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Founded in 2003 by Barbara L. Krasne and Judith J. Plows, KrasnePlows is a boutique management consulting firm specializing in mergers and partnerships, planning and restructuring and leadership transitions. We help our nonprofit and foundation clients make critical choices to serve their communities better, remain financially sustainable, maximize resources, and achieve greater impact than they thought possible. KrasnePlows offers a unique combination of executive perspective, results-orientation and objective viewpoint amassed from more than three decades in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors.
Having sat on both sides of the boardroom table, we understand what it means to serve on a board, or report to a board, whether as a senior executive or outside consultant, and incorporate that experience into a more pragmatic, practical approach to the issues. Our board service has ranged from small community based social service organizations to national agencies and prominent academic institutions.
Barbara L. Krasne
A former CEO, Krasne has over 25 years of experience in all aspects of an enterprise, from strategy to marketing and sales to finance and operations, working with both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. She has held leadership positions in the advertising, media, education and art worlds, including at USA Today International. Krasne is an active director and officer on a number of boards including, Christopher Norman Chocolates, and historically,Governance Matters, Inwood House, Body Positive, a community-based AIDS organization and the Parent-Child Home Program. In 2002, Krasne co-founded the Downtown Business Network, a business development membership organization for firms in lower Manhattan.
Judith J. Plows
Plows has worked in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors for over 25 years, holding senior leadership positions in both. As chief operating officer of the Nonprofit Finance Fund, Plows established successful joint ventures, helped develop an innovative, replicable program and strengthened financial, human resources, and technology functions to support its national expansion. More recently, she was executive director of a start-up foundation establishing an Asian University for Women. Plows spent 20 years in numerous positions at J.P. Morgan and Co., Inc., after 10 years in public secondary school education.
Plows is a member of the board and investment committee of United Educators, an insurance company for colleges, universities, and independent schools. She also served on the board and finance, investment and executive committees of Oberlin College and Footsteps, an organization supporting individuals making transitions from insular communities.
For more information email: Info@KrasnePlows.com, or visit: www.KrasnePlows.com.
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Founded in 2003 by Barbara L. Krasne and Judith J. Plows, KrasnePlows is a boutique management consulting firm specializing in mergers and partnerships, planning and restructuring and leadership transitions. We help our nonprofit and foundation clients make critical choices to serve their communities better, remain financially sustainable, maximize resources, and achieve greater impact than they thought possible. KrasnePlows offers a unique combination of executive perspective, results-orientation and objective viewpoint amassed from more than three decades in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors.
Having sat on both sides of the boardroom table, we understand what it means to serve on a board, or report to a board, whether as a senior executive or outside consultant, and incorporate that experience into a more pragmatic, practical approach to the issues. Our board service has ranged from small community based social service organizations to national agencies and prominent academic institutions.
Barbara L. Krasne
A former CEO, Krasne has over 25 years of experience in all aspects of an enterprise, from strategy to marketing and sales to finance and operations, working with both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. She has held leadership positions in the advertising, media, education and art worlds, including at USA Today International. Krasne is an active director and officer on a number of boards including, Christopher Norman Chocolates, and historically,Governance Matters, Inwood House, Body Positive, a community-based AIDS organization and the Parent-Child Home Program. In 2002, Krasne co-founded the Downtown Business Network, a business development membership organization for firms in lower Manhattan.
Judith J. Plows
Plows has worked in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors for over 25 years, holding senior leadership positions in both. As chief operating officer of the Nonprofit Finance Fund, Plows established successful joint ventures, helped develop an innovative, replicable program and strengthened financial, human resources, and technology functions to support its national expansion. More recently, she was executive director of a start-up foundation establishing an Asian University for Women. Plows spent 20 years in numerous positions at J.P. Morgan and Co., Inc., after 10 years in public secondary school education.
Plows is a member of the board and investment committee of United Educators, an insurance company for colleges, universities, and independent schools. She also served on the board and finance, investment and executive committees of Oberlin College and Footsteps, an organization supporting individuals making transitions from insular communities.
For more information email: Info@KrasnePlows.com, or visit: www.KrasnePlows.com.
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It’s All About CASH (Part 2) – What Your Trustees Can Do Contributed by: Barbara KrasneWednesday, November 10, 2010 (2 years 186 days ago) The Great Recession has added to trustees’ pressure to know more about their agency’s financial health, partner with their executive director to address the economic realities, and increase their “give and get.” Good boards do these things as a matter of course. ______
It's All About CASH (Part 1) Contributed by: Barbara KrasneWednesday, October 27, 2010 (2 years 200 days ago) This is the first of two issues that describe what happens when nonprofits have limited cash today. More importantly, we will provide tools and suggestions for how two key players — nonprofit executives and board members — can constructively support quality programs in an environment where resources are always in short supply. ______
Navigating the Recession: Options and Opportunities Contributed by: Barbara KrasneWednesday, April 23, 2008 (5 years 22 days ago) There has been a lot of press lately about the coming economic downturn. Amidst all the talk, remember that trustees have an important role to play. Nonprofits have options – and even opportunities – they can pursue to address the economic challenges and serve their clients well. Planning by boards now, starting with what we can learn from recent recessions, is a good idea. ______
The Special Role of Nonprofit Board Members (Part 2) Contributed by: Barbara KrasneThursday, October 06, 2005 (7 years 222 days ago) Although the term "fiduciary" has become much more common over the last few years, many board members still don't understand what it means. They may not even realize they are bound legally to carry out certain obligations. This lack of understanding is what has gotten boards into trouble, even mentioned unfavorably in the press. In this article we demystify this critical role and give you the context for why the fiduciary role is so important. ______
The Special Role of Nonprofit Board Members (Part 1) Contributed by: Barbara KrasneThursday, September 15, 2005 (7 years 243 days ago) You hear a lot of talk about nonprofit board members' role and responsibilities, often driven by a spate of scandals -- misuse of donors' money, inappropriate loans to executives, exorbitant salaries for senior management, or failure to address sizeable deficits at some of the best-known and most respected organizations around the country. The real need is to instill a clearer and deeper sense of what it means to be a board member.
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