Executive Director at GRE Consulting and Non-Profit Organization Management Consultant
Spokane, Washington Area
- Current
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- Executive Director at GRE Consulting
- Past
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- Development at Gonzaga University
- Development Director at Wellpinit School District
- Marketing and Purchasing Manager at Michigan Federation of Food Cooperatives
- Education
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- Gonzaga University
- University of Michigan
- Dordt College
- Connections
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- Industry
- Non-Profit Organization Management
- Websites
Samuel Mahaffy’s Summary
I am pleased to provide consulting and facilitation services to faith-based organizations that are truly seeking to discern Divine Guidance and act from integrity to bring healing to a wounded world. The Appreciative Inquiry model provides a powerful framework for revitalizing shared vision, reframing mission language that has become tired and worn, and identifying ways in which the organization can more effectively serve it's purposes.
‘Faith-based’ is a word that has been soiled by the politics of our time that seeks to co-opt religion to impose a coercive value system in the name of Christianity that may have little connection to an institutional heart transformed by the message of the Christ. This soiled sense of faith-based institutions leads to control and empire building. It is described in the arresting language of Mathew Fox in his latest work A New Reformation!.
Samuel Mahaffy’s Specialties:
Samuel Mahaffy has expertise in: facilitating, organizational assessment, grant writing and fund raising, conflict resolution, and community engagement. He brings a compassionate heart and gentle loving spirit to work that provides hope to organizations that have lost their way.
For more information visit www.GREConsulting.info
Samuel Mahaffy’s Experience
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Executive Director
GRE Consulting
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
The Executive Director of GRE Consulting takes the lead in overseeing a broad portfolio of services for community and faith-based non-profit organizations. Service packets typically include:
*Facilitation services using the Appreciative Inquiry model
*Mediation of organizational conflict/Facilitation of conflict resolution
*Assessment of organizational effectiveness from multiple perspectives
*Visioning process for strategic planning over 1-25 years
*Identify funding sources to increase revenues through federal and foundation
grants
*Community interviews and research to lay the groundwork for an effective
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Development
Gonzaga University
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)
February 2003 — August 2005 (2 years 7 months)
Samuel Mahaffy worked for the Office of the President of Gonzaga University. He developed and presented to the Trustees the proposal for the first Office of Sponsored Research. At Gonzaga University, Samuel Mahaffy wrote the U.S. Department of education grant that resulted in more than $300,000 in funding for alcohol abuse prevention using the social norms model
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Development Director
Wellpinit School District
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)
May 2000 — August 2002 (2 years 4 months)
Samuel Mahaffy served as the first Development Director. He was responsible for developing and managing the grant program that brought great recognition to this small school on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Samuel Mahaffy worked in close collaboration with the community and the Superintendnet to bring recognition to this school as one of “Americas Top 100 Wired Schools” (PC Family Magazine), an Excellence in Education Award from the United States Senate,an Exemplary Indian School Award from the Catching the Dream Foundation, and a Promising Practices Award from the National Schools of Character. Samuel Mahaffy was a frequent presenter at regional and national conferences on obtaining and managing grants for innovative educational programs.
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Marketing and Purchasing Manager
Michigan Federation of Food Cooperatives
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
August 1976 — September 1982 (6 years 2 months)
Samuel Mahaffy was responsible for communiction with 350 member businesses. He provided training in Board roles and responsibilites, assisted retail stores in merchandising natural foods and developed market assessments for new products. Terry DeWood, former CEO of Kroger Foods was his mentor in marketing and development
Samuel Mahaffy’s Education
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Gonzaga University
Organizational Leadership 2003 — 2007
Samuel Mahaffy is enrolled in the doctoral program in Organizational Leadership. Special areas of focus include Servant Leadership and Appreciative Inquiry. Samuel Mahaffy is now a facilitator of the Appreciative Inquiry process for community and faith-based organizations.
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University of Michigan
M.A. , Linguistics , 1974 — 1977
Samuel Mahaffy was pre-candidate for a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Michigan. He qualified as being able to conduct academic research in two foreign languages. He was priveleged to be a student under Dr. Kenneth L. Pike a world-renowned linguist. Samuel Mahaffy was honored to be selected to be a presenter at a conference in honor of the retirement of Dr. Pike that was attended by linguists from around the world. While at University of Michigan, Samuel Mahaffy participated in the first international conference to focus on non-verbal communication. He volunteered providing assistance in communication to patients with aphasia. Additionally, he worked extensively with teaching English as a Second Language.
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Dordt College
B.A. , Philosophy, German , 1970 — 1974
Samuel Mahaffy majored in German and Philosophy. He was honored to be in a stream of scholars with roots in the reformational perspective that sought at integrated model to understand the role of faith in both academics and every-day life. While at Dordt College Samuel Mahaffy assisted in setting up and teaching a German Saturday School to teach German to elementary students. His work at Dordt College was supported by a scholarship from the Pullman Foundation.
- Activities and Societies:
- Pullman Scholar
Additional Information
Samuel Mahaffy’s Websites:
Samuel Mahaffy’s Interests:
Consulting and facilitation for non-profit organizations. Samuel Mahaffy has more than 30 years experience serving non-profits in K-12 education, higher education, and community and faith-based organizations
Samuel Mahaffy’s Groups:
Appreciative Inquiry for Faith-based Organizations
Samuel Mahaffy’s Honors:
Pullman Scholar
Illinois State Scholarship
Samuel Mahaffy’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
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