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US nonprofit · EIN 453020416 · Palo Alto, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 453020416) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Society of Decision Professionals' network

12 people4 organisationsi12 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (12). Violet dotted lines (4) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

12 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 13 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
AMY DAYBoard Member2025
1 yr
Botn TrygveBoard Member2025
1 yr
Carol LiffmanBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Gilberto MontibellerBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Jeremy WalkerPresident2019
7 yrs
Jordan StephensBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Lindsay OyolaVice President2023
3 yrs
Matt DistelTreasurer2025
1 yr
Peter RayBoard Member2025
1 yr
Tom KeelinCompany secretary2023
3 yrs
Troy HelmBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Wayne FisherBoard Member2025
1 yr
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 12 →

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Hilda CherekdjianExecutive Directorsince 2018

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Hilda CherekdjianExecutive Director30$145k
Matt DistelTreasurer6$0
Tom KeelinSecretary6$0
Carol LiffmanBoard Member6$0
Gilberto MontibellerBoard Member6$0
Jordan StephensBoard Member6$0
Jeremy WalkerPresident6$0
Lindsay OyolaVice President6$0
Botn TrygveBoard Member6$0
Amy DayBoard Member6$0
Wayne FisherBoard Member6$0
Troy HelmBoard Member6$0
Peter RayBoard Member6$0

About

Legal name
Society of Decision Professionals
EIN
453020416
Address
745 Emerson St, Palo Alto, CA, 94301-2411
State
California
Mission
The primary purpose of the society of decision professionals is to help professionals create greater value for organizations, individuals, and its members. The society of decision professionals promotes opportunities for professionals to be recognized as trusted advisors of choice to decision makers when facing important and complex decisions. The society provides opportunities to serve the... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
S41 Community improvement and capacity building
IRS classification
501(c)06 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2011
Principal officer
Matthieu Distel (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 January 2013
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2025

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsJeremy Walker
≥6years on the filingsTroy Helm
≥3years on the filingsCarol Liffman
≥3years on the filingsGilberto Montibeller

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$243k
Total liabilities
$19k
Net assets or fund balances
$223k
Contributions and grants received
$0
Program service revenue
$467k
Employees
0