Putnam Barber's Resume

Putnam Barber (To see a picture, click here.)
President, The Evergreen State Society
PO Box 20682
Seattle, WA 98102-0682
Office Phone: 206/329-5640 -- Office fax: 206/322-8348
Email: pbarber@tess.org

  • 1995- Instructor, Institute of Public Service, Seattle University
  • 1994- General Editor, The Nonprofit FAQ (http://www.nonprofits.org/npofaq/)
  • 1990- President, The Evergreen State Society
  • 2000 Senior Advisor, Social Ecology
  • 1990 Interim Executive Director, CityClub
  • 1985-1990 Executive Secretary, 1989 Washington Centennial Commission
  • 1983-1985 Vice President, The Coast Consulting Group
  • 1981-1983 Manager, Region X Information System, US Community Services Administration (Seattle)
  • 1979-1981 Director, Washington State Office of Economic Opportunity
  • 1974-1979 Director, Washington State Office of Voluntary Action
  • 1971-1974 Program Manager, Program Development, ACTION (Washington, DC)
  • 1966-1971 Instructor, Sociology, University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
  • Advisor, "Statement on the Principles of the Law of Nonprofit Organization," Americal Law Institute, 2002-
  • Trustee, Municipal League of King County, Vice-Chair 2001- ; Chair, Programs and Events Committee, 2001- ; Chair, Candidate Evaluation Committee, 1999-2001.
  • Washington State Board on Geographic Names, Department of Natural Resources, 1993-.
  • Visiting Committee, Executive Masters in Not-for-Profit Leadership, Seattle University, 1998- .
  • Member, national advisory committee, 4Charity, 1999-.
  • Member, advisory committee for the certificate program in Nonprofit Management, University of Washington, 2000- .
  • Chair, Government Relations Committee, Washington Chapter, National Society of Fund Raising Executives, 1999-2000.
  • Treasurer, Town Hall Association (Seattle), 1998-2002 ; Steering Committee, 1996-98.
  • Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Administration Committee, 1996-7; 1998 Annual Meeting Local Arrangements Committee, 1997-98.
  • Chair, Steering Committee, State Level Nonprofit Policy Agenda project, Northwest Nonprofit Resources, 1994-1995.
  • Nonprofit Advisory Committee, Office of the Secretary of State, 1994.
  • Board of Directors, CityClub (Seattle), 1984-1990; 1992-97, vice president 1995-97.
  • Graduate school: University of Pennsylvania (Sociology, Population Council Fellow); MA 1966.
  • Undergraduate: Haverford College (English, Economics); BA 1963.

Author, with others, of Fundamental Practices for Success with Volunteer Boards of Non-Profit Organizations (1981); Nonprofits in Washington (1994), Nonprofits in Washington 1999 ; "Community Networking -- Tools for Routine Tasks," "Virtual Communities and Real Communities," and "A Guide to Email for Elected Officials"; "Putting Your Organization on the Internet....Who's in Charge?" Grantsmanship Center Magazine (Summer 1996); "A Web Wanderer's Guide," Grantsmanship Center Magazine (Winter 1997); occasional columns for the Chronicle of Philanthropy, listed on The Evergreen State Society's website; occasional columns,  Advancing Philanthropy; editor "Accountability: A Challenge for Fundraisers and Charities," volume 31 of New Directions in Philanthropic Fundraising, Indiana University Center on Philanthropy (March 2002).

Recent presentations and appearances:

  • "Fundraising in Turbulent Times," (moderator) the Forum at the Evans School, University of Washington, February 27, 2002.
  • "Nonprofits After September 11" (panel), 2001 Annual Conference, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Miami, November 29, 2001.
  • "Graduate Degree Programs in Nonprofit Management," 2001 Not-for-Profit Conference, Washington Society of CPAs, November 5, 2001.
  • Panelist, "At the Speed of Light: Online Philanthropy and Resources Serving the Public Good" (closing plenary), Independent sector Spring Research Forum, March 15-16, 2001.
  • "Internet Fundraising: The Public Policy Picture," presenter, Northwest Development Officers Association Annual Conference, Seattle, February 15, 2001.
  • Quoted in "Charities Find a Gray Area on the Net" by Rebecca Fairley Raney, New York Times, February 12, 2001.
  • "Extending the Learning Community," presenter, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, 2000 Annual Meeting, New Orleans.
  • Interview with James Walker, ABC World News Tonight, included in a story on online charity broadcast July 3, 2000.
  • "The Promise - and the Perils - of ePhilanthropy," keynote address, Annual Forum, Charities Review Council of Minnesota, Minneapolis, June 27, 2000.
  • "Profiling Nonprofits State by State," moderator and presenter, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, 1999 Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA.
  • "The New Era of Accountability: Challenges for Nonprofits and Regulators," keynote address, 1999 Conference of the National Association of Attorneys General and the National Association of State Charities Officials, Charleston, SC. October 1999.
  • "New 990 Disclosure Regulations," United Way of King County. August 1999.
  • "Funding Technology Initiatives," Nonprofits and Technogy, Seattle, January 1999
  • "Nonprofits and the Internet," Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants, Sea-Tac, December 1998
  • "The Varieties of Online Experience: Nonprofits in a Wired World," ARNOVA Annual Meeting, Seattle, November 1998
  • "Can Nonprofits Save the 'Net?" INDEPENDENT SECTOR Annual Meeting, 1996.

Born: Boston, Massachusetts, 1940.
Married to Valerie Ward Lynch.

March 2002