George Guszcza says he was hired as a turnaround CEO for the Washington-based National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS). After being on the job for more than a year, Guszcza did just that by transitioning the nonprofit from a membership-based to donor-supported model.The move meant a complete restructuring for the 52-year-old organization, founded by Congress in 1974 to be the interface between the federal government and private sector on pivotal aspects of the country’s building industries.“When I came in, there was a budgeted loss of almost $2 million,” Guszcza told CEO Update. “What became really clear was that the membership-driven, association-type model did not fit this… Read More