Matt Westendorf, Principal
Offerings
Professional Interim Executive Director
I provide steady executive leadership during times of transition, creating space and time for organizations to define changing leadership roles and find the right person. As an interim leader, I offer a neutral, objective perspective and bring the right skills to support a healthy transition. By focusing on key priorities that are time bound, together we can create a strong foundation, positioning your new leader for success.
Executive Coaching & Advising
As a coach and advisor, I guide leaders to achieve transformative outcomes through heart-centered action, grounded in contemplative practice and self-awareness.
Meditation & Mindfulness Training
For groups and individuals: Cultivate self-awareness, compassion, well-being and resilience--foundational building blocks for effective and authentic leadership.
Matt Westendorf, Principal
Experience • Leadership • Authenticity
Matt is an accomplished nonprofit leader, organizational strategist, certified executive coach, and trained meditation teacher with more than 25 years of experience in the field. He brings a deep understanding of what’s most challenging for today’s leaders… and how these challenges can become passages to transformation and growth.
As a senior executive for international arts and environmental organizations, Matt has held roles including Chief Operating Officer, Managing Director, and Development Director. He has extensive hands on and supervisory experience in nearly all aspects of organizational life including – board development, finance, business development, fundraising, human resources, diversity equity and inclusion (DEI), meditation and mindfulness, conflict resolution, change management, culture cultivation, and organizational development.
Matt strongly believes that the commitment to, and cultivation of, dynamic self-awareness is a cornerstone of powerful and effective leadership. Meditation is an invaluable tool that supports and enables this skill set. He brings a decade-long meditation practice informed by training and instruction in a variety disciplines. Matt’s coaching and advising techniques have strong links to meditation and mindfulness. He supports his clients to develop a personal practice that works well for them.
Matt's certifications include:
- The Leadership Circle 360 Practitioner (2023)
- Executive Coaching Certification - UC Berkeley Executive Education Program (2018)
- Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher - MMTCP with Jack Kornfield & Tara Brach (2022)
- Six Types of Working Genius Practitioner - Patrick Lencioni/The Table Group (2023)