WomenVenture CEO Joins Georgetown’s New Strategies Program for Nonprofit Executives
At WomenVenture, we know that leadership isn’t just about making decisions—it’s about listening, adapting, and staying focused on long-term impact. This spring, our CEO, LeeAnn Rasachak, was invited to attend the New Strategies Program at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business—a national, invitation-only program designed to support nonprofit executives in navigating complex funding challenges and building organizational sustainability.
Led by the Business for Impact team at Georgetown, the four-day intensive brought together nonprofit leaders from across the country. The sessions, shaped by faculty and nationally recognized experts, centered on practical strategies for growing revenue, leading through uncertainty, and building resilient organizations in service to community.
For LeeAnn, the experience was both practical and deeply affirming:
“The New Strategies Program through Georgetown University McDonough School of Business is a transformational experience that provides nonprofit executives with comprehensive and supportive strategies to achieve long-term sustainability to serve their communities. The program brings together expertise from across the country. Meaningful connections were made that will sustain us in a VUCA world – Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity.
I am especially grateful for my peers, facilitators and speakers who openly shared their challenges and solutions. We have an abundance of possibilities for meeting this moment to improve systems change. Gratitude to Target Foundation for continuing to invest in WomenVenture and peer nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and communities across the country.“
This moment is especially meaningful as WomenVenture marks 25 years as a U.S. Small Business Administration Women’s Business Center (WBC). Together with our status as a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), we are proud to stand at the intersection of financial access, business training, and systems change—supporting women entrepreneurs who are transforming their families and communities, especially those historically excluded from these resources. Being part of New Strategies reinforces our commitment to thoughtful, long-term planning so we can continue serving our clients with care, clarity, and purpose.
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The federal FY26 Budget proposal threatens to eliminate the entire Women’s Business Center program and slash funding to CDFIs—cuts that would directly harm the small business owners we serve. We need your voice to help protect this vital work.
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