About Us

Good Advisors LLC, is an independent management consulting organization led by Cindy Cheatham focused on strategic and business planning, board development, and organizational development for a diverse range of national, regional and local nonprofits and social-impact minded businesses.   Ms. Cheatham is also a leadership coach for corporate and nonprofit leaders.  Ms. Cheatham is very  passionate about her work, always seeking to advance the impact of the clients she serves both during and after her engagements.

Prior to Good Advisors, Ms. Cheatham  served as the VP of Consulting for the Georgia Center for Nonprofits where she led and oversaw work with foundations and hundreds of nonprofits.  She also served as Venture Catalyst at Georgia Tech’s ATDC  where she advised entrepreneurs and worked to build the entrepreneurial ecosystem.   Ms. Cheatham began her consulting career with leading management consultancy Bain & Company 

Ms. Cheatham is a frequent speaker on topics including leadership and succession, strategic and business planning, governance, collaborations and partnerships, nonprofit business models , social enterprise and entrepreneurship.  She has developed and facilitated award-winning leadership programs. 

Ms. Cheatham is active in the community where she serves as an elder of North Avenue Presbyterian Church and as former stewardship chair and current member of the Transition Committee. She serves on the board of two education-related nonprofits following a long history of engaging as a leader in a variety of roles within Dekalb County Schools.  Ms. Cheatham is a 2010 fellow of the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education (GPEE) Policy Fellowship Program.   And she is a Leadership Atlanta alumni.  

She is a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tarheel Honors Graduate and an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School.