Tim Sievers

Executive Director

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Tim Sievers, comes to our organization with 22 years of experience in public relations, fundraising, and nonprofit management.  His educational background includes a BA in History and Political Science from Greenville University as well as a Nonprofit Best-Practices Management Certificate from Saginaw Valley State University.

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Tim has prior experience as executive director of a youth mentoring agency in Montana, during which he also served as president of the statewide organization and as a founding co-chair of a nationwide committee dedicated to advocating for small agencies.  

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His commitment extends to the entire nonprofit sector as evidenced by his service on the Montana Nonprofit Association's Nonprofit Policy Council, which lobbied the state legislature for policy action on behalf of the nonprofit community, and as a member of the Flathead Nonprofit Development Partnerships, a local nonprofit network, where he served on the program committee and taught workshops on the importance of relationships/alliances for nonprofits and tips and tricks for fundraising success.

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Tim got his start in the nonprofit world writing grants for a private fund development company, and when the time was right, moved into a working nonprofit as a fund development professional and later CEO.

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Throughout his career, Tim has received local, regional, national, and international acclaim for his public relations strategies from the Public Relations Society of America (Central Michigan Chapter and East Central District), Communicator Awards, and the MarCom Awards.

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Tim and his wife, Tracy Lee, reside in Palouse, WA with their three children, two golden retrievers, one parrot, and a small flock of free-loading chickens.