About Us
Get to Know Our Team
We’re a multi-specialty team that brings the right balance of structure and adaptability to every project.
Our Core Team
Kayla Schnuelle, MS, CTF
Connect with Kayla to transform your leadership and organizational strategies.
Greta Leach, MTS, CTF
Connect with Greta to elevate your community and organizational strategies.
Lynne Lange, BA, CPCC
Connect with Lynne to enhance your leadership and organizational impact.
Mary Lee Fitzsimmons,
Advisor to Mission Matters Team
Carlos Barcenas,
Facilitator & Coach
Angie Manley, Executive Assistant
Trusted Collaborators
We want to help build a community that supports leaders in collaboration, not competition. Teaming with colleagues outside of Mission Matters helps us serve clients together in ways that we would not be able to alone. Below are some of the friends we regularly collaborate with:
Katie Gutzmann, Executive Coach & Facilitator
Holly Boyer, Executive Coach
Ingrid Kirst, Consultant
Jeff Jewell, Consultant
Connect with us to learn more.
Learn more: https://jeffjewellconsulting.com/
Jeff Jewell, Consultant
With 30 years of navigating diverse roles and opportunities, Jeff has developed a unique approach to leadership and support. He has a deep passion for coaching, dedicating his time to helping individuals at all levels grow into the leaders they’re meant to be. Whether someone is stepping into a new role, managing a team, or enhancing self-leadership, he provides meaningful support for their journey.
Learn more: https://ingridkirst.com/
Ingrid Kirst, Consultant
Ingrid specializes in guiding nonprofit organizations through smooth leadership transitions. Recognizing the pivotal nature of these moments, her expertise ensures better outcomes with less challenge for all involved. She provides executive search services, including thorough assessments, in-depth candidate screening, detailed interviews, and comprehensive onboarding. Her Successful Transitions cohort program supports organizations in developing future leaders through effective succession planning.
Learn more: https://hollyboyercoaching.com/
Holly Boyer, Executive Coach
With over 20 years in leadership roles and start-up environments, Holly co-founded Mission Matters, leading executive coaching and leadership development. A seasoned executive coach, she supports leaders across nonprofit, corporate, start-up, and academic sectors to achieve impactful growth and transformation. Holly believes executive leaders and social entrepreneurs can drive positive, lasting change in the world.
Angie Manley, Executive Assistant
Providing strategic operational leadership for the Mission Matters team, Angie ensures that consulting, facilitation, and coaching processes run smoothly and effectively. She helps teams stay focused, aligned, and positioned to deliver meaningful results for mission-driven organizations. Her background in operations, project execution, and systems implementation, leads to a practical, steady approach in how Angie helps turn ideas into action.
Education and Credentials
- She holds a degree in Business Administration from Southeast Community College in Lincoln.
A native of Bennet, Nebraska, Angie and her husband are raising their family with the hometown values of community, collaboration, and service that shape her work and life.
Connect with Carlos to transform your community through inclusive leadership.
Learn more: https://www.ichoosepurple.com/
Carlos Barcenas, Facilitator & Coach
Carlos is a passionate advocate for inclusivity, collaboration, and community transformation. His unique approach involves creating an “uncomfortable-comfortable” space, where courageous and enlightening conversations thrive. As a visionary business owner, Carlos continues his inspiring journey to craft spaces that promote inclusion and collaboration, empowering individuals to make a lasting impact.
Education and Certifications
- Carlos is Medical Interpretation and Translations-Certified.
- He is also an Intercultural Development Inventory Qualified Administrator.
Born in Mexico and now a proud U.S. citizen, Carlos embarked on his American journey at just 14 years old. Through his diverse experiences, he has become a bridge-builder, connecting people from all corners of Nebraska and the world, fostering leadership and active community engagement. He’s a husband, father of four, and a dedicated community leader who has worn many hats, from volunteering and nonprofit work to serving on the Grand Island Public School board for a decade.
