Consulting and management services to not-for-profit organizations and their boards enhancing fundraising capacity, organization effectiveness, and project management. Engagements include hands-on expertise to create and execute effective, multi-faceted, revenue-generating development plans; event management that maximizes revenue, minimizes expenses and increases attendee satisfaction; and project management in strategic planning, marketing, organizational restructuring, executive search, quality improvement, and budget reduction.Healthcare initiatives include feasibility studies for proposed programs, project coordination for accreditation process, consulting projects addressing various health care organizational functions.Select Client Engagements:The Institute for Clinical Social Work, The Joseph Palombo Center for Neuroscience and Psychoanalytic Social Work, Foundation of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, Rush University Medical Center – Rush Health and Aging, Young Women’s Leadership Charter School, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, Rush Hour Concerts, Congregation Rodfei Zedek, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, numerous private clients.

Tripled annual giving by transforming the school’s fundraising efforts to an annual campaign. Secured major grants essential to the operating budget, wrote comprehensive proposals resulting in major gifts to support new and existing initiatives, and formulated a detailed plan for a multi-year planned giving program sponsored by a philanthropic foundation and an external organization to establish an endowment for the school. Oversight and production of all aspects of events.