Stephanie Derammelaere works as the Executive Director of the Robert Ferguson Observatory (RFO), having moved into the nonprofit world following a career in marketing and journalism. She previously founded and operated Career Leap, which assisted small business owners with creating business plans and developing small business feasibility studies. She was also a writer for North Bay Biz magazine for many years. At RFO Stephanie is responsible for strategic leadership, fund development and financial oversight, partnerships and relationship management, communications and marketing, program planning, and other charges. Stephanie received her bachelor’s degree in Business Economics from Mills College and her MBA from Golden Gate University.