We are excited to welcome to the Market community new Interim Executive Director, Erin Stratford Owens!

Greensboro native Erin Stratford Owens is the founder and CEO of ESO Nonprofit Consulting, specializing in Interim Executive Leadership and coaching for nonprofits and nonprofit leaders in transition.

Erin holds a BA in English from UNC-Greensboro and a Master’s in Nonprofit Management from The New School’s Milano School of Policy, Management and Environment. She is a Certified Interim Executive (Armstrong McGuire Interim Leadership Institute). Before founding ESO Nonprofit Consulting, Erin served as Executive Director at The Barnabas Network (2010-2017), Humane Society of the Piedmont (2017-2021), and Reconsidered Goods (2021-2022).

She is currently serving as Board Chair for the Guilford County Continuum of Care and Steering Committee member of the Guilford Nonprofit Consortium. When not working or volunteering, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two kids, two dogs, and a 16-year-old blind kitty cat named Smokie.