ABOUT US
CORPORATE SUMMARY
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, POWER 10 is a leading national capital campaign management firm specializing in campaigns to fund economic and community development programs and projects at the city, county, region, and state levels.
We employ a proven campaign process during which we provide on-site and remote (virtual, etc.) management of day-to-day campaign operations and we “make the Ask.” Altogether, this dramatically “lightens the load” for client staff and volunteer leaders.
Founder and CEO Sean Mikula leads the firm alongside a team of campaign directors, strategic planners, and communications specialists. We have excellent strength and depth and our most senior team members lead and meaningfully influence ALL client engagements.
POWER 10 staff have drafted award-winning initiatives, managed 150+ campaigns that have raised $750+ million, and maintained an unequaled campaign win rate.
CORPORATE SUMMARY
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, POWER 10 is a leading national capital campaign management firm specializing in campaigns to fund economic and community development programs and projects at the city, county, region, and state levels.
We employ a proven campaign process during which we provide on-site and remote (virtual, etc.) management of day-to-day campaign operations and we “make the Ask.” Altogether, this dramatically “lightens the load” for client staff and volunteer leaders.
Founder and CEO Sean Mikula leads the firm alongside a team of campaign directors, strategic planners, and communications specialists. We have excellent strength and depth and our most senior team members lead and meaningfully influence ALL client engagements.
POWER 10 staff have drafted award-winning initiatives, managed 150+ campaigns that have raised $750+ million, and maintained an unequaled campaign win rate.
meet the team
Collectively, our staff have spent decades working with businesses, foundations, families, and the government to develop economic development and other strategic plans, conduct feasibility studies to test community support for these plans, and then fund them through high-speed capital campaigns.

Sean Mikula
Chief Executive Officer
Attorney (UGA), West Point grad, U.S. Army Military Intelligence Officer with 20 years of coast-to-coast capital campaign experience; believes nonprofit campaigns should be run like a military operation complete with occasional use of camouflage face paint and frequent use of “Hooah!” (Per Wikipedia, “hooah” means “anything and everything EXCEPT ‘no’”).

Anne Katz
Company Operations Director
London-born diplomat’s kid; forged her calm, cool, CAN-DO demeanor while adapting to new environments as her family hopscotched from one U.S. Embassy to the next (multi-lingual, Anne learned to use chopsticks before a fork!); a Fighting Blue Hen (U. of DE) who started in the arts (gallery owner who specialized in commercial licensing for artists), spent 10 years in education administration, and now brings to P10 clients substantial operations, communications, and development experience; when not serving as “air traffic control” for P10 project teams, Anne spends time with her two teenage daughters and pursues her “side hustle” – a home-based floral design business.

Angela Hamby
Accounting Manager
Finance leader with experience serving both nonprofit organizations and private equity-backed companies, combining operational expertise with a passion for mission-driven impact; believes finance is about more than numbers — it’s about creating clarity, stability, and opportunity for the organization and people at the heart of the work.

Amity Farrar
Director, Campaign Operations
Labor / Employment Law Attorney (UGA) and University of Michigan graduate with 14 years in the practice of law, and a decade in fundraising and capital campaign management; multi-campaign winner and emerging industry leader; twin citizenship (U.S. and U.K.), twin kids, two pups, one husband, and a whole lotta iron fist in a velvet glove!

Sean Carroll
Director, Campaign Operations
Like P10’s fearless leader, this Sean also graduated from one of the US’s military academies and served our country with distinction; accomplished professor, military officer, MBA, and 20+ year communications pro, Sean can deal with well with pressure under fire as proven by his leadership in search & rescue operations; he’s on track to complete the Appalachian Trail – one section at a time – in the next decade; he’s a proud husband and a parent of a daughter and two businesses in the Washington, D.C., area.

Caroline Holmes
Director, Campaign Operations
Auburn U. grad (War Eagle!) and Family Law Attorney (SMU JD) turned Development Director; Alabama born and raised but felt a calling to the West – like many before her – and is now Rocky Mountain high; frequently nourished by nature (hiking, biking, skiing); pursues campaign goals like she pursues mountain crests – one step at a time and “no quit “til summit!”

