Our Team - Leadership

Christine has over 25 years of experience as a strategic business leader and has held a variety of senior leadership roles in organizations ranging from large public companies to early-stage start-ups and non-profits. Christine founded her consulting business, HR Strategies International in 2000, and after 18 years of independent consulting, was a founding partner at Valtas in 2018.

Christine consults with clients and serves as the practice manager for our Interim Executive and Projects work, supporting our team of 20+ consultants and helping ensure that our consultants and our clients receive all the support needed for the most effective engagements. She has served as an Interim Executive for eighteen organizations over the past fifteen years. She has led the development of a wide variety of strategic and business plans and has also led executive hiring efforts for clients across the country.

After a successful career as an executive leader in a number of technology and telecom ventures, Christine pivoted her business in 2008 to primarily support best business practices in the non-profit sector. She brings a unique blend of extensive board service, education, training and coaching of nonprofit leaders. Christine’s passion for creating and developing leadership capacity in the nonprofit sector is evident across her client engagements.

Ed Rogan is a human resources professional who has been connecting people and mission for over 20 years. Equally equipped with analytical and communication skills, he has a knack for quickly grasping a situation, connecting with varied personalities, and understanding business issues.

Ed is skillful in building rapport with people from all walks of life and brings a sense of humor, appropriate levity, and enjoyment to working with a diverse client set. A committed community volunteer, he currently serves as the Treasurer (and immediate Past Chair) of the Board of Directors for Community Health Centers of Snohomish County. He also spent ten (10) years on the Board of Committee for Children, including two (2) years as Chair.

​Ed’s search philosophy takes a highly collaborative approach in partnering to recruit and develop leaders for mission-centered organizations. His work over more than 25 years has involved a range of diverse projects that provide him with opportunities to continuously learn and develop as a professional.

​Over the years, Ed has helped a wide range of organizations recruit and select CEOs, Executive Directors and other Director level professionals, many replacing long-term, highly respected leaders.

Hannah Cavendish-Palmer has been on the front lines of organizational development for more than 15 years. She found herself in Nonprofit Interim Executive Director positions several times before embracing this work as part of her career path. Hannah loves leaning into change and helping organizations tackle problems so that they can build a better future.
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Having served in full-time, part-time, and contract executive roles, Hannah has led strategic planning and restructuring initiatives, budget creation and execution, stakeholder and donor engagement processes, board development, executive leadership recruitment and training, and infrastructure oversight and improvement. She has worked at the executive level in food systems, environmental conservation, education, and health.

Hannah has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington and a Master’s of Public Policy from Simon Fraser University. She lives outside of Seattle with her husband, two kids, and three cats. Hannah loves spending time in the forest and eating locally.