Announcing Raising A Reader’s New Development Director

Pillar Search & HR Consulting is excited to announce that Frances Lee will be joining the National Office of Raising A Reader as Development Director.  In this capacity, Frances will be responsible for developing and leading Raising A Reader’s annual contributed revenue plan. Reporting to the President and CEO, she will lead a three-year growth fund campaign to support the organization’s new strategic plan and build relationships with institutional and major donors.

Frances joins Raising A Reader from Girls on the Run of the Bay Area, where she served as Development & Communications Manager.  In that role, Frances was responsible for events, marketing and fundraising campaigns to ensure the continued growth of the organization and creating meaningful partnerships with Bay Area companies and community members to further the mission of empowering healthy, confident girls. Before joining Girls on the Run, Frances served in a variety of roles including as a consultant with the San Francisco Bach Choir, Senior Manager, Field Development with Autism Speaks, and Community Engagement Representative with Be The Match, which is operated by the National Marrow Donor Program. In addition, Frances is currently on the Board of Directors at Little Opera, where she serves as Development Chair, and has done event and fundraising consulting with San Francisco Marathon, A Runner’s Mind Productions, and OneCause.

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Search Success! Rina Lal Joins Reading Partners as Revenue Accounting Manager!

Pillar Search & HR Consulting is pleased to announce the successful completion of the search for Reading Partner’s new Revenue Accounting Manager and the appointment of Rina Lal to that role.  Reading Partners mobilizes communities to provide students with the proven, individualized reading support they need to read at grade level by fourth grade. Reading Partners works with under-resourced schools and engages volunteer reading partners to work one-on-one with students who struggle with reading.    

Rina joins Reading Partners from Energy Recovery, Inc., where she is the Revenue Manager and earlier was their Senior Revenue Accountant. Prior roles included Senior Revenue Accountant with Leapfrog and Revenue Accountant with i365/Seagate Technologies, General Ledger Accountant with Yoga Journal, and Accounts Payable Supervisor with Restoration Hardware.

Hire the best!  Pillar provides search expertise for exceptional nonprofits and socially responsible for-profits, working with senior leaders and boards of directors to find the very best talent across all functional areas of the organization. For more information, please contact Pillar’s CEO, Cindy Joyce.