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SUMMARY:Nonprofit Summit presented by Freedom First Credit Union
DESCRIPTION:People Power: Capacity\, Strategy & Talent\nNonprofits are powered by people\, but sustaining impact requires more than passion alone. Today's nonprofit leaders must build resilient organizations\, make strategic decisions in an increasingly complex environment\, and cultivate the talent needed to advance their missions.\n\nThe Nonprofit Summit brings together executive directors\, staff\, board members\, and community partners for a day of learning\, connection\, and inspiration. Through keynote presentations\, breakout sessions\, and peer networking\, attendees will gain practical strategies to strengthen their organizations and lead with confidence.\n\n\n\nThrough keynote presentations\, breakout sessions\, and peer networking\, attendees will leave equipped with practical strategies to strengthen organizational resilience\, improve operational effectiveness\, make more intentional decisions about growth\, cultivate high-performing teams\, and build workplace cultures that support both mission success and employee well-being. Participants will also have opportunities to exchange ideas and build meaningful connections with nonprofit leaders from across the region.\n\nThis year's program explores three critical pillars of nonprofit success:\n\nCapacity\n\nStrong nonprofits require healthy systems\, sustainable infrastructure\, and operational resilience. Explore strategies to improve efficiency\, strengthen partnerships\, leverage technology\, prevent burnout\, and create organizational practices that support long-term impact.\n\nStrategy\n\nIn a rapidly changing landscape\, strategic thinking is essential. Learn how organizations can navigate uncertainty\, respond to challenges\, build resilience\, and make intentional decisions that position them for sustainable growth.\n\nTalent\n\nPeople are at the heart of every mission. Discover approaches for attracting\, developing\, and retaining talented staff\, volunteers\, and board members while creating workplace cultures where individuals feel engaged\, supported\, and connected to a shared purpose.\n\nAdmission includes all keynote presentations and breakout sessions\, lunch\, and access to the networking reception featuring the Freedom First Ice Cream Truck.\n\nWho Should Attend?\n\nExecutive directors\, nonprofit staff\, board members\, emerging leaders\, volunteers\, funders\, and community partners committed to strengthening the nonprofit sector across the Lynchburg region.\n\n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n8:00 AM - 8:30 AM           Registration & Networking\n\n\n\n8:30 AM - 8:45 AM           Welcome & Presenting Partner\n\n\n\n9:00 AM - 10:30 AM         Opening Keynote Presented by Armstrong McGuire\n\n\n\n10:30 AM - 10:40 AM       Break\n\n\n\n10:45 AM - 11:45 AM       Breakout A\n\n                                             Building Resilient Nonprofits\n\n                                                Ty Smith\, Operational Excellence Leader\, Framatome\n\n\n\n                                             Culture Keeps Score: Why People Stay\, Leave or Quietly Check Out\n\n                                                Bonnie Chavez\, Chief Executive Officer\, Building Beloved Communities\n\n\n\n                                             Beyond Clients (System Approach): A Distinctive Approach to Building Consumer-Centered Care\n\n                                                Nicholette Antoniuk\, Chief Program Officer\, FIVE18 Family Services\n\n\n\n12:00 PM - 1:15 PM         Lunch Table Topics\n\n\n\n1:30 PM - 2:30 PM           Breakout B\n\n                                             Choosing Strategic Growth\n\n                                                Laura Hamilton\, Office of Advancement\, Washington and Lee University\n\n\n\n                                             Generations in the Workplace: Tips\, Tricks\, & Superpowers\n\n                                                Sarah Milston\, CEO\; The Spark Mill\n\n\n\n                                             Using AI to Increase Efficiency Without Sounding Disingenuous\n\n                                                Tim Schauer\, Interim Dean and Associate Professor\; University of Lynchburg\n\n\n\n2:30 PM - 2:45 PM           Break\n\n\n\n2:45 PM - 3:45 PM           Closing Keynote: Philanthropy Roundtable Group\n\n                                            Megan Huffman\, Director of Community Outreach & SHARE Greater Lynchburg\n\n\n\n3:45 PM - 5:00 PM           Networking Reception featuring the Freedom First Ice Cream Truck
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-family:tahoma\;"><span class="WdYUQQ text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none" style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 64)\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><b>People Power: Capacity\, Strategy &amp\; Talent</b></span></span></span>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\;">Nonprofits are powered by people\, but sustaining impact requires more than passion alone. Today&#39\;s nonprofit leaders must build resilient organizations\, make strategic decisions in an increasingly complex environment\, and cultivate the talent needed to advance their missions.</span></span></p>\n\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\;">The Nonprofit Summit brings together executive directors\, staff\, board members\, and community partners for a day of learning\, connection\, and inspiration. Through keynote presentations\, breakout sessions\, and peer networking\, attendees will gain practical strategies to strengthen their organizations and lead with confidence.