VISION
Exceptional Leadership for Mission-Driven Organizations.
MISSION
To partner with mission-driven leaders to enhance governance and strategy effectiveness for exceptional outcomes.
Our goal...
Is quite simply to help strengthen how organizational leaders utilize both the formal and informal authority that has been vested in them to govern.
Yes, the legal issues are central to good governance, but they are only one component. Good governance also includes broad issues like building a trusting and effective leadership team, fostering effective board renewal, holding others accountable, defining clear roles and responsibilities and thinking in a genuinely strategic manner.
Our philosophy is a collaborative one.
We will ask not only the tough questions but the right ones and we will commit ourselves to join you and your colleagues on a path towards discovery and growth.
It matters how you govern and lead your organization.
Driven by a strong commitment to impact organizations at the highest level, Quantum Governance focuses its work in the Board room, with the CEO and other members of senior management – knowing that these individuals have the greatest impact on organizational governance and effectiveness.
In the firm’s short tenure, Quantum Governance has built a reputation as a leading consulting practice among credit unions, nonprofits, professional associations, security organizations, governmental entities, foundations, and corporations. Today, the firm works with more than 100 clients located across the United States and internationally, including the United Kingdom, Bermuda, and South Korea.
What is an L3C?
Quantum Governance is a unique L3C organization that integrates the best elements of both the for- and non-profit communities into one practice. It is a low-profit, limited-liability service organization dedicated to the public good and one of the very first such legal hybrid organizations in the United States. For more information on our innovative L3C structure, please read this great article on L3Cs.
MEET OUR TEAM
About Paul Dionne
Chief Strategy Officer & Lead Consultant
About Lynette Smith
Chief Engagement Officer
About Lauren Paradise
Governance Consulting Administrator
Adjunct Consultants
Taras Nohas is the Founder and Principal of TN Governance & Strategy and an Adjunct Consultant with Quantum Governance. Taras has extensive board experience and a true passion for credit union governance. In addition to his firsthand experience, Taras successfully completed the Institute of Corporate Directors Program Designation (ICD.D) at Rotman University, as well as Rotman's Credit Union Directors program (CCD). Recognizing the importance of lifelong learning Taras completed his Master’s Certificate in Risk Management and Business Process from the Schulich School at York University and the Executive Managers Program at the University of Alberta.
Taras’ career has been marked by continuous advancement and learning and he served as the Director of Strategy at Servus Credit Union. Taras quickly joined the Executive Leadership Team as Vice President Strategy and Governance followed by his role as SVP Strategy and Governance. As an executive team member, Taras worked closely with the CEO and Board of Directors at Servus. Over the course of his career Taras has been a Board member on several for profit and nonprofit boards. In October 2022, Taras earned the Certified Management Consulting designation (CMC), which represents a commitment to the highest standards of consulting and adherence to CMC Canada’s Uniform Code of Professional Conduct. Taras is a native of Edmonton and in his early education, completed a Bachelor of Commerce and an MBA at the University of Alberta.
Cristina Wineinger, President of Wineinger & Associates is an adjunct Senior Consultant at Quantum Governance. Cristina has over 27 years of experience in all aspects of nonprofit management and consulting both in the United States and Bermuda (where she was born and raised). Her diverse client base includes churches, private schools, environmental agencies, cultural organizations, social service providers and hospitals. Her consulting services encompass capital campaign management, business assessments, governance, strategic planning and nonprofit mergers. In the last 27 years, Cristina has provided guidance to fundraising campaigns totaling over $175 million. One of her more recent clients is the Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust where she helped raise $35 million in a country of only 65,000 people. This fundraising campaign is the largest in Bermuda’s history. Additionally, Cristina has helped many nonprofits to chart their path forward through comprehensive strategic assessments and planning. In 2005, Cristina moved to the US with her family and launched Wineinger & Associates, Ltd., a full-service consulting firm for nonprofits. Wineinger & Associates serves a variety of nonprofit organizations both in Bermuda and across the US. In addition to her business, Cristina is a popular speaker both in Bermuda and the US and an Executive Partner at the College of William & Mary’s Mason School of Business.
Allen DeLeon was a Founding Partner of DeLeon & Stang, CPAs and Advisors and has served as an Adjunct Consultant on credit union audits, fraud and risk assessments and compliance engagements.
Al has over 35 years of experience including audit, tax, business, and financial services advisory to credit unions, nonprofit organizations and business organizations. The firm, DeLeon & Stang, has developed a particular expertise in the area of credit union auditing, financial services and in working with credit union Supervisory/Audit Committees. Al is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Maryland Association of CPAs, the American Society of Association Executives, the Maryland & DC Association of Credit Unions, the Metropolitan Area Credit Union Association and the Association of Credit Union Internal Auditors. Al is an experienced Board member, having served on the Holy Cross Health Foundation as Vice Chair and as Chair of both its Governance and Finance Committees. He has also served as a Board member and Treasurer of the PIC MC Foundation of Montgomery College, Treasurer of the Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union and Board Chair of the Maryland Association of CPAs.
Perry Haaland, Ph.D. Statistician is an expert in a wide range of statistical methodologies. Dr. Haaland has more than 30 years of professional experience as a statistician. He brings the practical experience of solving complex problems in an industrial research setting along with well-honed skills in explaining statistical concepts to management at all levels. He retired in 2017 as the lead statistician at Becton Dickinson, a Fortune 250 medical technology company. Dr. Haaland is a strong proponent of effective graphical analyses, having been one of the founding members of the Section on Statistical Graphics of the American Statistical Association. Dr. Haaland is currently Adjunct Professor of Statistics at UNC-Chapel Hill where he is developing a curriculum for teaching data science to graduate students in statistics.
