Dolph Ward Goldenburg

Dolph Ward Goldenburg is the principal consultant of The Goldenburg Group and is recognized as a high performance leader in the nonprofit sector. As a successful CEO for 11 years, Dolph Ward Goldenburg has a demonstrated history of leading nonprofit organizations to financial stability and growth. Most recently, as executive director of Living Room in Atlanta, he turned a $28,000 deficit into a $131,000 surplus in just twelve months and nearly doubled the organization's fund balance over a five-year period. Under his leadership, the organization's budget also grew by approximately 25% to over $2.5 million. While executive director of the William Way LGBT Community Center in Philadelphia, he led the organization from a $78,000 deficit to a $130,000 surplus over a two year period, grew the organization's operating and capital budgets from $250,000 to over $800,000, raised over $1 million in capital funding, and increased major donors from 31 to more than 80.

In addition to extensive CEO experience, Goldenburg also has more than a decade of fundraising experience. He has successfully solicited six figure gifts, developed successful donated-assets programs, increased annual campaign revenue, and written millions of dollars in funded grant proposals. Goldenburg also has significant experience as a nonprofit board member, including a successful board co-chair term for a national nonprofit organization.

Goldenburg has been recognized by the Pennsylvania Senate, received the Visionary of the Year Award by Visions Today Magazine, and identified as one of the 101 Most Connected Philadelphians by Leadership Philadelphia. He holds a masters of public administration from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University and graduated summa cum laude with a bachelors degree in social work from Georgia State University.