About us

Dan Cain, founder and president of Cain Consulting Group, Inc, is a nationally recognized authority in management and governance, and has worked directly with nonprofit and government organizations since 1984. He has presented workshops in all fifty states and Canada for single boards, groups of boards, conferences, conventions and state, national, and international associations. He facilitates long-range strategic planning retreats and consults with boards and managers on special problem issues.

Dan is also the author of a complete line of training and development publications used by thousands of nonprofit boards throughout the US and Canada. He has assisted many state organizations to write board development materials for their member boards.

In addition to his wide experience working with nonprofit management and boards, Dan is himself an experienced board member and speaks from years in the trenches. This personal experience comes through loud and clear in his workshops as he presents the Cain governance model.

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Dr Gary Hayden has more than thirty years experience working with nonprofit staff and boards, including many years as a nonprofit CEO. He is very familiar with all the problems--board, management, and staff--of the modern nonprofit organization.

Gary is a recognized and published author of numerous articles on change, strategic planning, total-quality leadership, staff team-building, and many other management issues. His professional expertise combined with his warm personal style, win him accolades as a presenter and consultant. His extensive training and years of experience make him an ideal facilitator to work with both public and nonpublic organizations.

You'll find it tough to present Gary a board, management, or staff problem that he hasn't encountered and solved at least once in his career.