Chief Executive Officer, Girls Leadership (Remote, US-Based)

About Carrington Talent Group:

Founded in 2019 by Catherine Carrington, Carrington Talent Group has built a reputation for delivering high-quality executive search results that prioritize success for both clients and candidates. We are proud to be managing this search on behalf of Girls Leadership and look forward to engaging with you throughout the process.

About Girls Leadership
Girls grow up hearing the message that their voice is too much, their leadership is presumptuous, and their power should be managed rather than celebrated.

As a nonprofit, Girls Leadership equips adults who shape girls' daily lives — teachers, coaches, counselors, family service providers — with the training and tools to build environments where girls learn to use their voice, trust their power, and lead.

We believe girls are born powerful. Our job is to make sure the adults around them know how to nurture that power instead of dampening it. Every program we design, every partnership we build, and every piece of research we conduct is co-created with the most marginalized girls, because a world that works for them works for every girl.

Girls Leadership is unique in three ways:

• We work through the influential adults in girls' lives, multiplying our impact across classrooms, teams, and communities.
• We put social and emotional learning (SEL) at the foundation of everything we teach.
• We co-design with the most marginalized girls first, so our work serves all girls more effectively.

The Opportunity
Girls Leadership's Board of Directors is seeking its next Chief Executive Officer to lead and propel a $2 million national organization into its next chapter of growth and impact.

We're looking for a visionary, inclusive leader who can be a highly visible, dynamic fundraiser and champion for girls and gender-expansive youth — someone with an informed point of view on the issues facing them, the skill and relationships to move the field, and the operational discipline to build a financially sustainable organization for the long term. This CEO will be responsible for elevating the funding for the organization; position the organization as the national leader in girls' social-emotional development; and deepen and expand Girls Leadership's reach with educators, sports coaches, and youth-serving organizations.

Reporting to the Board, the CEO will lead a talented, values-driven and fully remote team dedicated to the well-being of girls and gender-expansive youth everywhere.

This is a rare opportunity to lead an organization at a genuine inflection point — one with a strong reputation for trusted and high-impact trainings, a distinctive model backed by data, and real room to grow its national influence on behalf of girls who are too often told to shrink. With the support and leadership of a dedicated Board of directors, the next CEO won't just manage an organization; they'll help decide what it means, at scale, for a generation of girls to grow up believing their power is worth building rather than managing.

Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness

• In partnership with the Board, establish a multi-year strategy and operating model that positions Girls Leadership for its next phase of growth and impact.
• Translate vision into executable strategy with clear priorities, metrics, and accountability.
• Maintain executive oversight of Girls Leadership’s financial health, ensuring resources are aligned with organizational priorities and long-term sustainability.
• Refine and strengthen Girls Leadership's value proposition and position in the broader youth-serving landscape.
• Refine and strengthen organizational systems, structures, and decision-making across strategy, fundraising, programs, operations, finance, and partnerships.

Fundraising, Revenue Expansion & Thought Leadership

• Partner with Chief Development Officer, Board, and others to expand our funding base to include more individual donors, family offices, regional and national philanthropy, and corporate partners.
• Develop and execute on a sustainable strategy for expanding and diversifying revenue – including leveraging existing funding partnerships and building out other pathways for earned income (e.g., school/district contracts, national partnerships, public funding, etc.)
• Serve as Girls Leadership's chief external ambassador and storyteller, building relationships with key partners, raising the organization's national profile, and positioning Girls Leadership as a field leader in the social-emotional development and well-being of girls and gender-expansive youth.

People Management and Development

• Inspire, support, and coach a high-performing, highly collaborative, and values-driven
  team of 10 FTE, including three direct reports and 7 indirect reports (with additional
  part-time Training Facilitators and external consultants).
• Hire additional team members and cultivate an existing team of committed professionals.
• Reinforce a strong culture of inclusion and belonging, where diverse perspectives are actively sought and valued and integrated into decision-making.
• Foster a data-informed, learning-oriented culture that uses evidence and feedback to improve decision-making and organizational performance.

Governance & Board Development/Cultivation

• Partner effectively with the Board to ensure strong governance, strategic oversight, and shared accountability for organizational outcomes
• Partner with the Board leadership to cultivate a high functioning governance culture that supports board recruitment and development and ensures the Board has the diverse range of skills required to accelerate Girls Leadership’s impact.
• Support the Board in fulfilling its fiduciary and strategic responsibilities by providing timely, accurate updates on organizational performance, financial health and emerging risks as needed.

Required Experience & Skills

• Enterprise-level leader of a nonprofit organization or similar platform, with responsibility for organizational strategy, finance and operations, fundraising and revenue, and/or programs.
• At least 7 years of enterprise-level executive leadership experience in the nonprofit or social impact space
• Proven track record of fundraising and revenue-generation (6 and 7 figure gifts).
• Demonstrated success leading an organization through transition and growth while balancing mission impact, program quality, organizational culture, and financial sustainability in a complex nonprofit environment.
• Deep commitment to advancing gender and racial equity: lived experience, and/or a deep personal or professional connection to the communities Girls Leadership serves and the issues affecting girls and gender-expansive youth.
• Demonstrated experience leading a values-driven organization (our values are Authentic Communication, Courageous Growth, Belonging & Inclusion, and Play).
• Understanding of cash-flow management, operating reserves, and budgeting and forecasting for long-term sustainability.
• Regular domestic travel may be required for conferences, team gatherings, fundraising and more.

Preferred Experience

• Experience working in or alongside youth development, K12 education, youth sports, girl-serving organizations, or related fields.
• Experience in K12 leadership and/or with Social Emotional Learning (SEL) frameworks.
• Experience with earned-revenue models in education or youth-serving nonprofits, especially partnerships with schools and districts.

Compensation & Benefits:

Compensation: $170,000 - $200,000 base salary, commensurate with experience.

Girls Leadership offers a competitive benefits package, including:

• Health insurance, with Girls Leadership covering 99% of the employee premium for the
  employer-selected plan
• Optional dental and vision coverage
• 2 weeks of PTO, 1 week of paid sick leave, 11 paid holidays, and an additional 4 weeks
  of paid office closure each year—two weeks in July and two weeks in December
• 401(k) retirement plan available after one year of service
• Monthly phone and internet stipend

Girls Leadership operates in a fully remote environment, with team members working across the country and a majority currently based in the Bay Area and New York.

Priority Application Deadline: Please submit your application by October 18, 2026 at 9 PM ET.

Girls Leadership is committed to equal opportunity for all persons regardless of sex, age, race, ethnicity, color, religion, creed, national origin, marital status, gender expression, disability or sexual orientation. We actively seek a diverse pool of candidates from a variety of backgrounds who share a commitment to our mission and vision.