<br />\n<br />\nThrough keynote presentations\, breakout sessions\, and peer networking\, attendees will leave equipped with practical strategies to strengthen organizational resilience\, improve operational effectiveness\, make more intentional decisions about growth\, cultivate high-performing teams\, and build workplace cultures that support both mission success and employee well-being. Participants will also have opportunities to exchange ideas and build meaningful connections with nonprofit leaders from across the region.</span></span></p>\n\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\;">This year&#39\;s program explores three critical pillars of nonprofit success:</span></span></p>\n\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\;"><strong>Capacity</strong><br />\nStrong nonprofits require healthy systems\, sustainable infrastructure\, and operational resilience. Explore strategies to improve efficiency\, strengthen partnerships\, leverage technology\, prevent burnout\, and create organizational practices that support long-term impact.</span></span></p>\n\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\;"><strong>Strategy</strong><br />\nIn a rapidly changing landscape\, strategic thinking is essential. Learn how organizations can navigate uncertainty\, respond to challenges\, build resilience\, and make intentional decisions that position them for sustainable growth.</span></span></p>\n\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\;"><strong>Talent</strong><br />\nPeople are at the heart of every mission. Discover approaches for attracting\, developing\, and retaining talented staff\, volunteers\, and board members while creating workplace cultures where individuals feel engaged\, supported\, and connected to a shared purpose.</span></span></p>\n\n<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\;">Admission includes all keynote presentations and breakout sessions\, lunch\, and access to the networking reception featuring the Freedom First Ice Cream Truck.</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\;"><strong>Who Should Attend?</strong><br />\nExecutive directors\, nonprofit staff\, board members\, emerging leaders\, volunteers\, funders\, and community partners committed to strengthening the nonprofit sector across the Lynchburg region.</span></span></p>\n<br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="color:#FF8C00\;"><span class="WdYUQQ text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none"><strong>Agenda</strong></span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n8:00 AM - 8:30 AM&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Registration &amp\; Networking<br />\n<br />\n8:30 AM - 8:45 AM&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Welcome &amp\; Presenting Partner<br />\n<br />\n9:00 AM - 10:30 AM&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Opening Keynote Presented by Armstrong McGuire<br />\n<br />\n10:30 AM - 10:40 AM&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Break<br />\n<br />\n10:45 AM - 11:45 AM&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Breakout A<br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<b>Building Resilient Nonprofits</b><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<u>Ty Smith\,</u>&nbsp\;Operational Excellence Leader\, Framatome<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;<strong>Culture Keeps Score: Why People Stay\, Leave or Quietly Check Out</strong><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\; <u>Bonnie Chavez</u>\, Chief Executive Officer\, Building Beloved Communities<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;<b>Beyond Clients (System Approach): A Distinctive Approach to Building Consumer-Centered Care</b><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\; <u>Nicholette Antoniuk</u>\, Chief Program Officer\, FIVE18 Family Services<br />\n<br />\n12:00 PM - 1:15 PM&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Lunch Table Topics<br />\n<br />\n1:30 PM - 2:30 PM&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Breakout B<br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;<strong>Choosing Strategic Growth</strong><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\; <u>Laura Hamilton</u>\, Office of Advancement\, Washington and Lee University<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;<b>Generations in the Workplace: Tips\, Tricks\, &amp\; Superpowers</b><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\; <u>Sarah Milston</u>\, CEO\; The Spark Mill<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;<b>Using AI to Increase Efficiency Without Sounding Disingenuous</b><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\; <u>Tim Schauer</u>\, Interim Dean and Associate Professor\; University of Lynchburg<br />\n<br />\n2:30 PM - 2:45 PM&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Break<br />\n<br />\n2:45 PM - 3:45 PM&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Closing Keynote: Philanthropy Roundtable Group<br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<u>Megan Huffman</u>\, Director of Community Outreach &amp\; SHARE Greater Lynchburg<br />\n<br />\n3:45 PM - 5:00 PM&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Networking Reception featuring the Freedom First Ice Cream Truck<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<img alt="" height="175" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/2276/Image/2025ChairmansCircle.png" style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 64)\; 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LOCATION:Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance 300 Lucado Pl.\, Lynchburg\, VA 24501
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URL:https://business.lynchburgregion.org/events/details/nonprofit-summit-07-29-2026-9573
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