About Doug

DOUG EADIE’S BOTTOM LINE

Doug Eadie’s work as a consultant and educator produces dramatic benefits for nonprofit and public organizations. With Doug you'll realize:

• A close, positive, productive board-CEO partnership that can withstand inevitable stresses and strains.
• A clearly defined board governing role and well-designed board governing structure and processes.
• A satisfied board that feels strong ownership of its governing role and work.
• Effective management of high-stakes strategic issues facing your organization.

DOUG EADIE’S BACKGROUND

Founder and president of Doug Eadie & Company, Doug has spent over 20 years helping more than 500 nonprofit and public organizations to build higher-impact governing bodies, develop stronger board-CEO partnerships, and update their strategic directions. Doug has worked with public and nonprofit organizations of all shapes and sizes in diverse fields, including: association management; health care; aging; education; public transportation; economic and community development; and more.

Developer of the powerful High-Impact Governing Model™, Doug has written 19 books and over 100 articles on board and chief executive leadership and strategic change management. Doug’s columns and articles have appeared in such magazines and journals as American School, Associations Now, Economic Development Journal, Nonprofit World, Passenger Transport, and School Administrator. Doug has presented keynotes and workshops at annual meetings of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, the American Association of School Administrators, the American Bar Association, the American Society of Association Executives, the International Economic Development Council, and the American Public Transportation Association, among others.

Doug is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Illinois-Urbana and received his master of science in management degree from the Weatherhead School of Case Western Reserve University.

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