Mr. Toole currently serves St. John Fisher College in two capacities: Director of MBA Programs, Bittner School of Business, and Executive Director of the Center for Community Engagement, hosted by the college. He is also active as a consultant in nonprofit governance and management and has worked with more than 20 nonprofits in such areas as board development, strategic planning, and business process improvement.

Mr. Toole’s consulting career began four years ago when he retired, after more than 20 years, from United Way of Greater Rochester as senior vice president. At that time he also began his association with Howard Berman, lauching the Partnership for Nonprofit Enterprise Excellence, which today offers board education programs in Rochester, Syracuse, and Utica. Mr. Toole’s seminars and workshops focus on the areas of Planning and Performance Management and the Business Side of the Social Enterprise. Mr. Toole also teaches in the Masters of Public Health program in the University of Rochester’s Dept. of Community Preventive Medicine.

Before United Way, Mr. Toole was for many years Head of Upper School at The Harley School in Brighton. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and holds an MBA from the University of Rochester. Active with numerous community groups, Mr. Toole currently serves on the board of the Greater Rochester Quality Council, where he was involved in the development of the Rapid Cycle program, a collaboration of GRQC, United Way, Eastman Kodak, and Xerox, providing support to nonprofits in improving efficiency and outcomes.