Kenny Sigler is an Independent and Adjunct Consultant with a decade of experience helping nonprofits across the country with feasibility studies, capital campaigns, and major gift strategies. He is a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) and has served as the President of the Board for the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) – East Texas Chapter.
Kenny is formerly the Vice President of Operations and Senior Consultant for a nonprofit management consulting firm. He is an experienced professional having helped guide a multitude of nonprofit organizations through fundraising campaigns, strategic planning, and board governance issues. Kenny is the former Executive Director of Advancement Services at University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center. His leadership of the gift officers and fundraising support staff launched a capital campaign, provided oversight of endowment compliance, and initiated the fundraising strategy to launch a new medical school.
Prior to that, Kenny was the Director of Development for an education-based nonprofit that experienced significant growth in the annual fund, major gifts, and improvements under his leadership. Kenny most notably initiated a reinvention of the nonprofit’s donor management and stewardship system.
Dr. Alexander Stein, Founder and Managing Director of Dolus Advisors, a Principal in The Boswell Group and a licensed psychoanalyst
An expert in human decision-making and behavior and adjunct consultant with Quantum Governance, Dr. Stein serves as an advisor to CEOs, Senior Management teams and Boards across a broad array of industries on issues involving leadership, culture, governance, ethics, risk and other organizational matters with complex psychological underpinnings. Dr. Stein is also a passionate advocate for ethical and socially responsible technologies. Dr. Stein is widely published and cited in the business press and varied industry publications including Fast Company, INC, Financier Worldwide, Risk & Compliance, the Wall Street Journal, The FraudNet Report, among many others. A former monthly columnist for FORTUNE Small Business Magazine, CNN/Money, and CBS Business News covering the psychology of leadership and entrepreneurship, he currently contributes his expertise to Forbes focusing on the psychology of decision-making and unintended consequences in organizations and society.
Partners
Matt Fullbrook, Board Effectiveness Consultant at Beatty, Fullbrook Consulting
Matt is a board effectiveness researcher and consultant, and is formerly the manager of the David & Sharon Johnston Centre for Corporate Governance Innovation at the Rotman School of Management. Between 2004 and 2019, Matt was the Manager of the Clarkson Centre for Board Effectiveness (CCBE). Under his direction, the CCBE has evolved into the central hub of governance research in Canada. Matt has overseen the development and execution of all of the Centre’s projects, including the Globe & Mail's Board Games governance ratings, various Pay/Performance studies, credit union board research, and an ongoing study of the governance of family firms. As an independent consultant, Matt has advised dozens of boards of directors as an educator, facilitator and researcher, helping them to maximize their effectiveness through the development and implementation of valuable governance processes, policies and structures.
OUR CLIENTS
Quantum Governance is honored to work with some of the best and brightest clients in the nation and, indeed, the world. A sampling of our clients follows to demonstrate the breadth and depth of our experience and capabilities:
ASSOCIATIONS + FOUNDATIONS
- American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- American Astronomical Society (AAS)
- American Inns of Court Foundation
- Apple Federal Credit Union Education Foundation
- CalSouth
- The Forbes Fund
- Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
- Leadership Foundation of India
- League of Southeatern Federal Credit Unions
- MD DC Credit Union Association
- Reston Association
- Sports Car Club of America
- Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA)
- Vilardo Foundation
CREDIT UNIONS
- A+ Federal Credit Union
- Advancial Federal Credit Union
- Advia Credit Union
- Apple Federal Credit Union
- Avadian (formerly Alabama Telco Credit Union)
- Community First Credit Union
- Corning Credit Union
- Deer Valley Credit Union
- Desert Schools Federal Credit Union
- District Government Employees Federal Credit Union
- Fort Financial Credit Union
- Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union
- Harvard University Employees Credit Union
- KeyPoint Credit Union
- Lake Trust Credit Union
- Meritrust Credit Union
- Pioneer West Virginia Federal Credit Union
- Redstone Federal Credit Union
- SAFE Credit Union
- Teachers Credit Union
- TTCU®: The Credit Union
- United Federal Credit Union
- University Federal Credit Union
- Washington Gas Light Federal Credit Union
NONPROFITS
- Aeras
- ASIS International
- Bermuda High School
- Bottomless Closet NYC
- Camphill Village
- Casey Trees
- The Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation/Council for a Livable World
- Chamber Dance Project
- Friends of the National Arboretum (FONA)
- Future Business Leaders of America
- Gabriel Chamber Ensemble
- Harmony, Inc.
- Hoff-Barthelson Music School
- Irvine Nature Center
- Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art
- Military Spouse JD Network
- Mon Valley Initiative
- New Visions
- Purple Heart
- Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC)
- International Vaccine Institute (IVI)
CORPORATIONS + OTHER
- Con Edison
- Council of Urban Professionals
- Credit Suisse
- Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
- Morgan Stanley Foundation
- National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
- Otis McAllister, Inc.
- The Palisades Institute
- Tipping Point Community
- YMCA of the USA
Let's Work Together
Our goal is quite simply to strengthen your organization and its leaders. How can we help you?