Until retirement, Janet Rechtman co-led Fanning Institute’s nonprofit leadership development and capacity building practice. Janet has a doctorate in the field of Leadership and Change from Antioch University, a Masters from York University in Toronto, and a BA from Emory University in Atlanta. Her dissertation, “On Being a Nonprofit Executive Director,” documented the lived experience of nonprofit executives and is the foundation for her work in leadership development in the sector. Janet lives in Chico, California, where her poetry, fiction, and nonfiction continue to appear in a variety of publications.