Cortney Busch

Consultant for nonprofit operations, finance, governance, Human Resources, strategy, and justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) assistance.

• Create, implement, and advise on operations, financial, and people operations policies, and procedures.
• Assist with budgets and forecasts. Perform banking duties.
• Manage governance for client organizations and for Mission Possible.
• Clients include, e.g., the National Urban League – Washington Bureau, The Syria Campaign, Reprieve US, Safety Valve Project, and Wine on Wheels.

Serve as operations leadership of organization, heading operations, finances, people operations, strategy, IT, and JEDI work at rapidly growing startup nonprofit.

• Build organizational culture. Plan and execute international staff retreats. Responsible for Human Resources.
• Create and manage the organization’s finances, draft financial policies, and facilitate annual audits. Manage all financial reporting, including budgets, cash flows, and grant reporting, for a rapidly growing budget (less than $500k to over $1m in one year).
• Create an equitable compensation structure, an anonymized recruitment strategy, a comprehensive onboarding system, and draft organizational policies.
• Manage governance, and serve as the staff liaison for the Governance, Compensation, and Financial and Audit Committees.

Executive Director of donor- and charities-advised fund while simultaneously heading all US operations for separate organization.

• Inaugural Executive director. Responsible for all policies, procedures, finances, and governance. Make grants of over $5m per year. Liaise with stakeholders.
• First US hire and responsible for all US business for Chapel & York.
• Operations, finances, and governance for 32 501(c)(3) clients, including startup multiple 501(c)(3)s.
• Create and implement processes and systems to streamline and assist both the Foundation and client 501(c)(3)s, as well as run Human Resources. Manage and train remote team members toward a shared vision and goal. Create and manage communications with stakeholders.

• Onboard, manage, and oversee the entire team of 15+. Create the overall campaign strategy and each department’s strategic implementation. Work with candidate to create and refine platform. Fundraise and create a plan, raising over $100,000 – setting a state record for a race at this level. Responsible for finances, budgets, and ensuring fiscal health. Create and maintain relationships with stakeholders.

Reactivate dormant 501(c)(3) and fully reinvigorate as operations, finance, governance, and Human Resources. Fundraise including individual donors, grant management, and events. Complete programmatic work and maintain federal security clearance.

Responsible for overseeing all non-programmatic work at organization. Responsible for operations, governance, finances, and Human Resources. Built a fundraising strategy, managed grants, and managed communications and advocacy for the organization.

• Assist in operations of the organization, including creation of policies and systems. Assist in Human Resources. Live in Pakistan and assist in setting up operational, programmatic, and investigative systems. Programmatic work challenging illegal detention and drone strikes in the “war on terror.” Maintain federal security clearance. Create and manage a conference culminating in coverage in Time magazine.