TESS REYNOLDS

Tess Reynolds helps social-sector CEOs and Boards lead their organization to achieve their greatest potential impact.  Her consulting practice leverages her demonstrated success in both the nonprofit and business sectors to lead teams and Boards in the areas of board governance, succession planning, organization and leadership development, fundraising, and more. As an immigrant and woman of color, Tess brings a global, equitable and inclusive perspective to all she does.

Since 2020, Tess has coached and advised over two dozen nonprofit leaders based all over the U.S. at organizations ranging in size from about $2M to $60M.  She also works with several Foundations to provide capacity building support and training to their grantees.

For 16 ½ years, Tess served as CEO of New Door Ventures, a nonprofit that provides employment and education to young adults (age 16-24) in the San Francisco Bay Area who are rising above their histories with foster care, homelessness, justice system involvement and more.  Under Tess’ leadership, New Door established a new strategy that grew service levels tenfold to over 500 youth and 300+ paid interns employed annually in about 100 work sites, including New Door’s own social enterprises.   Tess helped increase New Door’s non-government revenue from approximately $600,000 in 2003 to about $8 million in 2019.

Prior to New Door, Tess spent two decades in the tech industry at startups and fast-growing companies in the roles of Vice President of Marketing and Business Unit General Manager.  She has served on eight nonprofit Boards and currently serves on the Boards of Wellspring and the Bothin Foundation, plus the Advisory Council of the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (REDF). She is one of the Consultant-Coaches of the LeaderSpring Center in California and a member of the LEAP Ambassadors Community of the National Council of Nonprofits.