Christie Wright, Ph.D., MBA, PMP

Strategic Operations & Governance Leader, Wright Business Solutions

City, ST

Christie Wright, Ph.D., MBA, PMP is a strategic operations and governance leader who helps mission-driven organizations turn good intentions into structured, fundable plans. She has built board-level strategic frameworks, stewarded foundation grantmaking, and led organizations through inflection points where survival depended on getting the board off the sidelines. Christie's work addresses one of the most persistent challenges in the nonprofit sector: the gap between what boards are supposed to do and what they actually do. She brings a rigorous, systems-thinking approach to governance — helping organizations design board structures, accountability mechanisms, and engagement strategies that produce real fundraising results rather than performative participation. She speaks about what nonprofits deserve: boards that show up, strategies that hold, and futures that get funded.