Harold Tessendorf serves as the Senior Advisor on Housing and Social Enterprise at Together for Hope. Harold is a seasoned housing and social enterprise professional with a Master of Arts in Political Science (Conflict Resolution) from Nelson Mandela University in South Africa and, a Masters of Science in International Community Economic Development from Southern New Hampshire University in the USA. When he is not busy advising Together for Hope and its members, he can be found teaching undergraduate and graduate students at the Stetson-Hatcher School of Business at Mercer University in Macon, GA. Here he teaches courses in Social Business, Ethical Leadership, Organizational Behavior, and Management and also leads teams of students to work with social enterprises in South Africa. Harold Tessendorf has mediated and facilitated enduring outcomes since 1989. A native of South Africa, he is an experienced executive-level leader, negotiator and mediator with a demonstrated history of working in the non-profit and social enterprise sectors in South Africa, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Haiti and the USA. This includes two decades leading Habitat for Humanity affiliates in Georgia and well as serving on the boards of established and start-up nonprofits, including a credit union. Harold acquired extensive negotiation, mediation, and facilitation experience during South Africa’s democratic transition from apartheid to democracy during the late-1980s through mid-1990s. In addition to his graduate studies in conflict management and community economic development, Harold has been trained by the Harvard Negotiating Project and Mennonite conflict management experts. His three decades of working experience have equipped him with skills in Nonprofit and Faith-based Management, Housing Finance, Board Governance, Strategic Planning, Community Economic Development, Micro-finance, Volunteer Management, Team Building, and Fundraising.