MICHAEL O'NEILL is Founder and Director of the Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management and Professor in the Department of Public Management at the University of San Francisco. He is the author of several books including EDUCATING MANAGERS OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS (Praeger, 1988). He is President of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action and an Associate Editor of the journal NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP.KATHLEEN FLETCHER, M.P.A., is a consultant and researcher in nonprofit organization management. In her capacity as Director of Community Programs for the Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management in 1996, she served as coordinator for the conference at which the papers in this book were first presented. She currently consults with nonprofit organizations in the areas of board development, strategic planning, and evaluation. She is an instructor in the nonprofit management programs at the University of San Francisco and has published research studies on board/executive relations, board diversity, and the effectiveness of consulting interventions in fundraising.