Associates of LeadTeam

Associates of LeadTeam are independent and experienced consultants or leaders in the profession. LeadTeam calls on them to support projects when clients have specific needs.

Zoe Flanagan, Research Associate
Zoe Flanagan, MPP, has 15 years of experience working in the nonprofit sector; beginning her career in fundraising and program management, she is now working as a researcher and program evaluator specializing in qualitative analysis methods. Currently she works at Oregon Community Foundation as a research assistant in the Community Impact Department where she conducts program evaluation of the Foundation’s long-term, state-wide initiatives with a focus on youth development. 
Zoe earned a BA in International Affairs from Lewis & Clark in 2011, and in 2018 earned her Master’s in Public Policy from Portland State University. During graduate school, she worked as a research assistant with the Center for Public Service on a workplace assessment for Portland Fire & Rescue. Upon completion of her degree, PSU awarded Zoe both the Presidential Award and Dean’s Award for Community Engagement.
She has volunteered abroad for organizations involved in international development work in Tanzania and Cambodia, for the local farmers market and for a local refugee resettlement agency, where she later worked as a program assistant. Zoe has also worked in fundraising with a diverse group of organizations including: World Affairs Council of Oregon, Oregon Health and Science University Foundation, and Caldera Arts.
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​Kelly Fischer, Associate
Kathleen “Kelly” Fischer, MA, CFRE has combined successful careers in both the for-profit and non-profit arenas.  For 18 years, she was owner and president of an award-winning marketing communications firm serving regionally- and nationally-based clients with strategic marketing plans, packaging and graphic design, advertising, direct response, and promotional materials.  In 2002, Kelly turned her volunteering passion into a second career as a non-profit leader, trainer and consultant.  Her client assignments include building organization capacity and sustainability, leadership development, governance training, resource development, and effective non-profit management.  Her volunteering passion has not abated; she continues to serve on non-profit boards and is an active member of an international service club. Her consulting business is Fischer Consulting in Wausau, WI.
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​Amy Yeakel, Associate
​Amy Yeakel is currently employed as a Program Specialist for a high school where she is the Director of Extended Learning. She served as the Education Program Director at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center (SLNSC), Holderness NH for 15 years.  Amy took a founding role in the formation of Blue Heron School, a nature-based preschool at SLNSC.   Prior to SLNSC, Amy was a Program Specialist at a residential environmental education center in New York state.  She holds a BS and MS in Biological Sciences.  Amy has served as President of both the New Hampshire Environmental Educators and New England Environmental Education Alliance. She is associated with the North American Association for Environmental Education, Association of Nature Center Administrators (she is currently Chair of the Mentor Program Committee) and assisted in the leadership effort for NH’s environmental literacy plan.   Amy is an active member of the NH Extended Learning Opportunities Network where she most recently received statewide recognition as Extended Learning Opportunities coordinator of the year.  Amy is passionately committed to engaging, non-traditional educational approaches.  She recently served as the Team Lead on an ANCA Peer consult.