Bethany M. Planton, GPC, is the Founder and CEO of bmpconsulting, a capacity-building firm established in September 2016. Bethany helps nonprofit leaders and grant professionals build and maintain strategic and sustainable nonprofits AND have fun along the way. She brings over 17 years of nonprofit experience and a multi-million-dollar track record in awarded grants from foundations, corporations, and local, state, and federal governments. She is a Grant Professionals Association Board Secretary, GPA Approved Trainer, mentor, and co-author of three seminal works on burnout in the grants profession, published in the Journal of the Grant Professionals Association.