The Challenge of Change

Leadership strategies for not-for-profit executives and boards. An essential primer by the former director of one of America's most influential nonprofits.

A national leader and innovator in the fields of social service and youth development, Philip Coltoff led The Children's Aid Society in New York City from 1981 to 2005 and continues to consult for the organization. He is also executive-in-residence and a visiting professor at New York University School of Social Work. Under Coltoff's leadership, The Children's Aid Society's budget grew from $10 million to $80 million annually and its award-winning community school and teen pregnancy prevention programs were adapted in more than 1,500 sites nationally and internationally.