Eric Schmall — Director of Consultation for the Center for Nonprofit Excellence since April, 2001. Previously Eric has held management and organizational consulting positions during the past 25 years in the for-profit sector. Eric was awarded his Project Management Professional designation from the Project Management Institute in 2000. He has served as an adjunct professor at Indiana University Southeast's graduate School of Business and taught in Bellarmine University's nonprofit leadership certification program . In 2006 Eric became a Licensed Consultant with the Standards for Excellence Institute, an organization committed to raising the level of ethics and accountability in nonprofit organizations. (Email: eschmall@cnpe.org)

Alina Pabin-Prusak - Director of Training joined the CNPE team in October of 2006.  Prior to her work here, Alina worked for a Michigan-based health care quality improvement organization where she managed projects focused on improving patient outcomes and experience in long-term care and hospital settings.  She has nine eight years of experience in nonprofit management that includes leadership positions such as the executive director of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Michigan Chapter, the director of the Detroit Asthma Coalition.  Her academic career includes a master's degree in urban planning from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and an undergraduate degree in social work from Eastern Michigan University.  She has also completed graduate course work in nonprofit management and is certified by the American Society of Quality as a Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence. In 2007, she received the “Way to Go Woman” award from Today’s Woman Louisville.  (Email: apabinprusak@cnpe.org)

Desiree P Jones - Membership & Development began work with CNPE on December 1, 2007.  Desiree studied at the University of KY, completing a BS degree (cum laude) in Agricultural Communications, Education and Leadership.  In addition, she studied Multiculturalism and Social change through the School of International Training in Cape Town, South Africa.  Upon returning to Louisville, Desiree recruited and trained volunteers for Louisville's city-wide literacy intiative, Every1Reads.  She also served to coordinate Service Learning Initiatives for the JCPS Volunteer Talent Center.  (Email: dpjones@cnpe.org)