Our Values
We believe in...
Growth
Continually improving individuals, companies, and ourselves for the betterment of our shared community.
Curiosity & Being Challenged
Often, we hear others say to us, "that's a great question" because of the gentle pushes we cannot help but to ask.
Resourcefulness
It is important to
take your current
outcomes and parlay
them into the results
you desire to
achieve.
Humility
Often being humble
in the hard work it
takes to get there.
Energy & Excitement
With every person
or organization we work with, we get
excited about the
potential that they
can achieve.
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Beth Morrissette, MPA & MSW
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Beth has worked with the nonprofit sector for over25 years. She is experienced in the full continuum of job responsibilities from Nonprofit Executive Director to Nonprofit Board member to an elected official.
As an Executive Director, she helped lead a collective impact organization to successfully build partnerships across multiple nonprofits organizations and government entities. Beth is a strong believer in giving back to the community and making it a better place for the future. She is currently in her second term on the Board of Education for Westside Community Schools and served on the Board of Directors for a large nonprofit organization with a budget over $24 million.
She specializes in building organizational capacity through board governance, strategic planning, and implementation coaching. She is skilled as a collective impact leader of a backbone organization and as a neutral facilitator of small and large groups. 
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Beth and her husband are proud to be both biological and foster parents, as well as pet parents to a pup and farm cats named for famous musicians.
Rebecca Turner, MS
Coach & Consultant
As Chief Integration Officer, Rebecca gets to do for Parlay all we aspire to do for our clients, aligning our people, services, and strategies for a unified whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
For our clients, Rebecca specializes in Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Change Management and Interim (or fractional) Executive Services, drawing on 25 years in public and non-profit leadership, including staff and board positions at grant-making, community economic development, and human services organizations.
Rebecca is a proud alumnus of the Nonprofit Executive Institute, the Omaha Community Foundation’s Capacity Building program, and TE2AM: Building Culture. She shaped regional change with Main Street Iowa, the Iowa Women’s Foundation, and Nebraska City Tourism and Commerce. Her work at The Collective for Hope brought several previously autonomous direct service organizations together to more collaboratively and profoundly serve individuals and families affected by grief. She currently serves on the Refugee Women Rising Board of Directors.
Meet The Team
Caitlin Grandjean, MA
Research & Evaluation Manager
Caitlin is a human-subjects researcher. Her M.A. in behavioral economics allows her to deeply understand consumer motivations and behavior and turn them into product, service and program solutions.
She specializes in creating scalable programs that address both short-term challenges and long-term goals. Her research methodology is driven by answering "so what?" and transforming insights into actionable, evidence-based recommendations.
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Having lived in three different countries and traveled to many more, Caitlin brings a diverse cultural perspective to her work. Outside of professional pursuits, she and her best friend (aka her husband!) embrace life’s adventures and believe in the transformative power of human connection, love, and shared experiences.
Tracy Lammers, BA
Operations & Brand Manager
​Tracy splits her time between working with Parlay’s clients and supporting internal infrastructure and operations. With 20 years of experience in communications, people & project management and brand stewardship, she delivers client services ranging from candidate search support to data visualizations. Internally, her job is to make things run more efficiently and effectively for the Parlay team. Though she has primarily been a nonprofit career professional, she has also dabbled across government, media, corporate and startup sectors. That unique blend of experience helps her relate to various client needs, and she jokes that she “knows enough to be dangerous” stepping in to just about anything. Tracy is a Midwest boomerang who keeps busy chasing two little boys. When her pilot husband isn’t in the air, they enjoy social cycling and family camping trips.