Our Team

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Cathy’s mission is to help people who serve nonprofit organizations as board members to understand their unique role, embrace their responsibilities, and organize their work for maximum effectiveness and minimum headache. 

Truly, as The Board Doctor, she brings a solid grounding in nonprofit best practices, stays current in her field, and begins every project with a focus on the client group’s existing strengths.

In her native Ohio, Cathy owned Creative Option C, LLC, a nonprofit organizational development firm, for almost 15 years before launching The Board Doctor in 2016. She holds a Certificate in Nonprofit Board Consulting from BoardSource as well as a Certificate in Nonprofit Financial Management from the Nonprofit Leadership Center of Tampa Bay and a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from the Center for Nonprofit Resources (Toledo). She joined her first board of directors at the age of 24 and has served in a variety of board roles, including all officer positions, fundraising chair, governance chair and advocacy champion.

Ellen Bristol calls herself a performance-management geek and a data nerd. She launched Bristol Strategy in 1995, after a 20-year career selling mainframe computers for Fortune 50 companies. 

She soon fell in love with the nonprofit sector and found her mission: repurposing the disciplines of high-performing sales teams to benefit nonprofits. Ellen is the designer of the Leaky Bucket Fundraising Assessment, the only popular long-term study of fundraising-team productivity, and Fundraising the SMART Way™, the methodology for managing the fundraising team, using the continuous improvement model.

Bristol Strategy has an unconventional focus: we study how the fundraising team does its work, whether that team is big, small, or all-volunteer. We guide our clients to clarify their value propositions, understand what motivates donors and other funders to invest, and establish simple methods for tracking progress and reporting on results. Tools such as these de-mystify the work of fundraising. Ellen is a sought-after speaker, author of two books on fundraising and one on strategic planning, and will soon launch several software products that drive productivity in the fundraising shop.

Glenn has been a successful nonprofit leader for nearly 40 years, bringing to his work a unique blend of experiences in development, communications, marketing, administration, and organizational governance. He created GKollaborative in 2010 to provide strategic advising to a host of small- to mid-size organizations. 

Before starting GKollaborative, Glenn held senior level positions at Miami Dade College Foundation, Florida International University, City University of New York School of Law, Boston University School of Dental Medicine, and Fenway Health. Throughout his career, Glenn involved in the start-up of for a number of new initiatives. These include the Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice and the Court Square Law Project, both at CUNY School of Law. His very first start-up venture was the Special Athletes/Special Smiles oral health initiative, created in partnership with Boston University and Special Olympics International. 

He is a regular teacher on a variety of topics related to nonprofit effectiveness, and serves as the Co-Chair of PhilanthropyMiami, Miami's center for nonprofit excellence.

Andrea is a strategic financial leader with an MBA, CPA, CGMA and a proven track record in driving growth and transformation within the nonprofit sector. A former partner at BDO and Fiscal Management Associates, Andrea is deeply committed to enhancing financial management and operational efficiency in nonprofits globally. She joined the LUNA team in 2024 to lead content areas including finance and accounting, and financial sustainability, for small organizations.

Dr. Courtney Laddusaw, MNLM, EdD, is the Lead Consultant at Bristol Strategy Group. At Bristol Strategy, Courtney works hand-in-hand with Ellen to develop the most strategic and effective plans to bring real-lasting solutions and results to our clients.

Courtney has more than 13 years of experience working with small, medium, and large-sized nonprofit organizations as a fundraising professional. Courtney specialized in nonprofit databases and fundraising campaign processes and procedures. She was also responsible for training and educating employees on using progressive systems and applications, including custom relation systems, mass communication procedures, and donor relations management. Additionally, she was responsible for helping to develop, plan, and manage nonprofit fundraising strategies and campaigns.

Courtney graduated from Pepperdine University with a Doctoral degree in Organizational Leadership. She holds a Master's of Nonprofit Leadership and Management from from the University of Southern California, and two bachelor's degrees from University of Arizona.