for Nonprofit Leaders

Ken Saxon has facilitated groups for 20 years. Following a successful business career as an entrepreneur, he put his skills to work in the nonprofit sector as a Board leader, facilitator and coach. It was there that he was inspired to meet and work with many nonprofit leaders – heroic people doing critical work.  Yet he was shocked at how little was being invested in them.  Ken founded Courage to Lead, a leadership and renewal program, to build support and community around nonprofit executive leaders so they can do their best work and live their best lives.

 

Ken is a graduate of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and Princeton University, and he has completed the facilitator preparation program provided by the Center for Courage & Renewal.  He serves on a number of nonprofit boards, including the Santa Barbara Foundation, the Eleos Foundation and the Orfalea Fund.

Kim Stokely has spent 20 years as a nonprofit leader coaching emerging nonprofits and community groups as they’ve formed, developed, and taken action.  As founder and longtime Executive Director of Adopt-A-Watershed, Kim experienced the challenges of being a nonprofit leader for more than two decades.  Now as Executive Director of Leading From Within, she nurtures other nonprofit leaders in their professional and personal lives so that they can bring the gifts of leadership to whole-hearted service for others and the world.

Kim has facilitated a variety of workshops and retreats for leaders, and was prepared for this particular work by the Center for Courage and Renewal.  She is presently working toward certification in corporate and life coaching. Kim is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz and holds a teaching credential from California State University, Chico.