Armstrong McGuire is excited to announce that Becky Bumgardner is joining the team as Senior Advisor.

Did you know that there are 143 days until Christmas? Have you started shopping for gifts? I haven’t but plans are starting to take shape for December.

December 2022 I was diagnosed with Stage 0 breast cancer. I didn’t know there was such a thing as Stage 0 and I certainly didn’t want cancer to be part of my journey.

When I started working at Armstrong McGuire, I was asked to submit a professional bio and answer a few questions for our website. I made the connection recently that, at the time, I noted my favorite vacation spot was New Bern, NC.

My father was raised on a farm. While he has never been a professional farmer, farming, working the land, and producing something of value is in his DNA. What he was not born with is patience!

I am beyond excited about my upcoming retirement in the year 2043. In fact, according to my current calculations, I now have 20 years, 5 months, 3 hours, and a few seconds on the clock before I can go fishing every day.

In the field of geographic information systems (GIS) mapping, there is a term for verifying data and images collected at a high, macro level. The term is Ground Truth.

As many people in the nonprofits world know, making friends and maintaining relationships is important for a number of reasons. Having connections and networking is essential in talent acquisition as well.

As I sat down to write this week’s blog post, I realized the topic I had in mind was one I’ve already written about – the challenges of being a nonprofit executive director or CEO.