Bob Harrington, MSW/LCSW, is a Senior Manager at La Piana Associates, where he has provided consulting services to the nonprofit sector for more than five years.  In his consulting, Bob draws on his extensive nonprofit management experience to assist organizations with mergers and other forms of consolidation, strategic planning, executive/board relations, transition management, human resource issues, program planning and development, nonprofit incorporation, and collaborations including public/private partnerships. 

Prior to coming to La Piana Associates, Bob worked in the nonprofit social services field for close to 30 years, in organizations ranging from small community based groups to statewide organizations with budgets over $20 million. He has experience as a staff member, administrator, and nonprofit board member with management of child/family-serving programs in mental health, adoptions, counseling, pregnancy counseling, treatment foster care, residential treatment, group home care, child care, emergency shelter, in-home services, evaluation services, and reunification/preservation services.

Most recently, Bob was the Chief Operating Officer of Sunny Hills-Children’s Garden Family and Children’s Services. He took on this role when his prior organization, Children’s Garden of California, completed a merger with Sunny Hills Children’s Services. For eight years, Bob served as Executive Director at Children’s Garden of California, where he was responsible for overall agency oversight, including program operations, development, financial management, new program development, community liaison, and involvement in state and local policy issues.

Bob received his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of California at Davis, and his Masters of Social Work degree from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. A lifelong Californian, Bob has lived in the Bay Area since 1988.

You can reach Bob at 415-381-6417 or (cell) 415-860-9659 or harrington@lapiana.org.