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Our guest today is Katie Manga, the Chief Executive Officer of Gateway To Hope. The St. Louis based nonprofit provides women with personal support through every step of the breast health journey, from cancer screenings to treatment and beyond. As you’ll hear in our visit, Katie brings a tremendous background in government relations, business and nonprofit work to her role at Gateway to Hope. The lessons she offers about values-driven leadership and how it can shape both career and life are to me particularly profound. We also talk about the revenue challenges for nonprofits right now, about competition in the nonprofit sector, and about the challenges for building the next generation of leadership for St. Louis nonprofits.

You can learn more about Gateway to Hope at gthmo.org. And to learn more about the nonprofit hub at Delmar Divine, visit delmardivine.com.

Lessons Learned is a podcast series hosted by Larry Levin. Larry has had an extensive career as a nonprofit executive, consultant, founder and board member, and as an attorney and businessman. He most recently served as Executive Director of Ozark Land Trust, and has also served as CEO and Publisher of the St. Louis Jewish Light news organization and the St. Louis Director of the Trust for Public Land. Larry holds a J.D. from Washington University School of Law and a B.A. from Case Western Reserve University.

The Lessons Learned Podcast visits with Maxine Clark, the visionary behind the creation of Delmar DivINe. Larry and Maxine chat about the founding of the nonprofit colocation center, how it was developed to serve both the St. Louis nonprofit community and the surrounding neighborhoods. Maxine talks about how her retail experience, including her founding and management of Build-A-Bear, gave her lessons to adapt to the community and nonprofit venue. She talks about what a colocation hub means and what her vision is, now that Delmar Divine is celebrating five years in the community.

For other interviews with Maxine about her business background and life, visit Guy Raz' How I Built This podcast on Apple Podcasts, and Maxine's interview with Monica Adams on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqRsf58K5bg).

Greetings from our new Lessons Learned Podcast, with your host Larry Levin, from the unique Delmar DivINe nonprofit colocation hub in the City of St. Louis. Larry introduces the podcast and our goals for sharing and learning from nonprofit experts across the St. Louis metro area so we can build a more knowledgable and connected nonprofit community. For more info, visit delmardivine.com and you can reach Larry at larrylevinstl @ gmail.com.