Future-Ready
Nonprofit Voices to Follow

The old nonprofit playbook is being rewritten in real time.
These are the people shaping what comes next.

The old nonprofit playbook is being rewritten in real time. These are the people shaping what comes next.

The old nonprofit playbook is being rewritten in real time. These are the people shaping what comes next.

Explore the Voices

Amber Melanie Smith

Social Impact Skill Building

Brooke Richie-Babbage

Strategic Planning

Brynne Krispin

ED Thought Leadership

Christina Martin Kenny

Long-Term Fundraising & Retention

Dana Snyder

Monthly Giving

Evan Wildstein

Staff Retention

Floyd Jones

Movement Building

Jess Campbell

Email Marketing

Julia Campbell

Social Media Marketing

Lauren Atherton

Branding

Meena Das

Data Equity

Nic Gagliardi

Governance

Rachel Bearbower

Automation

Rhea Wong

Major Gifts

Tasha Van Vlack

Community

Tim Lockie

Artificial Intelligence

Veronica LaFemina

Change Leadership

What makes someone future-ready?

What makes someone
future-ready?

What makes someone future-ready?

Every person on this list focuses on what’s actually working now, challenges inherited assumptions, and shares practical ideas that connect fundraising, culture, branding, and strategy — not just theory.

These are the voices we consistently learn from — and recommend to EDs who want to stay ahead of where the sector is going.

Amber Melanie Smith

Social Impact Skill Building

Amber's YouTube channel builds a library of genuinely useful, substance-over-polish content that respects your time and helps nonprofit leaders actually improve at the work.

Brooke Richie-Babbage

Strategic Planning

Brooke doesn't just help organizations plan — she helps them think about how to operate as modern, future-ready organizations, treating strategy as a real operating system, not a document exercise.

Brynne Krispin

ED Thought Leadership

Brynne helped shape how we think about personal content strategy at Proimpact — she's exactly the kind of voice who keeps posting from sliding to the bottom of your to-do list.

Christina Martin Kenny

Long-Term Fundraising & Retention

She connects two things most people address separately — effective fundraising tactics and sustainable fundraising cultures — a combination that's one of the most powerful growth recipes in the sector.

Dana Snyder

Monthly Giving

An early, all-in bet on monthly giving now powers her consistently excellent educational content — her podcast and LinkedIn are some of the best places to see what's actually working.

Evan Wildstein

Staff Retention

Co-creator of the Social Impact Sector Staff Retention Report, which surfaces the nuanced reasons staff stay or leave beyond pay — giving EDs a real framework for keeping their team invested.

Floyd Jones

Movement Building

What makes him worth following is his core belief: community isn't a strategy — it's the whole game.

Jess Campbell

Email Marketing

She's constantly running experiments and sharing real results, making her one of the most useful follows in the sector for anyone trying to get more out of email.

Julia Campbell

Social Media Marketing

Her work is grounded in storytelling — the skill that makes every other digital channel work better — paired with practical, hands-on guidance small teams can actually use.

Lauren Atherton

Branding

A brand rework at CoachArt led to a practice focused on helping nonprofits understand branding as a strategic growth lever — not just a logo refresh.

Meena Das

Data Equity

She operates in the practical middle ground between jumping in and being careful — helping organizations do more with data and AI while keeping the humans behind the numbers in focus.

Nic Gagliardi

Governance

Governance conversations that usually only happen behind closed doors come into the open here — practical advice, honest takes, and anonymous stories that make EDs feel less alone.

Rachel Bearbower

Automation

She delivers quick, immediately implementable ideas rather than abstract frameworks, making her one of the most practical follows for any ED looking to run more efficient operations.

Rhea Wong

Major Gifts

She brings a rare dual lens — deep understanding of donor psychology and the internal psychology of fundraising teams — plus sharp thinking on how AI can ease burnout in development.

Tasha Van Vlack

Community

The Nonprofit Hive grew into one of the sector's fastest-growing communities under her, built by pairing real community psychology with the tactical chops to actually execute.

Tim Lockie

Artificial Intelligence

He consistently teaches simple, immediately usable AI tactics that directly improve how your team applies these tools — not just how you think about them.

Veronica LaFemina

Change Leadership

Her entire practice is built around helping organizations navigate critical inflection points, and her thinking on strategic alignment and change leadership sharpens how you lead.

Let's reboot — and rebrand — the nonprofit sector!

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The Proimpact Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN: 33-3625379) registered in the United States and in good standing with the IRS.

Let's reboot — and rebrand — the nonprofit sector!

Follow Us

The Proimpact Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN: 33-3625379) registered in the United States and in good standing with the IRS.

Let's reboot — and rebrand — the nonprofit sector!

Follow Us

The Proimpact Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN: 33-3625379) registered in the United States and in good standing with the IRS.