John Bono

Artist, programmer, and community advocate John Bono has found a satisfying niche at PUSH Buffalo. PUSH Buffalo is a community organization in Buffalo, New York, that is dedicated to affordable housing, local hiring opportunities, and economic and environmental justice.

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Marianella Moreno

Marianella Moreno worked together with Ashima as client and Sherpa a few short years ago. More recently, the roles have been reversed. According to Ashima, “It's really exciting to see something go full circle. It also shows that a Sherpa should follow at times.”

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Michelle Northrup

Like many in the nonprofit world, Michelle Northrup has a lot on her plate. As Director of Operations at Benzie Area Christian Neighbors (BACN), she’s part of a staff of four. Three have defined roles, and Michelle does “everything else” – including Salesforce administration.

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Laron Olson

Laron Olson became acquainted with Database Sherpa in 2008 when he noticed the need for a CRM at Take the Next Step (TTNS), a nonprofit organization serving homeless and low income residents in the Skykomish River Valley near Seattle, WA.

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Margaret Magnus

Spring is a time of rebirth, a season that reminds us to review and renew our purpose in what we do. Margaret Magnus finds purpose in her attachment to a special place – Meher Mount, a 172-acre universal spiritual retreat at the summit of Sulphur Mountain in Ojai, California. This place of refuge has drawn Margaret since the 1970s, and she has become even more actively involved since retiring in 2003.

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Ernesto Villarreal

For Ernesto Villarreal, his latest work role as Salesforce Administrator and Technology Coordinator at Habitat for Humanity of Michigan is a place he has “landed through the trajectory of my career.” Although he has always had a love of technology, he had never touched Salesforce until almost two years ago when he was working with homeowners for Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity.

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Shari Ruschmann

After working for the same nonprofit for over 29 years, Shari Ruschmann accepted a position at the Phoenix Society of Burn Survivors in 2019, when the organization was right on the cusp of big changes. Shari was immediately thrown into the task of helping to evaluate a replacement for their old Razor’s Edge database. It turns out that was the easy part.

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Ashima Saigal