Mary Lee Fitzsimmons, Advisor to Mission Matters Team
As one of the original co-founders of Mission Matters, Mary Lee is an invaluable asset to our team. With over 35 years in nonprofit executive management and board leadership, she is a champion of philanthropic and community collaboration. Mary Lee's commitment to involving diverse community segments in human service issues has strengthened numerous nonprofit organizations, and her deep expertise and unwavering support now empower our team to elevate our work for others.
Education and Certifications
- Mary Lee holds a Bachelor’s in Nursing and Sociology from Creighton University.
- She has a Masters’s in Social Work from the University of Chicago.
- She received a Ph.D. in Psychological and Cultural Studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Mary Lee lives in Omaha and values the time she has now to share lessons learned with others who are making a difference in our world.
Lynne Lange, BA, CPCC
Lynne brings over 30 years of experience in nonprofit leadership and capacity building to her work as a professional coach, consultant, and facilitator. She partners with organizations to cultivate healthy team culture, build strategy for the future, strengthen boards of directors, develop leaders at all levels, and walk alongside new Executive Directors as they grow into their roles. Her prior experience includes holding the Executive Director role at the Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence in Lincoln, as well as the Rape/Domestic Abuse Program in North Platte. She brings firsthand experience from serving on multiple nonprofit boards of directors.
Education and Certifications
- Lynne is a Certified Professional Coach through the Co-Active Training Institute, and a trained Technology of Participation (ToP) facilitator.
- She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and an Executive Scholar Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Chicago Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
A native of North Platte, Nebraska, Lynne currently lives in Omaha. She has continually incorporated a statewide approach to her work, being grounded in both rural and urban experience. Her passion is nurturing and sustaining leaders who drive change in our world. She’s inspired by the quote, “Create the things you wish existed.”
Greta Leach, MTS, CTF
Greta is a facilitator, trainer, and organizational development consultant who creates welcoming, collaborative environments where people do their best thinking and work together effectively. She specializes in strategic planning, capacity building, and board development, and brings deep, cross-sector experience working with nonprofits, funders, boards, and community leaders. Greta is known for her asset-based approach, deep listening skills, and her ability to design and guide group processes that lead to real progress.
Education and Certifications
- Greta is a certified Technology of Participation (ToP) facilitator and is also a certified ToP Mentor Trainer which allows her to train others around the US in outstanding facilitation methods and mentor emerging facilitators.
- Greta holds a Master’s of Theological Studies from Iliff School of Theology and a Bachelor’s in Business Administration-Accounting from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
- She is a member of Asset-Based Community Development Institute, ToP Network, International Association of Facilitators.
Greta has served on the boards of Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center, Audubon Great Plains, and Connecting Young Nebraskans. A native of Aurora, Nebraska, Greta now lives in Lincoln.
Kayla Schnuelle, MS, CTF
Over the last decade, Kayla has become a dynamic facilitator and leadership consultant, passionate about blending leadership development with expert facilitation. Specializing in strategy, organizational capacity and culture, and complex meeting design, she helps enhance organizational culture by serving as a thinking partner for organizations looking to move to the next level. Her ability to mix in-person sessions with virtual sessions allows her to work with businesses around the world. Her international portfolio includes the Wikimedia Foundation, Scotland’s Soil Association, and the Institute for Cultural Affairs UK.
Education and Certifications
- Kayla is a certified Technology of Participation (ToP) facilitator and is also a certified ToP Trainer which allows her to train others around the US in outstanding facilitation methods.
- She holds a Bachelor's in Business and a Master's in Leadership from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Originally from Valentine, Nebraska, Kayla now resides near Diller. Her commitment to rural communities has inspired her to serve on various boards and committees, where she shares her facilitation expertise to help her hometown and other communities thrive.
Learn more: https://www.katiegutzmann.com/
Katie Gutzmann, Executive Coach & Facilitator
Katie is a coach and facilitator dedicated to helping others discover and unleash their potential. With a focus on strategic development for businesses and individuals, she excels in fostering growth, particularly in rural areas. Her entrepreneurial spirit has driven her to lead ventures in freelance marketing, guiding rural businesses in strategic planning, website development, and marketing management.