Debbie contributes her expertise, experience and learnings from decades in nonprofit and philanthropy leadership and small business and nonprofit development to Kind Capital’s mission achievement. Debbie’s deep commitment to equity, cross-sector partnerships and activating catalytic capital has resulted in a track record of successful equity-centered initiatives, innovative philanthropic strategies, impact investing field-building, and systems-level change. Debbie nurtures Kind Capital’s strategic partnerships and the conditions to co-develop scalable, sustainable impact with equity-centered, systematic, integrated solutions across multiple stakeholders: community, public, private and philanthropy that leverage the full spectrum of impact investing tools. Debbie was CEO of San Diego Grantmakers, of Philanthropy California; COO of the Council of Michigan Foundations; founding Executive Director of NorthSky Nonprofit Network; founding board member and Managing Director of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas (20 countries of the Americas); and founder and small business owner of McKeon & Associates, Inc.(M&A) that provided executive management and consulting services on six continents, and building international public-private partnerships. Debbie received a Bachelor of Music, Central MI University; League of American Orchestras Management Fellowship; Small Business Counselor Certification Grand Valley State University; and certifications in governance, strategic restructuring, community philanthropy, fundraising, & healing circle facilitation.
