement programs, and
facilitate strategic planning assessment, and communication, we are known as "Master Coaches and
Consultants.""Master Coaches and Consultants."
| Eleanor A. Smith |
| John Kenyon |
| Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership of Marin |
Since 1997, Eleanor A. Smith & Associates (www.eleanorasmith.com) has helped nonprofits and
foundations raise more than $24 million in foundation, corporate, and government grants and
individual gifts. She has led clients in outcomes-oriented strategic planning, program development
and evaluation and recently began offering training and coaching on the development of program-
and client-level outcomes.
Eleanor is skilled in helping organizations design programs with measurable and feasible outcomes
and cost-effective evaluation plans. Not only has her work helped agency staff to articulate sound
internal performance measurement strategies, her work has assisted clients in landing large grants
from such demanding funders as The California Endowment and the Ford, California Wellness,
William & Flora Hewlett and David & Lucile Packard foundations.
Before launching into strategic planning, fundraising, evaluation and training, Eleanor worked for five
years as a program consultant to the Family & Community Development Program at the William &
Flora Hewlett Foundation. There, Eleanor designed two grantmaking initiatives, reviewed grant
proposals each quarter, oversaw a multi-site evaluation, and recommended $15M in grants to
dozens of Bay Area nonprofits.
Current and recent clients of Eleanor A. Smith & Associates include:
foundations raise more than $24 million in foundation, corporate, and government grants and
individual gifts. She has led clients in outcomes-oriented strategic planning, program development
and evaluation and recently began offering training and coaching on the development of program-
and client-level outcomes.
Eleanor is skilled in helping organizations design programs with measurable and feasible outcomes
and cost-effective evaluation plans. Not only has her work helped agency staff to articulate sound
internal performance measurement strategies, her work has assisted clients in landing large grants
from such demanding funders as The California Endowment and the Ford, California Wellness,
William & Flora Hewlett and David & Lucile Packard foundations.
Before launching into strategic planning, fundraising, evaluation and training, Eleanor worked for five
years as a program consultant to the Family & Community Development Program at the William &
Flora Hewlett Foundation. There, Eleanor designed two grantmaking initiatives, reviewed grant
proposals each quarter, oversaw a multi-site evaluation, and recommended $15M in grants to
dozens of Bay Area nonprofits.
Current and recent clients of Eleanor A. Smith & Associates include:
- Shanti
- Fannie & John Hertz Foundation
- St. Helena Hospital/Redbud Community Hospital
- Bishop O’Dowd High School
- Alliant International University/CA School of Professional Psychology
- Rockwood Leadership Program
- LeaderSpring
- Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
- CALICO Center
- California Tomorrow
- Children’s Hospital and Research Center Oakland
- Women’s Funding Network
- Northern California Council for the Community
- National Economic Development & Law Center
- Coral Reef Alliance
- Institute of Urban and Regional Development
- Belize Enterprise for Sustained Technology
John Kenyon is a nonprofit technology strategist who has been helping nonprofits for over 15 years
by providing advice, teaching and writing about effective uses of technology. He earned his B.S. at
Emerson College in Boston before moving to California. In the late 90’s he was Information
Technology Director at San Francisco’s Management Center. Along with Michael Stein he wrote both
The eNonprofit: a guide to ASPs, internet services and online software and the Nonprofit Quarterly
article A Decade of Online Fundraising. John served as Training and Consulting Manager at
Groundspring.org/Network for Good, helping organizations effectively use the Internet, before
returning to private practice in 2005. He is an adjunct professor for the University of San Francisco’s
Masters of Nonprofit Administration degree program at the Institute for Nonprofit Management. He
has developed sessions presented at institutions of higher learning including University of California
at Berkeley, Duke University, Robert Morris University, King’s College, London and Queensland
University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. John’s consulting practice concentrates on strategic
uses of appropriate technologies with a focus on leveraging the internet. He has been a featured
speaker throughout the US, England, Australia and online.
John’s clients include the Australian Government’s Department of Culture, Information Technology
and the Arts (DCITA), Bioneers, Community Information Strategies Australia (CISA), CompassPoint
Nonprofit Services, CompuMentor, Hospice Foundation, Legal Services Corporation, London Advice
Services Alliance, Meals on Wheels, New Progressive Coalition, Point Reyes National Seashore, River
Network, Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Theater Bay Area, Volunteer Center of Sonoma County,
Women’s Funding Network, AFP Chapters and Community Foundations nationwide.
by providing advice, teaching and writing about effective uses of technology. He earned his B.S. at
Emerson College in Boston before moving to California. In the late 90’s he was Information
Technology Director at San Francisco’s Management Center. Along with Michael Stein he wrote both
The eNonprofit: a guide to ASPs, internet services and online software and the Nonprofit Quarterly
article A Decade of Online Fundraising. John served as Training and Consulting Manager at
Groundspring.org/Network for Good, helping organizations effectively use the Internet, before
returning to private practice in 2005. He is an adjunct professor for the University of San Francisco’s
Masters of Nonprofit Administration degree program at the Institute for Nonprofit Management. He
has developed sessions presented at institutions of higher learning including University of California
at Berkeley, Duke University, Robert Morris University, King’s College, London and Queensland
University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. John’s consulting practice concentrates on strategic
uses of appropriate technologies with a focus on leveraging the internet. He has been a featured
speaker throughout the US, England, Australia and online.
John’s clients include the Australian Government’s Department of Culture, Information Technology
and the Arts (DCITA), Bioneers, Community Information Strategies Australia (CISA), CompassPoint
Nonprofit Services, CompuMentor, Hospice Foundation, Legal Services Corporation, London Advice
Services Alliance, Meals on Wheels, New Progressive Coalition, Point Reyes National Seashore, River
Network, Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Theater Bay Area, Volunteer Center of Sonoma County,
Women’s Funding Network, AFP Chapters and Community Foundations nationwide.