Ms. Stephanie J. Clohesy

(KNFP-04)
Cedar Falls, Iowa
United States

Focus Areas

Community & Civic Engagement
Community & Civic Engagement
Health
Aging / Gerontology
Leadership
Leadership Development
Organizational Development / Management
Social Justice
Gender Issues

Biography

Working in the non profit and philanthropic sector since 1971, Stephanie Clohesy has substantial experience in public policy, systemic social change, national and international leadership. Since 1993 she has owned her own consulting practice serving foundations and non-profits throughout the U.S. and globally. She provides strategic planning, research and strategic program design, organizational development and structural design of organizations and team development. Clients include foundations and diverse philanthropic and non profit entities from individual donors to major philanthropic institutions and business corporations. Internationally she has consulted in Latin America, particularly Argentina; in South Africa; in Hong Kong; in Eastern Europe (Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, the Ukraine); and in Russia. Earlier in her career she was the Executive Director of the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund (now Legal Momentum) for five years and also was a program officer for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation from 1987-1992. She was a Kellogg Foundation National Leadership Fellowship recipient 1983-87. During her fellowship and staff time with the Kellogg Foundation she worked on leadership development strategies (fellowships and grantmaking) and on the formation of the non profit sector and civic engagement in Latin America and global civil society programs with the Salzburg Seminar in Salzburg, Austria.