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Jeffrey Poulos
Executive Director
Jeff Poulos is the Executive Director of Associated Grant Makers, the regional association of grant makers for Massachusetts and surrounding areas, where he leads the staff work around designing, implementing and evaluating Member programs and supporting the Nonprofit Partners. Jeff manages the board-AGM relationship as well as a range of external partnerships with other regional associations nationally, many local nonprofits and key philanthropic organizations.
Prior to AGM, Jeff was the Executive Director of StageSource, the Greater Boston Theatre Alliance for over ten years. As Executive Director, significant achievements included introducing a health insurance plan for freelance theatre artists, a record number of individual artist members (over 2000) and producing organizations (over 250), The Source Directory and an online Source database, and events such as the Boston Theatre Conference, Theatre Town Meeting, and Regional Production and Administration Job Expo. Previously, Jeff worked at the Huntington Theatre Company as Assistant General Manager and as Interim Marketing Director, Events Coordinator, Systems Manager and Audience Services Manager after getting his start in the box office, and as General Manager at the New Repertory Theatre.
Jeff has served as Chair of the Arts Services Coalition of Boston, as Board Treasurer of Massachusetts Advocates for Arts Sciences and Humanities (MAASH-ED), as a member of The Boston Foundation Arts and Culture Advisory Committee, and as a member of the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Advisor Corps. In 2007, Jeff was selected as one of 56 arts leaders around the world to attend the Executive Program for Nonprofit Leadership-Arts at Stanford University Graduate School of Business Center for Social Innovation. In 2011, Jeff was awarded the StageSource Theatre Hero Award for his long-time service to the Greater Boston theatre community. Jeff is a resident of Watertown, Massachusetts, and a graduate of Ithaca College.
Ann Garchinsky
Director of Finance and Administration
As Director of Finance and Administration for the last six years, Ann oversees all financial aspects of AGM’s operations. Reporting directly to the President, she is responsible for collecting and analyzing financial data, preparing budgets and financial statements, managing the annual audit as well as keeping an eye on AGM’s day to day financial activity.
Moving to Los Angeles after completing grad school, Ann held the positions of Assistant Director of the Continuing Education Department at Otis Art Institute of the Parsons School of Design; Financial Manager for Cori Films International and Manager of The Antique Guild. During her twenty years in Southern California she also provided accounting services and consulting to small businesses; bought and sold antiques and collectibles; took numerous art classes and trips through the wine country.
Ann has a BS in Education from Salem State College; a MS in Education from Boston University and completed the Accounting program at UCLA. She is on the Finance Committee of the Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers.
Jennifer Lammers
Director of Member Programs and Services
As a trainer, consultant and principal at The Philanthropy Hub, Jenn brings an in-depth knowledge of the sector and a passion for achieving results to her work with foundations and nonprofit organizations. Jenn has created and delivered dozens of nonprofit specific accounting, budgeting and management trainings for organizations in a wide range of fields, including workforce development, AIDS services, housing, and volunteer management. In addition, Jenn has provided executive coaching and strategy advice to new and transitioning organizations, with an emphasis on creating stable internal infrastructures to sustain strategic, mission-driven growth and/or redirection. Throughout her career, Jenn has worked with a variety of senior staff at diverse organizations, helping them to effectively pursue their missions.
Among her clients, Jenn worked with Philanthropy New York (formerly NYRAG) on various elements of nonprofit management and managed NYRAG’s long-term post 9-11 programming, led funder roundtables and seminars, and provided resources for financial advisors. Jenn’s professional experience also includes the position of vice president and director of the New York Philanthropic Advisory Service for the Better Business Bureau, one of the largest charity watchdog and donor education programs in the country. While with the BBB, she managed the evaluation of over 1000 charities and developed the National September 11th Charity Database.
Jennifer holds a Masters of Public Administration from New York University, and received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago.
Nate Marsh
Partners Manager
Nate Marsh began working at AGM in 2006. He manages the Partners program as well as the IT strategy for AGM. Nate graduated from Oberlin College in 2002 with a Bachelor’s in Anthropology and Philosophy and from BU School of Management in 2011 with an MBA in Nonprofit Management. Prior to working at AGM, Nate worked at Community Servings for 3 years in their development office, focused on individual giving. During Nate’s time off he enjoys photography & freelance web design.
Martha Moore
Director of the Resource Center for Philanthropy
Martha Moore is the Director of the Resource Center for Philanthropy (RCP) at AGM and is also responsible for Information Technology Department (IT). Martha has been at AGM for five years. Previously, she held the position of Director of Database & Content Integration at Fidelity Investments and Digital Library Network Content Manager at Digital Equipment Corporation for more than 22 years.
Martha manages her own consulting company, Independent Information Consulting, which focuses on information architecture and business process reengineering. She recently started a nonprofit called the Bulfinch Fund to preserve a 19th century building architected by Charles Bulfinch. She also serves on other nonprofit Boards and committees. She was the chair of the New England American Information Science Association for a number of years as well a member of the Special Libraries Association and the New England Archivists Association. Martha has a MSLIS degree from Simmons and a BS in Education and Information Science from Worcester State College.
Gail Pinkham
Director of Communications
During her 10 years with AGM, Gail has been responsible for the communications and branding of AGM in her position as the Director of Communications. Her work includes creating AGM’s marketing collateral such as the Annual Report and Member and Nonprofit Partner Brochures, as well as content of the AGM website, production of the Members InfoNet newsletter and promotion of AGM programs and events. Before entering the nonprofit field, Gail had over 10 years of experience in the corporate sector as Director of B2B Marketing at experience.com; Hill, Holliday Exhibition Services as Director of Marketing for conferences for Primary Medicine Today, American Institute of Architects and the National Association of Realtors; and with Deltek Systems as Director of Strategic Marketing.
Gail serves on the committee of Boston Women Communicators, a professional association of marketing and communication professionals and the Board of the Christopher Catanese Children's Foundation and the New England Patients' Right Group. She holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.
Georganna Woods
Associate Librarian, Meet-the-Donors Program
Georganna has been with AGM for four years as the Associate Librarian at AGM Resource Center for Philanthropy (RCP). For over 20 years, Georganna has worked and volunteered at a variety of Massachusetts nonprofit organizations – Earthworm, Inc., Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives, Brookline Access Television, and Mass Audubon Trailside Museum. She has done tasks as varied as cleaning animal cages, driving a truck, cataloging historic photographs, papermaking classes for children, and proposal writing. In 2005 Georganna gained a graduate degree in Library and Information Sciences at Simmons College. As an Associate Librarian at AGM, she combines her enthusiasm for the nonprofit world and interest in helping people find quality information about all aspects of the philanthropic sector.
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