Mitzi McCormick
Director, Campaign Operations
With more than 20 years of experience working in and alongside chambers of commerce, Mitzi brings to P10 clients deep expertise in strategic initiative development, partnership building, workforce alignment, and fundraising; Bachelor’s/MBA from Averett University; Institute for Organization Management graduate and U.S. Chamber Foundation Business Leads Fellow; wife to Jason and proud VT/Hokie mom to sons, Trevor and Preston. When not on-site with a P10 client, Mitzi can be found cheering on her Hokies, enjoying “Filet Fridays,” and spending quality time with family, friends, and her furbabies.

Maureen McGuinness
Director, Campaign Operations
Highly accomplished Chamber pro and twice CEO with successful tenures from north (Bethlehem (NY) Chamber) to south (Triangle East (NC) Chamber); wide experience in driving economic outcomes from Member Relations to the CEO seat via strategic planning and communications, board development, fundraising, and more; deploys that experience with POWER 10 planning and fundraising clients — and most importantly, promises to bring one of her renowned chocolate cakes to the campaign victory celebration(!); Marist University grad; gardener and novice painter; wife to Shane and mother to daughters, Kathleen and Mary-Margaret — AND importantly, to Clancy, their beloved golden retriever.

Robert Payne
Director, Campaign Operations
Highly accomplished, multi-award winning (IEDC, PRSA, TELLY, ADDY, WebAwards), 20+ year economic development and communications professional who has held senior public-private partnership, state government, and technology positions; proud Charleston native, Clemson Tiger, and member of the Nevada Wolf Pack (MBA); bona fide outdoor and adventure travel enthusiasts, Robert, his wife, Julia, and two boys, Houston and Heyward, can regularly be found skiing, pedaling, paddling, hiking, and sometimes crawling (!) across the Pacific Northwest.

Ken Rutherford
Branding & Communications
With more than 35 years in graphic design and branding, Ken brings 17 years of Chamber of Commerce experience—having led the in-house design team at the award-winning Gwinnett Chamber in metro Atlanta. A graduate of Leadership Gwinnett (2012), accomplished teacher, coach, and musician, Ken is a native of the Tampa Bay area but has called Atlanta home for most of his life.

Amy Spandau
Chief Financial Officer
Seasoned finance and operations executive with deep expertise in advanced technical accounting, strategic planning, and building and leading high-performing teams. Especially adept at identifying the “alligators” closest to the boat and aligning POWER 10’s financial operations with one of her favorite mantras — taken from the Navy Seals and others: “slow is smooth, smooth is fast!”

Mary Winslow
Director, Campaign Operations
Data-driven marketing veteran and MBA with experience from both the client and agency sides—comes together to form one super-director; extensive experience marketing communities and brands and serving on nonprofit boards; former road-warrior and globe trotter and former MSU Spartan but has long called Atlanta home; wife and mother with one regular kid and two with four paws.
THE STORY BEHIND OUR NAME
A “power 10” is an acceleration move. Much like you would call a “play” in another sport, a power 10 is a play that is called in the sport of ROWING (also known as “crew”). It is a series of ten strokes taken at maximum speed and strength and differs in intensity from the normal race pace. It is used to accelerate at the start of a race, accelerate past a competitor, or accelerate to a strong-finish. Bottom line—a power 10 is about accelerating to the next level. A successful power 10 requires “all hands on” full engagement and effort from every member of the team. If all do their part, a power 10 will literally lift the boat a few inches out of the water and drive it to the next level of speed and competitiveness.
We decided on this name for our firm because we exist to assist our nonprofit clients in executing a “power 10.” A power 10/acceleration move for a nonprofit usually involves a dynamic new plan (programs, buildings, etc.), funding to implement it, and the leadership needed to pull it all off. We assist our clients with all three.
How do we know about this thing called a power 10? POWER 10 Founder and CEO Sean Mikula (pictured here—seated second from the right) rowed four years at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He and his West Point teammates won Gold at the 1991 Patriot League Championship. Sean later took the skills he learned on the Hudson River and deployed them in coaching the University of Georgia’s crew team while in law school there.
READY TO GO?
Are you ready to begin?
If so, all you have to say is, “GO,” and we will:
- Customize for your organization a POWER 10 Project Team to implement our proven process, and
- Drive execution and tempo.
