George Kellar Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Non-profit with a residential hospice facility, nationwide caregiver education program, 125 volunteer caregivers.Developed and executed strategies through periods of growth and wind down. Supervised 30 staff. Operations• Restructured the organization and managed finances with expense cost allocation and funding for each service.• Applied disciplined approach to fundraising using Salesforce. Spearheaded wind down of residential facility including staff relocation. Executed staging and sale of real estate at 27% over list price. Programs• Oversaw residential program serving hundreds of people for hospice / end-of-life care. • Directed program of 125 volunteer caregivers on the Palliative Care Ward at Laguna Honda Hospital. • Developed strategic business, financial, and marketing plans to launch a nationwide training program for professional and family caregivers. Trained over 2,000 caregivers.Development and Growth• Raised over $6M in grants and donations, including from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Elizabeth Ross Johnson Foundation, and Farallon Capital Management Foundation.• Secured $500K grant from Stupski Foundation to develop education curriculum. • Collaborated on short documentary (End Game) nominated for 2018 Academy Award.• Utilized strategic marketing to increase brand awareness, including TED talk resulting in over 9M views, new messages and websites, social / print media and speaking campaigns. Software industry experience prior to 2014:Chief Marketing Officer ( CMO ). . . . .Solutionary (IT security / cyber-security)COO / Chief Marketing Officer. . . . . .Opalis (Process automation)Chief Marketing Officer. . . . . . . . . . . .BigFix (Configuration management)Dir. of Worldwide Marketing / CMO. .Hewlett Packard Software / Novadigm (Configuration management)Vice President of Marketing. . . . . . . .ASK Group / Ingres (MRP / relational database / development tools)

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Network of affiliated Zen temples, retreat centers and businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area. Active leadership roles beginning in 1996 and continuing in 2019, including Board Member and Chair of the Board, Finance Committee Member and Chair of the Finance Committee, Development Committee Member, Long Range Planning Committee Member, and Chair of Vision Committee. • Led task force to reform healthcare benefits for students, faculty, and employees. • Developed 10-year strategic vision plan, aligned senior leadership, and drove financial and operational plan.• Spearheaded implementation of more transparent financial reporting and improved oversight of for-profit business operations. • As Board Chair in 2007, led Board approval and launch of $16M capital campaign for capital improvements, endowments and new programs.