CEO & EXECUTIVE ADVISORY
Leading through complexity can be lonely. Most CEOs don't need more information - they need a senior thought partner.
The hardest decisions around strategy, revenue, governance, and organizational direction rarely come with clear answers. What most CEOs need is someone who has led similar work at scale and can help them see the path forward.
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The Work
CEO and Executive Advisory engagements at Arete provide a standing senior thought partnership for leaders navigating growth, governance, revenue, and organizational complexity. The work follows the leader's agenda from strategic decisions and board dynamics to organizational design, partnership strategy, AI governance, and the questions that don’t fit neatly anywhere else.
These engagements are built for leaders who want an experienced peer, not another advisor. Someone who can offer an honest read, stay outside internal politics, and remain close enough to see how the strategy plays out.
Arete also works directly with boards on governance, development, retreat facilitation, and board-executive alignment — especially when those dynamics shape the organization's most important growth decisions.
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Who this is for
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CEOs navigating growth, governance complexity, or organizational transformation who want senior counsel outside the board and the staff.
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Executive leaders preparing for a capital campaign, a major strategic pivot, or a significant leadership transition.
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Boards looking for external support on governance effectiveness, board development, or alignment with the executive team.
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Leaders grappling with AI readiness - not as a technology question, but as a leadership and governance responsibility.
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More than 25 years of executive experience inside national health organizations spanning board development, staff leadership, fundraising, operations, pharma strategy, and executive coaching. This blend of fundraising expertise, operating experience, and coaching-informed advisory allows me to engage leaders in ways transactional consulting cannot.
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