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Lee Thorn ... President and Founder at Lee Thorn and Associates ... San Francisco Bay Area ... Nonprofit Organization Management

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Lee Thorn 1st Lee Thorn President and Founder at Lee Thorn and Associates San Francisco Bay AreaNonprofit Organization Management Previous Jhai Foundation Education University of San Francisco 500+ connectionsSend a messageEndorseMore options Last Conversation 1 year ago RelationshipContact Infofriends NoteReminderHow you met Tag Lee's new post on MAKING CHANGE FUN 10/22/2012 via LinkedIn1 year ago See More Background Summary I wish to consult with younger leadership on participatory development, visioning and ICTs used in a financially sustainable way for education, health and livelihood. I am particularly interested in self-empowerment of impoverished people with severe disabilities. Experience President and Founder Lee Thorn and Associates January 1975 – Present (39 years 6 months)San Francisco Bay Area Worked with over 150 companies, non-profits and individuals on planning, strategy and leadership development in nine countries, primarily in U.S. Senior Advisor Jhai Foundation July 2011 – December 2012 (1 year 6 months)San Francisco Bay Area Helping current leadership lead and debriefing contacts, visioning, past project lessons, and mentee network Chairman & Founder Jhai Foundation 1997 – July 2011 (14 years) The main people in Jhai Foundation are the kids. We're serious about this. The Lao people we work with look at everything we do as much as possible from the vantagepoint of the next generation. We follow suit. (Open)2 honors and awards Languages a little French Honors & Awards Winner Stockholm Challenge Award May 2001 Education track. Lauded for ground-breaking work in participatory planning and sustainability of high school based ICT projects. Best Practices - Financially sustainable ICT for Development UN, Asian Development Bank, Lao PDR, World Bank-SEAsia (4 awards) Over several years received awards for innovation in participatory planning, financial sustainability, the low power aspect requirements of the equipment and the practical programmatic use of the technology Skills & Endorsements Top Skills 62Strategy 52Nonprofits 48Leadership Development 38Non-profits 37Leadership 31Strategic Planning 21Program Management 21Fundraising 17Organizational... 14Policy Analysis Lee also knows about... 12Social Entrepreneurship 12Entrepreneurship 11Volunteer Management 10International... 10Start-ups 7Management Consulting 7Teaching 7Policy 5Business Strategy 5Business Planning 5Capacity Building 4Government 4Community Development 4Corporate Social... 3Coaching See 22+ Education University of San Francisco MBA, Business leadership 1993 – 1995 Asked to teach at USF before graduated from USF. Taught strategy, writing and leadership from 1995 to 1998 as lecturer. Activities and Societies: National Business Honors Society, student representative to University Board of Regents, teaching assistant in business writing University of California, Berkeley MA program, Chinese Studies 1969 – 1970 Teaching Assistant in Political Theory Activities and Societies: Chosen for honors classes, interested in relation of Confucianism and Chinese Communism University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley BA, Political Science 1961 – 1969 Activities and Societies: Took five graduate courses and three honors courses as undergraduate. Co-founded Veterans for Peace which eventually merged with Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Was student from 1961-64, then went in Navy and served off coast of Vietnam from 1964-66, then returned to Berkeley from 1966-69. Special interest was China. Additional Info Interests ecology, family, positive social change owned by low income people, and my communities - Excelsior neighborhood, San Francisco, online communities, vets, and independent living for people with disabilities, especially PTSD and other invisible disabilities Personal Details Birthday June 22, 1943 Marital Status Married Advice for Contacting Lee CONTACT INFO: lee@jhai.org +1 415 420 2870 facebook.com/lee.thorn.54 Best to call from 10-11am or 3-4pm San Francisco, CA USA. Respect yourself. Remember anyone - working with others she or he respects - can change the world. I have 40 years of experience leading and working with others to make positive, sustainable social change. You can do it! Recommendations Given (3) Peter, would you like to recommend Lee? Recommend Lee John Hawker John Hawker Director S E Asia John is an extraordinarily bright person with heart who is an expert in ICT used for development and for agriculture. He has worked extensively in SE Asia and elsewhere. I recommend him without reservation. May 30, 2014, Lee was John's client Alethea Tyner Paradis Alethea Tyner Paradis Director Alethea is a person of great integrity who offers young people the opportunity to see themselves through the eyes of people from other cultures. This is a grand and sometimes life-changing experience for the young people. I am a Vietnam veteran who has worked in Laos and Vietnam since the war. What she is doing to make these young folks understand war, SE Asia, and American history onsite, deserves highest praise. I recommend her highly. February 26, 2014, Lee was with another company when working with Alethea at Friendship Tours World Travel Jesse Thorn Jesse Thorn Owner Jesse Thorn is a superior human being with a fine lineage except for all the bastards. His laugh is loud and his smile is quick. He has many opinions, many of which he believes. His wife is beautiful, storng and very smart. Why she puts up with him I will never understand. No woman really 'puts up' with a Thorn man, as my wife will attest. They live with us and guide us with humor and wisdom and find us when we get lost on the street. We sometimes follow them but more often we space out. Spacing out is a sign of high intellignece, very high intelligence, as is bad spelling and typing. I've run out of breathe. I love my son. Lee Thorn chair, Jhai Foundation husband of Bernie, father of Jesse, John and Brendan March 7, 2009, Lee worked directly with Jesse at The Sound of Young America / Maximumfun.org See Less ConnectionsAll (500+)Shared (28)New (5) John MullerJohn Muller2nd Vice President - Global Payments Policy at eBay Inc Connect2Robert BergerRobert Berger2nd Co-Founder / Principal at Opscale, LLC Connect6Matt HaugheyMatt Haughey2nd Founder, MetaFilter Network, Inc. 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