Turnkey recently completed the search for the Chief Development Officer for Pencils of Promise. Julie Baker will assume the role under the leadership of Kailee Scales, CEO. Baker has deep experience at Share Our Strength, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Western Illinois University, among other leadership roles. 

Scales said of Baker, “Julie's great insight and her nurturing and empowering leadership style fit so well with us at Pencils of Promise. She is truly a values-based leader with deep expertise. I could not be happier to begin our work together.”   

Pencils of Promise empowers communities through education. The organization believes every child should have access to quality education, which it supports through school builds, teacher support, and its WASH initiative (water, sanitation, and hygiene). Pencils of Promise operates in Ghana, Guatemala, and Laos with headquarters in the United States.   

Turnkey, a strategy and consulting company serving social good, has helped many leadership teams in small, medium, and large nonprofits meet their objectives with talent positioned by engagement, as interim, or as full-time placements.