About
We believe meaningful nonprofit leadership is built on putting people first, creating clarity, aligning around shared priorities, and sustaining progress over time. We're deeply committed to helping leaders and teams navigate complex times with steadiness and focus.
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The name SteadyPace reflects the way we approach this work — a mindset shaped by years of nonprofit leadership and endurance athletics. It’s about working effectively within a team while also leading with individual discipline. That means consistency, thoughtful decision-making, and measured forward movement — especially when pressure increases.
Jill A. Orr (she/her)
Founder & Principal Consultant
Expertise
Beyond the
Work
Jill brings more than 25 years of nonprofit leadership experience, guiding organizations through transitions, operational challenges, fundraising initiatives, and staff and board development. Throughout her career, she has emphasized transparency, steadiness, and practical decision-making, grounded in the belief that strong systems only work when the people within them feel clear, supported, and aligned.
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Earlier in her career, she founded and led a consulting practice supporting small businesses and organizational leaders in operational strategy and development. That cross-sector experience continues to inform their systems-oriented and pragmatic approach to nonprofit leadership.
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Over time, Jill has worked closely with boards, staff, donors, and community partners — gaining a broad perspective on the nonprofit ecosystem and the operational realities organizations navigate. That perspective shapes every engagement.
Jill has lived in Portland, Oregon, for nearly a decade, building strong relationships within the nonprofit community she serves.
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Outside of work, she loves to travel and explore different cultures and is an endurance athlete. Endurance sports have shaped how she thinks about leadership: meaningful progress comes from clarity, discipline, resilience, and steady forward movement — whether navigating a major transition or the everyday decisions that keep an organization moving. They’ve also taught her the value of mental toughness and staying the course when the work is challenging.
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Jill returns often to a simple mantra: strong and steady. It’s a mindset that guides how she shows up — in the big moments and the small ones, for the organizations she supports and in her own life.
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