About Janet
 Janet Boguch is Principal and Owner of Non-Profit Works & Wide Angle Coaching, an organization development and nonprofit management consulting firm that provides capacity building services, facilitation, training and coaching to all sizes and types of mission-based organizations.
Janet’s mission is to assist individuals and organizations to reach their highest potential.
For over twenty-five years, Janet has worked closely with individuals and organizations in many aspects of organization capacity building, including:
- Strategic Planning and Change Initiatives
- Organizational Assessments
- Executive and Leadership Coaching and Leadership Development
- Board and Governance Development
- Leadership and Team Building
- Fundraising Plans and Development Audits; Feasibility Studies; Capital Campaigns; Major Gifts Programs
Skilled, Experienced and Creative Consultant, Facilitator and Speaker
Janet is respected for her excellent facilitation and planning skills, creativity and her ability to motivate people to achieve results. In 1990, she founded TableTalks—Peer Learning Groups, a peer learning seminar series for nonprofit professionals that meets monthly as a forum for professional development and learning. She serves as a Senior Gonvernance Consultant for Board Source in Washington, D.C.
Recognized Educator
In 1999 Janet was featured in the Seattle Times article called “They Make a Living by Guiding the Giving.” She was cited for her exemplary track record as a nonprofit consultant for many hundreds of diverse nonprofits and her long-time commitment to and passion as a faculty member at colleges that offer programs in nonprofit leadership and fundraising. She is core faculty for University of Washington’s Fundraising Management and Nonprofit Management Certificate Programs; Seattle University’s Executive Masters Program of Not-for-Profit Leadership and for the Arts Management Certificate Program at Seattle Central Community College.
Community Service Awards for Volunteer and Board Service
Janet has served as a long-time community volunteer including board service for Artists Unlimited, Washington Alliance for Arts Education, Regional Advisory Board of Anti-Defamation League, Seattle Mental Health, Northwest Development Officers Association (NDOA), Jewish Family Service, Leadership Tomorrow and Association of Fundraising Professionals. The John F. Kennedy Performance Arts Center honored Janet with commendations for her creative volunteerism for Imagination Celebration. In 1999, Janet was presented with the Business Volunteer of the Year Award from BVA (Business Volunteers for Arts) for her decade of volunteerism. In 2000, Janet was awarded with the Edward Carlson Leadership Award from Leadership Tomorrow. In 2006, she was honored with the NDOA Lifetime Achievement Award. She volunteers as a trainer for United Way of King County and ArtsFund; for several years she volunteered as a Girl Scout Troop Leader for her daughter’s Totem Council troop. Janet has published in Jossey Bass Series: New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising and has been a keynote presenter at conferences throughout the years.
Lifelong Learner and Student
Because Janet believes so strongly that “community leaders plant shade trees under which they will never sit,” she serves as a mentor, coach and teacher to individuals who want to work or volunteer effectively in the nonprofit sector. Ms. Boguch received her Masters Degree from University of California, Berkeley in Environmental and Visual Design. She has studied at Leadership Institute of Seattle, Cape Cod Institute, the University of Washington Graduate School of Public Affairs and Seattle University’s doctoral program in Educational Leadership; she received her BFA from California College of Arts and Crafts and attended Antioch College, Yellow Springs for her baccalaureate studies.
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