September 10, 2025
Our Executive Director Shares About Professional Mentoring
Our Executive Director, Batala McFarlane, was recently a guest on the She Supply Chains Podcast. Curious what parallels could possibly exist between supply chains and nonprofit work? Hosts Katie Holman and Friends - Twin Cities board member Courtney Andersen dive into that question and others in their conversation with Batala. One important message:
“Connection is so important, and that’s so much of what we do at Friends of the Children: connecting our youth and families to different resources that they just didn’t have access to for whatever reason.”
Listen on your favorite podcast platform or watch the conversation on YouTube to learn about Batala’s experience leading a nonprofit organization, how data and operations are so important for reaching our programmatic goals, and what makes Friends of the Children so special. Thank you, Katie and Courtney, for the engaging conversation and for helping to spread the word about Friends of the Children!