Annual Awards
Each spring, HBSA/NC awards the executives of bay area nonprofits a scholarship to attend the HBS executive education program called Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management. During an intensive week of interactive learning onsite at the HBS campus residential executive facilities, participants explore strategic concepts in mission focus, market sensitivity, organizational structure and performance management.
2010 Award Recipients
We extend enthusiastic congratulations to the following executives!
Tiela Chalmers, Executive Director of Volunteer Legal Services Program (VLSP). VLSP is the largest pro bono legal services provider in the San Francisco Bay Area, serving over 7,500 low income individual clients as well nonprofit organizations meeting the needs of low income communities.
Barrie Hathaway, Executive Director of The Stride Center. The Stride Center provides an enormously effective program that prepares low income adults with barriers to employment for careers in the information technology sector.
Timothy O’Keefe, Executive Director of Shelter, Inc. in Contra Costa County. Shelter, Inc. delivers innovative services to more than 5,000 low income Contra Costa County residents. Shelter Inc. programs promote self-sufficiency, provide affordable housing, and prevent homelessness.
Olis Simmons, Founder and Director of Youth Uprising. Youth Uprising is an organization that seeks to effect positive change in Oakland by developing the leadership capacity of its young people. Its programs serve 4,000 youth between the ages of 13 and 24 in a 25,000 square foot high-tech youth leadership development center.
Details
The Community Partners Steering Committee administers this program including announcing the opportunity to the Bay Area nonprofit community and selecting the candidates. The Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management (SPNM) program will take place July 18 - 24th at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massechusetts. Contact info@hbscp.org if you have questions.
