Sondra Reis has a special interest in leadership, management and organizational development theories relating to the effective functioning of nonprofit organizations. From the vantage point of her position as Associate Director of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN), the largest state association of nonprofits in the U.S., Sondra tracks issues related to the nonprofit sector’s workforce, financial structures and regulation. She oversees MCN's internal functions as well as its services to nonprofits in the areas of publishing, training, leadership development and communications. Prior to her current position, she was MCN's Membership Director. Sondra has held a variety of leadership positions on boards and committees of local and national nonprofits, including the Minnesota Real Estate Foundation, LegalCORPS, Nonprofits Assistance Fund and the Unemployment Services Trust. She was a 2006–2007 Humphrey Institute Policy Fellow (University of Minnesota) and a 2008 American Marshall Memorial Fellow (German Marshall Fund of the United States). Sondra has a Master's Degree in Nonprofit Management from the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.