About In-Kind Friends
Purpose
In-Kind Friends is a group of trailblazing, sleeve-rolling friends who catalyzes the impact of local nonprofits through creative, spirited collaboration. By working together to provide pro bono interim time and talent, we amplify our clients’ community impact and improve our corner of the world.
guiding principles
Time and talent are our currency; we are not a funding organization. Our families are our first priority and we work to include them in our philanthropic efforts. We are free to modulate participation in IKF as our personal lives allow. We focus on nonprofits that can benefit from, and propel forward with,
a short-term, intensive effort from IKF. As a group, we have either a passion for or a growing interest in
the client we choose. We challenge each other to continually evolve and improve for the
betterment of ourselves and our community.

Our Core
values
Intentional, Committed, Compassionate, Collaborative and Spirited


Mission
We provide interim time and talent to Triangle nonprofits to amplify their community impact.
Vision
Each nonprofit we serve becomes a building block that positively extends our community reach year after year.

Get To Know
Our Board

President
Tania Malik is a lawyer and serial entrepreneur. She is the founder of several healthcare IT businesses, bringing two to an exit, and has served on several for-profit and not-for-profit boards.
Tania wants to be a part of IKF to keep improving her corner of the world with friends who have multiple talents. She believes that IKF’s clients are the building blocks that each contributes to a stronger community.

Secretary
Anne Krouse is an attorney and a community volunteer. A founding member of IKF, she enjoys learning about the work of many local non-profits and serving different ones each year. The causes most important to her are social justice advocacy, women’s/children’s rights and mental health awareness.
Anne has served on numerous non-profit boards and considers her attention to detail, ability to create efficiencies, and diplomacy as her strengths. Anne is the Secretary of IKF, the Chair of IKF’s Nominating & Governance Committee and serves on the IKF Executive Committee.
Treasurer
Krystin Knox spends her days helping companies streamline their accounting processes through system efficiencies. When not trying to re-configure an accounting system you may see her running the Raleigh streets. She's been involved in non-profits for more than 15 years helping where she can on financial matters.
IKF provides Krystin a continued connection to the community, meeting new organizations and learning about all the good being done everyday here in the Triangle! Knowing we can make a difference no matter how small the effort may be is where her heart is.

Outreach
Christina, a co-founder of The Raleigh Giving Party and a former VP with French/West/Vaughan who focused on product and lifestyle marketing, now focuses on media relations, marketing plans, branding, and more for local non-profits.
When she's not working on IKF, power-walking, volunteering at school, or vacuuming, Christina - a graduate of Miami University in Ohio - can be found spending time with her family: one husband, three kids, one dog, and one cat.

Director
Courtney also makes a positive impact through IKF. Courtney has served as IKF secretary and was the Project Manager for Arts Access and The Center for Volunteer Caregiving. She currently serves on the IKF Outreach and Marketing committees.

Director
Stephanie worked in the criminal justice system for seven years as a victim witness advocate, forensic interviewer and a federal probation officer. After retiring earlier to become a full-time mom, her focus remains on parenting and on enhancing her childrens’ school communities. She has served as PTA president, room parent, classroom volunteer, and fundraiser. Stephanie has been an advocate for the food allergy department at UNC Children’s Hospital where her son was treated and continues to raise awareness for anaphylaxis treatment and research.
Stephanie joined IKF because she believes in the difference one small group of women can make in their local community.

Director
Leslie Robinson is a family medicine physician. She practiced for 14 years before deciding to switch gears in 2012 and leave clinical medicine. Since then, she has focused her efforts on raising her family and immersing herself in volunteer work for her children’s school, her synagogue, and In-Kind Friends.
Leslie joined IKF because she was excited about the potential impact this amazing group of women could have on their community, and she feels honored to be a part of it. She serves on the Outreach Committee and was co-project manager for NLBH.

Director
For 20 years Kathleen developed nationally award-winning Wellness and Ergonomics programs at SAS, where she created a state-of-the-art Ergo Lab, eliminated workplace injuries for thousands of employees, taught a variety of wellness/fitness classes, and presented at numerous conferences. Her undergrad and masters degrees are in Music Performance and Exercise Physiology from UNC-Chapel Hill. Her current board service includes UNC’s Shuford Program of Entrepreneurship and also Tribucha, a kombucha beverage company.
Her passions include tennis, making wacky family movies in her green-screen studio, and teaching Unity principles on Sundays to children and teens.

Director
Liz Rossilli is an active member of the Triangle’s business community. In 2019, she won the “Ambassador of the Year” for the Cary Chamber of Commerce for her dedication to helping local businesses.
With 30+ years of sales experience, Liz is the President of Sales Savvy, a sales consulting practice based in Cary, NC.

