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Curt Swindoll, CEO
Business assessment, organizational development, and strategic planning… if these terms make you yawn with boredom, you haven’t met Curt Swindoll.
With enthusiasm for helping companies succeed, Curt can take hard to grasp black and white concepts and let you see them in color. His passion for his work is contagious. Whether it’s a one time phone consultation or multi-day onsite engagement you’ll walk away with practical advice and a spring in your step to help you implement your new ideas.
Professional Background: During the early years of Curt's professional career, he served as the Technology Director for Insight for Living (IFL). After leaving to accept management opportunities with such firms as The Sextant Group and Home Savings of America, Curt eventually returned to Insight for Living where he served for seven years as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Additionally, Curt was a twenty-year member of Insight for Living’s Board of Directors and their Executive Committee.
In 2000 Curt completed his MBA as part of the Presidential/Key Executive program at the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University and serves as an adjunct professor in BIOLA University's Masters in Organizational Leadership program where he teaches on Nonprofit Leadership and Management.
Buddy Williams, President
No matter where you meet Buddy, on the golf course or in the board room, his approach is always the same. You’ll identify and respect his knowledge as a player immediately, but quickly feel comfortable with his easy going manner and casual style. Don’t let his laid back image fool you. Trouble shots are his specialty, and a new, creative solution is always right around the corner.
Professional background: Buddy served for nearly seven years as the Executive Vice President of Ministry Resources at Insight for Living, where he was responsible for overseeing the communications, marketing, publishing, and advancement divisions. Under his guidance, Insight for Living experienced steady growth in the areas of public presentation, product creation, and donor development. Prior to Buddy's employment with IFL, he spent 19 years as an executive in the retail and publishing world of booksellers
Buddy graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Utah (three years were spent at California Baptist University), and went on to do graduate work in cognitive anthropology at California State University, Fullerton.
In the spring of 2000, he partnered with Curt Swindoll to form Cool Strategies™. His experience provides a strong backdrop for consultation and continuity in the areas of marketing, product development, and fundraising program design. Buddy is passionate about bringing best practices and creativity to organizations, and he employs a diverse and intuitive set of skills to his work.
Cool Strategies' Board of Directors
Cool Strategies is guided by a quality board of directors who possess extensive experience as practitioners and consultants in public and private enterprises. In addition to our own partners, Tom McCabe, David W. Paulson, and Colin Owen serve as outside members on Cool Strategies' board. These seasoned executives have worked in a variety of business situations, including both for profit and nonprofit environments, and help ensure Cool Strategies' strategic and practical relevance in a world where many consultants seem too out of touch to be of much value.
Cool Strategies' Pastoral Advisory Committee
Our decision to consult with churches was not made lightly! Though there are many similarities between churches and faith-based ministries, we do respect the unique environment that exists in church settings.
For this reason, and to ensure quality services, Cool Strategies maintains an advisory committee comprised of three individuals who have deep experience leading churches as pastors: Pastor Dale Burke, Pastor Glenn Gunderson, and Larry Winger, CEO of Church Development Fund. Rev. Burke and Rev. Gunderson are currently in pastoral roles and have influence inside and outside their respective denominations. Mr. Winger was a pastor for several years and now leads an organization which services the financial needs of churches across the United States.
