Lake Tahoe Non-Profit Seeks Executive to Lead Restoration, Recreation, Education Funding Efforts
TAHOE CITY, Calif. and INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – January 10, 2012 – The non-profit Tahoe Fund has engaged Olive Grove Consulting of Belmont, CA to conduct a search for the Fund’s founding Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Over the next 10 years the CEO will be responsible for raising and distributing $50 million to restore and enhance the Lake, including work on bike trails, restoration projects, interpretive programs, public parks and related projects. Founded in 2010, Tahoe Fund raises private money to supplement the limited public funding available for such efforts.
“It is with great anticipation that we start this search for a leader who will bring visibility to the organization and help us achieve the ambitious goals we have set,” said Cindy Gustafson, President of the Tahoe Fund Board of Directors. “A CEO will give us the infrastructure needed to raise funds and complete projects that will benefit current and future generations.”
The CEO, reporting to the Board of Directors, will manage and lead all aspects of the Tahoe Fund, a 501(c)(3) corporation. At the outset the CEO will be responsible for building the Fund’s organizational infrastructure along with leading the Board in developing the Fund’s strategy. Critical to the Fund’s success will be relationships the CEO will build with leaders, donors and donor prospects from around the region, including Reno, Las Vegas, Sacramento, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and nationally with those who share in the mission and vision of the Fund.
The Tahoe Fund raised over $600,000 in donations last year and has funded its first three projects in the Tahoe Basin.
More information on the CEO position is available at OliveGroveConsulting.com.
About the Tahoe Fund
The mission of Tahoe Fund is to restore and enhance the extraordinary natural environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin by building broad support for projects and programs that increase the enjoyment of the region for current and future generations. Tahoe Fund supports short- and long-term project-based enhancements to the natural environment and infrastructure of the Lake Tahoe Basin. The Fund focuses grants on the core areas of conservation, recreation and education/stewardship.
About Olive Grove Consulting
Since 2002, Olive Grove Consulting has worked with the leaders of nonprofits, philanthropic organizations, corporations, and public agencies who are intent on building a vibrant and just society. In 2011, the firm tripled in size and completed over 100 projects. Clients include San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco, and the Schwab Charitable Fund.
