Ken Goldstein has been working in nonprofits and local government
agencies since 1989. Since
founding Goldstein Consulting in December of
2003, Ken has served half-a-dozen organizations as an Interim Executive
Director, managing nonprofits through transitions, mergers, and
turn-arounds. Ken has also facilitated strategic planning processes,
taught fundraising and nonprofit management workshops, raised many
millions of dollars in grants, and performed other contract consulting work.
His many years of senior management experience being the first Executive Director of Recovery Cafe San Jose and Sustainable San Mateo County, Assistant Director of EHC
LifeBuilders, Silicon Valley Director of CompassPoint Nonprofit
Services, Director of Online Community Development for HandsNet, and Bay
Area Director for Benevolent. He has also served on the Board of
Directors of Future Families and of Habitat for Humanity Santa Cruz County.
Ken currently serves as the Associate Director, Outreach, for Recovery Cafe Network, providing assistance for to nonprofits interested in implementing the Recovery Cafe model and leading the outreach team.
He holds a Master of Public Policy and Administration from CSU Sacramento and a BA in Politics from UC Santa Cruz.
"My mission as a consultant is to increase the impact of nonprofit organizations and the effectiveness of their staffs. The organizations that I choose to work for are innovative in approach and progressive in spirit. I accomplish this through my extensive nonprofit management experience, graduate level education, communications skills, and leadership ability."If you are interested in retaining my services, you may contact me at ken (at) goldstein(dot)net or phone me at 408.396.3677.
