In Good Standing: Protecting Your Nonprofit from Risk

Sarah Olivieri is the change you’ve been searching for. The breath of fresh air that will reinvigorate your organization and reignite your spark of joy for the impact you can have. A globally-renowned speaker and #1 international bestselling author, she has two decades of nonprofit leadership experience and she’s poured her insight, expertise and vast knowledge into creating The Impact Method™️ - a powerful framework that helps nonprofits and for-profits alike simplify their operations, improve their capacity, build aligned teams, and make a bigger impact without getting overwhelmed or burning out.

Sarah holds a BA from the University of Chicago with a focus on globalization and its effect on marginalized cultures, and a master's degree in Humanistic and Multicultural Education from SUNY New Paltz. When she isn't helping nonprofit leaders or on "mom duty", you can find her out sailing on the Hudson River.

Josh is a Vice President and Account Executive in Parker, Smith & Feek's Commercial Department. He helps lead their Food, Beverage & Agribusiness and Manufacturing Practice Groups, which includes food and meat processors, apple growers, seafood processors, and frozen vegetable and bottled water manufacturers. He works with a team to develop responsive insurance programs that address the special needs of food processing clients such as property, cargo, auto, excess, workers’ compensation, equipment breakdown, and in particular, food product recall and contamination.

Josh has experience in life and disability, employee benefits, and commercial insurance from his work at a large, global brokerage firm. He has advised large, complex employers in the Puget Sound on their technology, recruiting practices, insurance programs, and risk management. Those experiences have provided valuable insights and skills for evaluating risks and negotiating insurance coverages with carriers, as well as fully understanding the complexity of an organization from the human resource and finance perspective.

Josh joined Parker, Smith & Feek in 2014. He graduated from the University of Puget Sound with a B.S. in business management and marketing. Josh serves on the board of Food Lifeline and recently finished his term as the president for the Foundation Board at Providence Mount Saint Vincent. He is actively involved in the NW Fisheries Association, NW Salmon Canners, Propeller Club, Transportation Club, and Food NW.

Volunteers Insurance Service Association (VIS) provides insurance and risk management services to volunteer-based organizations in every state and the District of Columbia, to protect their volunteers against the most common risks they face. VIS (www.visvolunteers.com) also provides cost-savings opportunities for its members, on a variety of best-in-class products and services nonprofits need.

William consults with the leadership of VIS on serving and increasing the organization's membership, oversee Website operations and social media marketing in concert with VIS's providers for those services, and develop relationships with other organizations that serve the nonprofit community. He is a frequent speaker, at nonprofit conferences and in webinars, on managing the risks of volunteer engagement.

Shakespeare was my passion at University of California, Los Angeles. Before I set out to become a literature professor, my mentors encouraged me to join the workforce to gain experience. That is when I landed at Charles Schwab, where I found a new passion for educating people about investments, the stock market and financial planning. I followed that career trajectory for 25+ years, working for mPower Advisors (early robo advisory firm for 401k participants), Barclays Global Investors and iShares / BlackRock. My passion now continues through founding Fairlight where I help nonprofits, foundations and endowments invest to achieve their mission.