Leadership Recruiters

Lesley Mallow Wendell

Lesley Mallow Wendell is the President of Rosewood Consulting Group. She has been facilitating career and leadership development programs for groups and individuals since 1978. Prior to forming Rosewood Consulting Group, she was affiliated with OPTIONS, Inc., the Philadelphia-based career and human resource consulting organization for close to 10 years, most recently as its Executive Director. She has worked with individuals and groups at all organizational levels and has consulted with senior leadership teams, including CEO’s.

Until her association with OPTIONS, she held positions in advertising and academia. At Widener University, she was Director of Career Services and chaired the Committee on Multicultural Understanding and trained groups and individuals on issues related to diversity. Lesley has an undergraduate degree from University of Pennsylvania and an MS in Human Resource Management from Widener University. She has been active in professional associations and community associations, serving on the Board of WOMENS WAY and the Philadelphia chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management.

Matthew A. Hugg

Matt Hugg is President of FundraisingTalent.

Matt has a reputation for seeing the big picture, providing constructive feedback to his fellow leaders, motivating staff, and effectively working with his peers. Key to this success is identifying the right people for the right jobs. As Matt likes to put it, “People is it! Getting the right people in the right place, especially in development, is the path to fundraising success.”

Throughout his twenty years work in higher education, the arts, and human services, Matt has been known for creating effective development programs “from the ground up.” Most recently, Matt was the Chief Development Officer for The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA, where in 30 months he built a comprehensive development program, achieving record numbers of dollars and donor results in each fiscal year.

Incorporating his broad development and management experience, Matt is an Associate with Leadership Recruiters, assisting organizations and institutions in the identification and selection of development professionals for leadership roles.

Matt also serves as an Affiliate Faculty member at Eastern University (St. Davids, Pennsylvania, USA) where he develops curriculum and teaches graduate classes in fundraising, philanthropy, and marketing in the Nonprofit Management program. Recent assignments include consulting work in Asia, Africa, Europe, and within the U.S.

Matt has a Master of Arts in Philanthropy and Development from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota. He is a board member of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and an active member of the National Committee on Planned Giving. Matt serves on the boards of local civic, sectarian, and human service organizations.

Ryan E. Haaz, JD/MBA

Mr. Haaz provides project management to Leadership Recruiters. In this recruitment consulting role, Mr. Haaz conducts market research, provides position analysis, meets with clients to clarify job requirements, creates job postings, identifies talent, and screens applicants for leadership positions.

Mr. Haaz’s experience in entrepreneurial consulting, marketing strategies, project management, and relationship development provides a strong background for developing staff requirements, identifying talent, and matching candidates to positions. His legal background enables Mr. Haaz to take an analytical approach to establishing job fit and gives him knowledge of human resources requirements. In addition, his business background gives him insight into candidate experience, traits, and competencies that will lead to success in the position. It is this unique combination of law and business experience that leads to Mr. Haaz’s outstanding success as a project manager/recruiting consultant for Leadership Recruiters.

Mr. Haaz serves on the Board of Directors of The Parkinson Council of Philadelphia, a chapter of the National Parkinson Foundation for education and awareness of Parkinson’s Disease. He also volunteers for Alex’s Lemonade Stand, which raises money for childhood cancer, as well as Philabundance, the area’s largest regional food bank. Mr. Haaz earned his JD and MBA from Rutgers University and graduated from American University with a joint Bachelors’ degree in Law & Society and Communications.

Barbara L. Krasne

Prior to co-founding KrasnePlows, Barbara Krasne established BK Services Group, LLC, a management consulting firm for nonprofit organizations and privately-held companies. Earlier in her career, Krasne held leadership positions in the advertising, media, education and art worlds, including at USA Today International, Publicitas, and Artnet.com. In 2002, Krasne co-founded the Downtown Business Network, a business development membership organization for firms in lower Manhattan. A former CEO, Krasne has over 25 years of experience in all aspects of an enterprise, from strategy to marketing and sales to finance and operations, working with both for-profit and nonprofit organizations for over 25 years. She understands technology and has consistently used it to build successful businesses. Krasne serves on a number of corporate and nonprofit boards, frequently as an officer and member of the executive committee, including Christopher Norman Chocolates, Governance Matters, where she is currently secretary and co-chaired a board leadership research project, Inwood House, the Parent-Child Home Program, and historically, Body Positive, a community-based AIDS organization. She is a member of the University of Kansas Marketing Alumni Advisory Council and was a mentor for the National Social Venture Competition, sponsored by Columbia Business School and The Goldman Sachs Foundation. Krasne, a long-time resident of New York City, earned a B. A. in Art History and Psychology and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Kansas.

Judith J. Plows

As a co-founder of KrasnePlows, Judy Plows brings a strong combination of nonprofit and business experience. As chief operating officer of the Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), a leader in providing financial and advisory services to nonprofit organizations, she established two successful joint ventures that expanded NFF’s programs to new locations. She helped develop an innovative, replicable program to encourage nonprofits to establish building reserve funds. She also strengthened NFF’s financial, human resources, and technology functions to support its growth nationally. More recently, Plows was Executive Director of a start-up foundation dedicated to planning and establishing an Asian University for Women. Plows is a member of the board and investment, finance, and executive committees of Oberlin College. She also serves on the board and investment committee of United Educators, an insurance company for educational institutions. She spent 10 years in public secondary school education. Plows spent 20 years in numerous positions at J.P. Morgan and Co., Inc., including chief operating officer in Morgan’s Mutual Funds Group, head of Human Resources in Private Banking, and director of various client relationship groups. She also prepared strategic plans for its Investment Management arm. Plows holds an MBA in Finance from Wharton Graduate School of Finance, a Master of Arts in Teaching from Yale University, and a BA in History from Oberlin College. She is a member of the Alliance for Nonprofit Management.