Jeffrey Franco
CEO and Founder
Jeffrey Franco has over 25 years of experience in leading and managing large-scale nonprofits, and providing strategic consulting, business development and change management for both public and private sector organizations. As CEO of Camino Consulting Group and Founder and Co-Leader of Transformation Leadership Institute, Jeffrey has worked with local and national nonprofit CEOs to support and advise on strategic planning, board training and development, executive coaching, interim leadership, and fundraising. Jeffrey also serves as Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland where he currently teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in nonprofit management and leadership. He also has served on the boards of Potomac Conservancy, Outward Bound, City Year, and the Center for Inspired Teaching. Jeffrey completed training and received his leadership certification from the Co-Active Training Institute (CTI).
Jeffrey has focused on supporting and leading non-profits through organizational transitions by serving as the interim CEO for organizations in Miami, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, DC by leading the organization through major change management processes, organizational turn around, leadership transition, and new CEO onboarding and coaching. Jeffrey continues to serve as an executive coach for many of the new leaders of these organizations. To date, he has served as an executive coach to over 100 nonprofit CEOs and Executive Directors.
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Prior to founding Camino Consulting Group, Jeffrey served over 12 years as both the Executive Director of City Year’s site in Washington, DC and as Senior Vice President and senior leader of the $200 million national organization. Under his leadership, City Year Washington, DC tripled the size of its staff, quadrupled the number of students served, increased its budget from a $2.3 million to $8.6 million operation, and established City Year’s first multimillion contract with the DC Public School System. During this time, Jeffrey secured multiple 7 figure individual gifts and established national corporate investments for multiple City Year sites across the country.
Jeffrey’s professional accolades and accomplishments include
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Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) Leadership Program Completion and Certification
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2013 American University Kogod School of Business Alumni of the Year
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Aspen Institute Socrates Program Graduate
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Co-Active Teaching Institute Leadership Program Certification
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Leadership Greater Washington Graduate
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Leadership Sanctuary Program Certification
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B.A. from Fairfield University
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M.A. degree in International Affairs
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M.B.A. from American University
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In Jeffrey's personal time, he enjoys relaxing with his wife Carter and dog Sandy. He is an aspiring chef, an avid outdoor biker, drone enthusiast and videographer. He is a lifelong athlete and has completed 5 marathons, an Ironman triathlon, 600 mile Ride the Rockies Bike Ride and 600 mile Cycle Oregon Bike Ride, the 150 mile Annapurna Circuit Walk in Nepal and, of course, the 500 miles Camino de Santiago.​