Brenda Stonecipher is the owner of Stonecipher Consulting Group, which helps independent schools and other nonprofit organizations with strategic, financial and operational management support to ensure they are able to fulfill their missions. Stonecipher possesses three decades of financial and executive leadership experience in education, healthcare, arts administration and government. She has served as the CFO, executive director and interim head of school for several nonprofit organizations. She was also elected five times and held office as a City Councilmember in Everett, Washington for 20 years. Stonecipher is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington and a master’s degree in business from the UW Foster School of Business.