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about expand with purpose

Meet Tammy Ogren, PhD, MBA

Nonprofit Strategic Planning Consultant &

 Leadership Development Partner

For more than 30 years, Tammy has helped mission-driven organizations move from vision to disciplined execution, aligning purpose, people, and performance.

Before founding Expand With Purpose, Tammy served nearly three decades in a growing entrepreneurial organization, ultimately as Chief Operating Officer.

$20M+

in Operating Budgets Overseen

43%

EBITDA margin increase during turnaround year

300+

complex campaigns annually with 98.5% accuracy

150+

Employees Grown from a Team of 4

2007

Led Organizational Transition to a Fully Virtual Work Environment

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Academic Depth with Practical Application

Tammy holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration with a specialization in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, along with an MBA.

Her doctoral research focused on trust and collaboration in distributed teams, reinforcing a core belief: strategy succeeds or fails based on relationships.

Tammy Ogren's Certificates

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Why Nonprofits

Nonprofits operate at the intersection of mission and constraint, requiring both disciplined strategy and human-centered leadership.

  • Complex stakeholder expectations

  • Limited resources

  • Capacity strain

  • Funding volatility

  • High emotional investment

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- Author, Educator & Mentor -

Tammy is the author of Discover Your Purpose: Be the YOU You’re Meant to Be and has taught strategic management, leadership, and organizational development at both undergraduate and MBA levels.

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Let’s Design a Strategy Your Organization Will Actually Implement

If you’re ready to move from discussion to disciplined execution, let’s start a conversation.

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