Kurt
Maass

Kurt serves as a consultant to for-profit and not-for profit clients, as a partner in the firm, and serves as a practice manager for CFO Selections®.

Kurt Maass is a versatile and accomplished executive with 30+ years of experience in finance, accounting, and operations roles for both for-profit and not-for profit organizations.  He has worked as both a corporate and divisional CFO, as well as controller. On the for-profit side, he has worked extensively in the wireless, landline telecom, ecommerce, manufacturing and energy conservation sectors. For his not-for-profit clients, he has worked with a variety of mission-based organizations, including civil legal aid, Federal energy assistance programs, food banks, arts organizations, community investment funds, faith-based organizations, and independent schools.

He brings a unique perspective from working with both very large companies (managing operational and capital budgets in excess of $2B annually) as well as very small early-stage start-ups, where he has actively participated in multiple equity and debt financing rounds and cash flow management. In addition, he has participated in many strategic tasks for his not-for profit clients, including mission definition exercises, identifying/quantifying service line opportunities and funding, partner development, fundraising, and grant management.

Kurt holds a Master’s degree in Whole Systems Design/Organizational Development from Antioch University Seattle, and an undergraduate accounting/business degree from Pacific Lutheran University. He is an active community volunteer, serving as a trustee at the Bear Creek School in Redmond for 20+ years, where he served as Treasurer and Chair of the Board of Trustees. He also serves as an Elder and past Treasurer of University Presbyterian Church in Seattle.