About the Founder

Yusef-Andre Wiley

Founder of Timelist Group, Inc. & ChiefDesk.

Built by an operator, not just engineers.

Yusef-Andre Wiley is the founder of Timelist Group, Inc., where he scaled organizational operations from $4M to $9.5M while managing government contracts with LA County, CDCR, and multiple philanthropic funders. He spent years running the backend of a multi-million-dollar reentry and housing nonprofit — the operating reality where a board update, a funder narrative, or a compliance audit isn't a deliverable, it's a deadline.

That operator experience shapes every part of ChiefDesk. Yusef knows firsthand what a strong narrative looks like to a foundation program officer, what an executive director needs on the desk the morning of a board meeting, and how a clean SOP actually moves work forward. The platform is the backend infrastructure he wished existed when he was running lean — now available to any leader running lean.

Read more about his consulting and operator background at ywconsultants.com.

Press & mentions

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  • Aspen Institute
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  • Stanford Social Innovation Review
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  • The Nonprofit Times
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  • Forbes Nonprofit Council
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  • Chronicle of Philanthropy
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