Shelli Herman and Associates Seeking CFO for Chrysalis
February 21, 2025 – Los Angeles-based Shelli Herman and Associates has been selected by Chrysalis to lead in its search for a vice president and CFO. Chrysalis seeks a strategic CFO who will report to and partner with president and CEO Mark Loranger, providing active leadership for all aspects of the agency’s finances, focused on uplifting overall organizational operations.
The CFO is responsible for strategically and operationally managing and safeguarding the organization’s assets and ensuring that all of Chrysalis’ financial functions perform optimally. This executive provides ongoing operational and strategic leadership across institutional concerns while offering a comprehensive view of the organization’s business affairs through relevant financial management and reporting.
The CFO will demonstrate the organization’s unwavering dedication to improving lives through quality service and innovation. Shelli Herman and Associates explains that this hands-on strategist will thrive in a fast-paced, diverse, inclusive, and dynamic environment where everyone contributes to nurturing and maintaining the culture. This leader must embody and demonstrate the utmost integrity and the highest standards of professional conduct, qualified by accomplishment and experience to earn the trust of a dedicated and motivated community.
The successful candidate will have at least 10 years of progressively senior leadership experience in a complex organization, managing finance, accounting, analysis, and reporting functions. This collaborative professional will have demonstrated expertise in delivering measurable results in a best-in-class organization with a high growth trajectory. The CFO will appreciate and demonstrate a proven understanding of the nuances of a profitable social enterprise that operates multiple lines of business. Familiarity with non-profit contracts and grants, governmental and foundation budgeting and invoicing, and intricate revenue streams would be highly advantageous. Shelli Herman and Associates’ client is open to candidates with experience from various environments, including but not limited to non-profit and grantmaking organizations, health and human service providers, higher education, and others focused on mission-focused service delivery.
Chrysalis serves people navigating barriers to the workforce by offering a job-readiness program, individualized supportive services, and paid transitional employment. The organization empowers clients on their pathway to stability, security, and fulfillment in their work and lives. For over four decades, Chrysalis has tackled the economic inequalities affecting Southern California’s most vulnerable populations, changing lives by helping people prepare for, find, and retain jobs. Since founder John Dillon opened the doors of Chrysalis Center in 1984 on Los Angeles’s Skid Row, the organization has assisted more than 85,000 individuals.
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Shelli Herman and Associates Inc. serves trailblazing clients across the corporate, non-profit, and higher education sectors. The firm’s long roster of clients includes the Annenberg Foundation; the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation; BENlabs; The Capital Group Companies/American Funds Distributors; City Year, Los Angeles; the Fresno Chaffee Zoo; the Griffith Observatory Foundation; Jewish Family Service LA; Laguna College of Art and Design; Loyola Marymount University; Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium; P.S. ARTS; the Saint Louis Zoo; Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County; the University of California System; the Whitney Museum of American Art; and YWCA Greater Los Angeles.
More Than 25 Years of Experience
Shelli Herman, who has more than 25 years of executive recruitment experience, has a strong record of leading searches and building upper management teams for a diverse clientele, including Fortune 500 companies. She has completed senior-level assignments in many industries, including consumer products, healthcare, high technology, and finance, as well as for non-profit, conservation, and cultural organizations. Additionally, she brings an in-depth understanding of the unique cultural environment of academia that was gained while she held significant management positions at the University of Florida and Loyola Marymount University.
Shelli Herman and Associates recently recruited Mathew Sinclair as the new CEO of Kiewit Luminarium in Omaha, NE. Linda Brandl, who has been serving as interim CEO, will continue to lead the organization until Sinclair assumes his position in February. “Mat Sinclair is an outstanding leader with a strong track record of building collaborative, community-focused initiatives,” said Trent Demulling, chair of Kiewit Luminarium’s board of directors. “His passion for creating hands-on, meaningful experiences in science and technology makes him the ideal CEO to drive Kiewit Luminarium’s mission forward.”
Mr. Sinclair brings more than 30 years of experience in museum leadership, strategic planning and community engagement. He began his career at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland, where he spent more than a decade in several key leadership roles, ultimately serving as vice president of education.
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
