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Announcing LIFT’s New Chief Advancement Officer!

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Pillar Search & HR Consulting is excited to announce that Gabe Scheck will be joining LIFT as Chief Advancement Officer (CAO).  In this capacity, Gabe will lead the development and communications teams to build philanthropic support for LIFT. As a key member of the executive team, Gabe will also be instrumental in contributing to strategy, management, and culture to move LIFT’s work forward.  Gabe has extensive experience fostering new multi-year, multi-million-dollar philanthropic partnerships (including the largest gift Salesforce has ever given to an non-profit organization at $2M), securing federal grant awards, and launching new business sites in urban and rural areas.

Gabe joins LIFT from New Leaders, where he served as Chief Development Officer (CDO).  In that role, he cultivated champions for New Leaders’ mission and expanded the organization’s impact by overseeing development, marketing, and communications. Gabe managed a team of regional and national fundraising professionals to raise more than $15M annually, collaborated closely with colleagues to ensure funding supported key priorities, and shaped organizational strategy as a member of New Leaders’ executive team. Before joining New Leaders, Gabe served in a variety of roles at Teach For America-New York. During his tenure, he doubled the incoming Teach For America corps from 200 to 400 members, negotiated a large district contract with increased general operating support, and launched an early childhood education program line. He received his B.A. in Political Science from Brown University, a master’s in teaching from Teachers College, Columbia University and was a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs. A resident of Brooklyn, NY, Gabe is the proud father of two young boys, Emory (7) and Andy (2).

Gabe’s passion for LIFT’s mission and collaborative leadership style that will make him a great asset to the team.

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Executive Search Success! Announcing the New President of Yestermorrow Design/Build School

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Pillar Search is proud to have successfully partnered with Yestermorrow Design/Build School on the search for their new President.

Yestermorrow Design/Build School welcomes Mike Crowley as its new President. Yestermorrow Design/Build School is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization located in the Mad River Valley of Vermont offering workshops, certificate programs and semester programs for adult students from around the country. Yestermorrow’s mission is to inspire people to create a better, more sustainable world by providing hands-on education that integrates design and craft as a creative, interactive process.  The intensive and experiential curriculum includes a wide variety of topics related to sustainable design, green building, architectural craft, and furniture making.

As President, Mike will be responsible for the fiscal, programmatic and functional health of the Yestermorrow, in addition to serving as the primary advocate for its mission and steward of its reputation.  As a school known for innovation, Mike will foster a culture of thinking outside the box and creative experimentation to help Yestermorrow continue to be a place of cutting-edge design education.

Mike joins Yestermorrow from the Institute for Sustainable Communities, where he held the role of Program Director, Resilient Regions Initiative. Prior roles included Climate and Sustainability Manager with Environmental Health & Engineering and Assistant Director of Harvard University’s Office for Sustainability. In addition, Mike was a professor of Planning for Carbon Neutrality at Harvard University Extension School. Mike holds a graduate degree in Environmental Science from Schumacher College/University of Plymouthand an undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies from University of Vermont.

With personalized service and proven results, Pillar is your partner in executive search and human resources consulting. With over 20 years of experience, Pillar provides national retained search services for exceptional non-profits and foundations and early-stage or rapid growth for-profit firms. All share the characteristic of desiring top talent who want an occupassion, not just an occupation.     In addition, Pillar offers human resources consulting services, which was born of clients requesting help on projects beyond executive search, and includes human resources audits, creating a handbook, assessing organizational design, training, team building, and employee communications.    A woman-owned business, Pillar is based in Boston, MA, and works on retained searches both a local and national level. To learn more about how Pillar can assist with your search needs, email cindy@pillarsearch.com.