Building Your A Team
Sharon Jones and Charles Wallace

Discover how to transform your fundraising/development staff and volunteers into a high-impact, mission-driven “A Team.” Drawing from proven leadership strategies and real-world successes, this interactive session will help you assess your team’s strengths, identify gaps, and implement habits that drive collaboration, accountability, and results. You’ll learn how to align roles with purpose, integrate faith-centered values into team culture, and inspire sustainable performance. Participants will leave with practical tools, an actionable 30-day plan, and renewed confidence to lead teams that not only meet fundraising goals, but also embody the mission they serve.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify the core traits of high-performing, faith-centered development teams
2. Assess their organization’s current team strengths and opportunities for growth
3. Apply at least one faith-integrated strategy to improve collaboration and accountability
4. Develop a customized 30-day action plan for immediate implementation

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Sharon D. Jones, M.Div., CNE, CDE, CNC, is a nationally recognized fundraising strategist and nonprofit leader with over 30 years of experience helping faith-based and humanitarian organizations secure more than $250 million in funding. As Founder and CEO of Solutions Matter, LLC, and the 501(c)3 charity, Nonprofit Solutions Matter, Inc., she has led transformative initiatives for The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey; Boys & Girls Clubs of America; World Mission; Virtua Hospital Foundation; and The United Methodist Church General Council on Finance and Administration. Specializing in nonprofit organizational and leadership development; board recruitment; training; and engagement, Sharon equips leaders to build sustainable resource development systems that align vision with strategy, ensuring long-term impact and mission growth.

Dr. Charles A. Wallace II is an award-winning executive leader, ordained minister, and Managing Principal of Charles Wallace & Associates. With over 25 years of experience leading nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and multimillion-dollar initiatives, he is recognized for building high-performing teams, securing transformational funding, and fostering strategic partnerships. A passionate advocate for mission-driven leadership, Wallace blends business acumen with a heart for service, inspiring leaders to connect vision with results. His work spans workforce development, youth empowerment, and community transformation, consistently delivering measurable impact while aligning organizational culture with core values and faith-centered principles.