ESC’s Closes Out the Year with 2023 Celebration of Service

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” That certainly was the sentiment as we came together on December 12th to celebrate our fellows, consultants, and board members at ESC’s Annual Celebration of Service. Due to illness, both ESC President, Julie Crockford, and Board Chair, Bonnie Clendenning, were unable to attend. Andrew Spooner, Associate Director […]

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Struggling to find staff? ESC has a Solution for you!

See How an ESC Fellow Can Help Address Your Nonprofit’s Needs Nonprofits nationwide are reporting significant difficulties retaining staff and filling positions. If you are struggling to hire for certain roles, an ESC Fellow could be the right solution for your organization. The ESC Fellowship program is designed to connect experienced professionals with nonprofit organizations […]

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Empower Success Corps Accepting Applications for Next Cohort of Catalyst Fellows

Fellowship program for mid-career professionals of color starts in January 2024 Building on the success of our first year, ESC is recruiting for a new group of participants for the 2024 program. Catalyst provides mid-career professionals of color with training to develop consulting skills that will advance their careers. Starting in January and running for […]

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ESC Names Two New Board Members

Empower Success Corps (ESC) is pleased to announce the election of two new members to its board of directors: Elijah Evans, a nonprofit Executive Director, Consultant, Youth Worker, and Workshop & Retreat Facilitator and Rachel Winkeller, a senior executive who specializes in strategic and business planning, outcome measurement, and change management and serves as an […]

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ESC Celebrates Catalyst Fellows

Cassandra Clay, an ESC consultant and advisor for the ESC Catalyst program, shared a few words as we celebrated welcoming the fellows into ESC’s consulting corps in mid-May. “This fellowship program grew out of a consulting project with Nurys Camargo and the nonprofit, Chica Project, that Nurys founded and led for many years. Chica Project was an ESC […]

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Learn More about ESC: Attend an Info Session

Would you like to use your hard-earned business or nonprofit leadership skills to give back to your community in a meaningful way? Empower Success Corps (ESC) connects experienced professionals with rewarding opportunities that help nonprofits throughout New England. Whether you are looking to become a volunteer nonprofit consultant or want to complete a high-impact, paid […]

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ESC’s 2022 Annual Report

We are pleased to present the 2022 Annual Report. Over the past few years the theme of the report has been resilience, adaptation, change and innovation. While we are proud of how we navigated the pandemic, we are overjoyed that our theme for this year’s report is “a year of celebration.” We celebrated our 40th […]

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ESC Catalyst Fellowship moves from training to practice

ESC’s Catalyst Fellowship program is passing a momentous milestone: the pilot cohort of this professional development effort for mid-career professionals of color is moving from the training phase to hands-on work on ESC consulting teams! Since October, a diverse cohort of 18 from around New England has undergone ESC’s rigorous onboarding suite of management consulting […]

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Next Nonprofit Executive RoundTable Starts in September 2023

Are you a nonprofit Executive Director or CEO looking to exchange learnings from other leaders in the field? ESC’s Nonprofit Executive RoundTable (NET) is currently registering new participants. NET provides a confidential forum for nonprofit executives to share challenges and get constructive feedback from smart, connected leaders who understand the unique challenges of the job. […]

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