ABOUT LYNNE NORTON - PRESIDENT GSC 

Lynne Norton brings over 3 decades of expertise, experience and passion blending  the worlds of business and nonprofit including:

· Leadership within corporate, nonprofits, social enterprises and associations
· Marketing, sales and stakeholder engagement strategy development
· Creation of high value and high yielding relationships
· Building successful strategic partnerships and collaborations
· Focusing on the human experience and community building

Lynne achieves bottom line results through her extensive experience creating strategic partnerships and collaborations, program planning and monitoring, project management and leading teams. She is an accomplished sales executive with a proven track record of consultatively selling programs, sponsorships, and services.

INSPIRATION 
A resident of Decatur GA,  Lynne is an active gardener, chicken keeper and all around appreciator of the nature. She and her husband (a certified master Arborist) are proud parents of two young adults - a newly graduated University of Oregon honors student (Go Ducks!) and Americorp member and a University of Puget Sound (Go Loggers!) junior majoring in Chinese language and culture.

Great Stone Consulting is a tribute to Lynne’s maiden name and inspired by the entrepreneurial spirit and hard work of her parents Ed and Gloria Stone.  As children of first and second generation European immigrants, they founded a successful small home improvement business.  This provided Lynne and her sister with the education and opportunities that they themselves did not have being raised in Brooklyn and Queens NY post-depression era.  Lynne's parents now reside in South Florida, enjoying their grandchildren and are happily retired.