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Peter Brinckerhoff has spent
his entire adult life working in, around, and for not-for-profits. He
is dedicated to the concept that a not-for-profit organization is a
mission-based business, in the business of doing its mission.
When Peter formed his firm, Corporate Alternatives,
inc. in 1982 it was the first consulting and training company in the
United States dedicated exclusively to the management concerns of
501(c) (3) organizations.
A former VISTA Volunteer, Peter knows how
not-for-profits work from his experience as a volunteer, his work as a
staff member and later as executive director of two regional
not-for-profits, and from his service on numerous state, local, and
national not-for-profit boards. He brings this understanding of the
many perspectives in a not-for-profit organization to his work.
Peter is an award-winning author, with eight books and
two workbooks in print, and over 60 articles published in the
not-for-profit press. The first two books in his acclaimed Mission-Based Management
Series won the prestigious Terry McAdam Award from the Alliance for
Nonprofit Management. The award is given for "The Best New Nonprofit
Book" each year. He is the only author to win the award twice. Peter's
books are used as texts in courses at the undergraduate and graduate
nonprofit management programs in over 60 colleges and universities
worldwide. Peter's newest book, Generations,
The Challenge of a Lifetime for Your Nonprofit, was released by
Fieldstone in March, 2007.
Peter is also a highly acclaimed speaker and lecturer,
presenting his ideas on how to make not-for-profits more effective to
dozens of audiences across the United States as well as overseas each
year.
From 2003-2007, Peter was an Adjunct Professor of
Nonprofit Management at the Kellogg School of Management at
Northwestern University. He taught the core graduate course in the
Nonprofit Management program at Kellogg. In addition, Peter has guest
lectured at the graduate level at Boston University, University of Colorado, University of
Illinois, and Vanderbilt University.
Peter received his Bachelor's Degree from the
University of Pennsylvania, and his Master's Degree in Public Health
Administration from Tulane University. Raised in Connecticut, Peter and his family lived in Springfield, IL
from 1977-2007. Peter and his wife now call Union Hall, VA home.
Peter can be contacted by email at peter@missionbased.com
