Shelli Bischoff
The founder of Conservation Impact and Nonprofit Impact, Shelli brings 35 years of experience in nonprofit management, technical assistance, training, and consulting, helping clients cut through the noise and produce powerful results. Clients love Shelli’s direct, truth-telling style and no-nonsense approach as she helps them focus on the “business of the business” and challenges them to be even more potent and powerful than they imagined they could be.
About Shelli
“I am so lucky to have loved almost every minute of my 24 years at Conservation Impact and Nonprofit Impact. My passion, and great joy and honor, is helping to create stronger organizations whose critical work saves lives, builds better communities, and protects our earth.”
Experience
- Founded Conservation Impact in 1996
- Consulted with more than 1,000 nonprofits and agencies nationwide, in Canada, and in the Philippines
- Developed and managed two revenue-generating enterprises of nonprofit institutions as well as Colorado’s 14 Small Business Development Centers
- Developed and managed parks and recreation technical assistance centers in a 10-state region and a statewide technical assistance program serving juvenile justice organizations
- Served as adjunct faculty member in the Masters of Nonprofit Management Program at Regis University, as a visiting professor at College of the Atlantic, and as an adjunct professor at the Colorado School for Public Health
Education
- Master of Public Administration with nonprofit emphasis – University of Colorado Denver
- Bachelor of Arts in environmental conservation – University of Colorado Denver
What Clients are Saying about Shelli
“You’ve been our North Star always out there ready to help us get back on track.”
“You hit just the right balance of guiding the discussions and letting the board figure it out as we went along.”
“A very engaging presenter!”
