Nonprofit Board

Dwayne Steward joined Equality Ohio as Executive Director in the fall of 2024. He previously served as director of inclusive excellence, accessibility, and belonging of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. He is also the founder and CEO of Make It Better Consulting. As executive director at Equality Ohio and Equality Ohio Education Fund, Dwayne leads a 25-person team and is focused on organizational development, fundraising, policy, and advocacy. 

Join us to learn more as he answers 7 Questions!

Here, we give immediate and ongoing strategic tips on how to build and sustain your board, including identifying the traits you want in a board member, defining board terms, focusing on growing recruitment, and developing a board culture as part of an organizational culture. 

Katie has over 20 years of experience in social justice and political work. Throughout these years, she has worked with nonprofits and for-profit organizations, boards and staff teams, as well as coalitions and campaigns to align around a shared mission, build robust implementation plans to engage leaders, foster leadership development and deliver real success to the communities they serve. In 2015, Katie launched her own company, Katie B. Strategies, LLC, which is a owned business committed to equity and representation. Katie B. Strategies exists to bring individuals and teams together to design actionable change. This week, we asked her questions about her experience and career.

Whether you have been a nonprofit executive director in the past or this is your first time as a new executive director, taking over an organization has its challenges. Follow our 10 tips to make your transition into a new executive director job smooth: