Loree Lipstein is Founder and CEO of Thread Strategies, a firm that helps small and medium-sized nonprofits build sustainable development departments by focusing on strategy, operations, and staffing. In this role, Loree has worked with more than 100 nonprofits across the world to build development capacity. An innovative and entrepreneurial leader, Loree brings three decades of experience in the nonprofit field to her work. Prior to founding Thread, Loree earned a Master’s of Business Administration at The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, where she was a CASE Scholar focusing on social entrepreneurship and social impact. Before earning her graduate degree, Loree worked to build and manage partnerships with Fortune 500 companies and large philanthropic foundations at the national nonprofit KaBOOM! and focused on special events and grassroots fundraising at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s National Capital Area chapter.