Corporate Social Responsibility
CHASSE Executive to Join Manos De Cristo’s Board of Directors
AUSTIN, TX., January 26, 2009 – Manos de Cristo will be announcing the addition of Beverly Chasse, President/CEO of Chasse Consulting: Sales Strategies Inc., to their Board of Directors this evening at 6:30 p.m. during their board meeting, taking place at 4911 Harmon Avenue, Austin, TX 78751.
Manos de Cristo, meaning “Hands of Christ,” is a non-profit organization devoted to helping those in need in Greater Austin and the surrounding areas. Manos de Cristo provides programs and activities, which help the working poor become self-sufficient and meet their physical and spiritual needs. These programs include a food pantry, dental clinic, clothes closet, and multiple educational programs.
As a board member, Chasse will be partnering with other leaders in the community to further the mission of the organization. Chasse is no stranger to such leadership roles. In 2002, she started her own company, Chasse Consulting: Sales Strategies Inc. With 25 years of leadership experience in field sales, sales management, sales operations, and training, Chasse has helped Fortune 500 companies improve their sales performance.
Although she is devoted to the success of her clients, Chasse commits part of her time and her company’s profit to reaching out to children’s charitable organizations. She has spent hours volunteering for Manos de Cristo, including her most recent task, which was providing school supplies, clothes, and coats for the children of Manos de Cristo. Chasse also works with local villages in Africa so that every child in poverty can get the chance of defying the odds and overcoming life’s challenges.
Answering Children’s Call
Journal Profile: Beverly Chasse, President and CEO, Chasse Consulting: Sales Strategies, Inc.
In the African villages of Zambia, a country of plateaus and mountains dissected by river valleys and long inhabited by hunter-gatherers and migrating tribes, Beverly Chasse found the rest of her life.
There, women still practice witchcraft, AIDS/HIV and malaria plague babies, and most adults do not live past 40. But only joy radiates from children’s faces.
Chasse, president and CEO of Chasse Consulting: Sales Strategies Inc. felt a tug that she describes as her calling.
For three weeks, she visited orphanages and schools, participated in community development projects and worked through issues of abuse, poverty, and disease with local women.
“I believe everyone has a purpose on earth, and mine is impoverised children,” Chasse says. “They don’t have a voice.”
In 2002, Chasse started the sales consulting company she runs today, which includes clients like IBM and Adobe. Employees are expected to volunteer 10 percent of their time toward humanitarian or community causes.
This is an abbriviated version of the original article. Originally Published in Austin Business Journal by Jean Kwon
Poverty Stricken Communities Need Help: Chasse Consulting Executive Gives Aid in Africa
AUSTIN, TX, June 23, 2008 - In the towns of Mbala and Ndola, many families and children lack the basic resources needed to survive and are struggling with the growing AIDS epidemic. Located in Zambia, Africa, the communities are in dire need of assistance. Together with World Vision, a company dedicated to helping impoverished children, the West Hills Presbyterian Church (WHPC) wants to empower the people of Mbala and Ndola to step boldly into a future of health and HIV awareness.
WHPC is sending a team to respond to the humanitarian crisis and work in Mbala and Ndola to participate in community development projects, and offer education about HIV. One member of the team is the President/CEO of Chasse Consulting and humanitarian, Beverly Chasse. She states, “While I look forward to experiencing a different lifestyle, I fear the realization that there is only so much we can do to help with not only the basics to survive, but also fight the spread and stigma of AIDS. This is something that we as a nation have to commit to. That is why as a company, Chasse Consulting continues to be dedicated to philanthropic causes globally.”
Specifically, Chasse will focus on a women’s conference at Northrise University in Ndola where she will work with local women to empower them to deal with the daily stuggles that poverty creates and assist them in understanding their inner-strength and value within their community.
Additionally, Chasse will meet with key leaders at the university to understand how she can contribute to HIV awareness worldwide and help encourage learning throughout these two communities. She says, “Chasse Consulting gives 10% of its time to humanitarian causes and this trip to Zambia is the right one.” By meeting with key leaders, Chasse Consulting will devise strategies to provide an online university for residents in border towns who cannot attend classes as well as help create online learning to fight the need for AIDS awareness.