Mandy Sharp Eizinger, M.S.

Mandy Sharp Eizinger joined the Johnson Center in April 2020 and currently serves as a research manager. With a strengths-based approach to personal and organizational development (Developer, Connectedness, Belief, Responsibility, Empathy), Mandy is committed to facilitating meaningful and measurable results, whether supporting boards and youth advisory councils or advocating for well-being in the nonprofit sector.

Mandy’s fieldwork on nonprofit well-being has been recognized in Nonprofit Quarterly, Nonprofit Hub, the WGVU Morning Show with Shelly Irwin, Giving Compass, and The Chronicle of Philanthropy. You are likely to find her testing new team-building activities with the Johnson Center staff — and with a stack of post-its in her possession at all times.

What drives Mandy is global-to-local connectedness. She served for 12 years in nonprofit program management in Chicago, leading regional community engagement strategy for UNICEF USA’s education, advocacy, and fundraising programs. She led UNICEF USA’s Global Citizenship Fellowship program in national recruitment, training, coaching, and professional development — and is humbled to be among more than 75 fellows and alumni working in the social impact space worldwide. She now serves on the Board of Directors at Treetops Collective, a cross-cultural organization that co-creates spaces of belonging for New American women in West Michigan.

Mandy holds a Bachelor of Science in family community services from Michigan State University and a master’s degree in public service management from DePaul University. She is an adjunct faculty member at GVSU.

Outside the Johnson Center, Mandy is likely spending time with her family and their rescue dog, eating ice cream, and playing in Lake Michigan.