Elise Lamarre Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Strategy consultant focused on nonprofit impact:• Applies strong research skills in data collection, analysis, and interpretation to projects, supporting informed decision-making and strategic planning for clients• Utilizes nimble project management skills to manage multiple non-profit clients simultaneously, working on facilitative, strategy, research, & data-specific projects• Consistently delivers high-quality analyses and synthesis in multiple formats (including slides & long-form)• Facilitates stakeholder engagement, including focus groups (6+) & sector interviews (20+)• Leading communications strategy to increase firm reach • Strong problem-solving skills: disentangled complex financial challenges for a public sector client by developing a flexible budget model that improved financial resilience and program funding

Planned the 2023 Make the Magic Gala for Camp Kesem at Northwestern, a fundraising gala with a silent auction, speakers, live bidding, food, and more.Raised $55,000, had 5 sponsors, and 145 guests.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

- Part of a four-person consultant team handling the roll-out of a large-scale cross-collaborative health and human services program- Synthesized takeaways from national landscape scan into 10 case studies for clients- Crafted 19 stakeholder interview guides for internal and external teams- Presented key takeaways from interviews in meetings with City & County leaders- Collaborated with the team to brainstorm funding & governance structure possibilities for the roll-out of a new project

Chicago, Illinois, United States

- Analyzed student data using Microsoft Excel to inform a report on the state of CPS - Distilled data into a cohesive written narrative for 8 unique school progress metrics- Presented work to 20 members of the Fund's Board of Directors- Created program dashboards to track continuous improvement and EOY goals- Extracted key takeaways from focus groups with 100+ school leaders to create a school reopening FAQ sheet- Conducted national landscape scan of hundreds of school district metrics

- Collaborated with a faculty member on a project about gun ownership as a form of new religion- Daily qualitative analysis of primary source material- Crafted interview questions for subjects- Summarized academic background material to complete literature review

On the executive board of club sports team. Worked with alumni to plan events throughout the year, adapted and moved to virtual when the pandemic hit, and more broadly on exec coordinated processes to plan the operation of the team and budget.

Worked as an intern in the office at YLI -- supported the staff with organization tasks, crafted a grant proposal for funding, planned events to bring together youth in their network, as well as supported and led social justice trainings in local schools.

Served on the Marin County Youth Commission, an appointed commission by the Marin County Board of Supervisors. Elected chairperson of the commission during the 2018-2019 term — led meetings, reviewed bylaws, spearheaded campaigns with policy lens at a county-level.

Bachelor'S Degree, Social Policy

High School Diploma