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About the Role
Leadership Council San Mateo County strengthens leaders and fosters public-private sector relationships to spark innovation, civic engagement, and positive impact across the region. The Executive Director will provide strategic, financial, relational, and cultural leadership as the organization enters its next phase of growth, directing all efforts to grow and sustain LCSMC’s impact and ensure a clear path to long-term financial stability. This highly relational role is well suited for a trusted convener, experienced fundraiser, and disciplined organizational leader who is energized by civic leadership and cross-sector collaboration.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the Board of Directors to implement, monitor, and refine Leadership Council SMC’s strategic plan, helping the organization evolve from founder-led to professionally led.
- Assess growth opportunities with discipline, ensuring new initiatives align with mission, community needs, organizational capacity, and financial sustainability.
- Build systems and structures that enable growth while preserving relationships, quality, culture, and mission.
- Lead with an equity-centered, community-responsive lens.
- Lead and grow a diversified revenue strategy across foundations, corporate sponsors, government partners, individual and alumni giving, and earned revenue.
- Cultivate and steward major funders and donors directly, and activate Board members as fundraising partners.
- Ensure long-term financial stability.
- Oversee the Leadership CORPS and Emerging Leaders Immersion Programs, LEAD Local, and the Community Acceleration Projects (CAP) model, ensuring quality, relevance, and financial sustainability.
- Serve as a credible, welcoming public presence at programs, preserving the sense of belonging and connection that defines the participant and alumni experience.
- Use participant and alumni feedback to guide program growth, simplification, or sunsetting.
- Lead, coach, and develop the staff team, building a culture of trust, transparency, and accountability.
- Serve as the primary staff partner to the Board, preparing clear materials and supporting effective governance.
- Steward the alumni network as a source of connection, leadership, and support.
- Represent Leadership Council SMC as a trusted ambassador with public officials, funders, private sector partners and community partners.
- Oversee budgeting, financial reporting, compliance, and operational systems.
- Guide communications and storytelling that build stakeholder trust, especially through the transition.
Requirements
- 5-10 years of nonprofit leadership experience (ED, CEO, or senior leadership level).
- Strong fund development track record, including donor cultivation, stewardship, and institutional fundraising.
- Experience managing staff and building a healthy team culture.
- Experience working effectively with a nonprofit board.
- Strong financial management and communication skills.
- Knowledge of San Mateo County or a similar regional cross-sector environment.
- Experience with leadership development, civic education, or cohort-based programs.
- Experience leading an organization through founder transition or organizational change.
- Prior participation in Leadership Council SMC or a comparable program.
Skills
- Strategic thinking
- Relationship building
- Financial management
- Communication
- Fundraising
- Team leadership
- Organizational development
- Cross-sector collaboration
- Civic leadership
Location
- San Mateo County
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior leadership
- Executive Director
- CEO
Salary/Compensations
- $175,000 - $180,000
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
About the Company
- Leadership Council San Mateo County strengthens leaders and fosters public-private sector relationships to spark innovation, civic engagement, and positive impact across the region.
- Founded in 2020, Leadership Council SMC was built on the belief that strong, connected communities are cultivated through cross-sector relationships, shared purpose, intentional leadership, and sustained effort.
- In just a few years, it has grown from a start-up nonprofit into a respected countywide civic leadership organization with strong program demand, a growing alumni network, and deep relationships across sectors.
- The organization is now preparing for a transition from founder-led leadership to a professional Executive Director model.
Equal Opportunity
- Leadership Council SMC is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable organization, and strongly encourages applications from candidates of all backgrounds and lived experiences, including those who reflect the diversity of San Mateo County.