Guest Profile

Jon Flora joined NACM in 2012 with a thirty year career in senior executive roles in higher education, health care, and other non-profit organizations in the Pacific Northwest. His experience includes chief executive positions with the Independent Colleges of Washington, Childhaven, and the CHI Franciscan Foundation. Hehasledandrebuiltassociationsanddevelopmentprogramsthathavegeneratedin excess of $150 million in revenues. He also brings a background in organizational and financial management; facilities planning; corporate and foundation relations; marketing; public relations and community grant making.

Jon has served on several community boards focused on historic preservation, higher education, and philanthropy including as Chair of the Bastyr University Board of Trustees (Seattle/San Diego) ; and on national boards including the Foundation for Independent Higher Education (Washington D.C.) and the National Association of Credit Management (Columbia, MD).

As part of the educational programs at NACM, Jon hosts a podcast called Ask the Experts. The program focuses on answering questions and solving problems being experienced by commercial credit professionals. You can find the series on YouTube at “Ask the Experts NACM”.

Jon is a graduate of Whitworth University (Spokane) and makes his home on Vashon Island, WA.