Lucy Cook Email & Phone Number

With proven relationship building skills and a talent for establishing key contacts within community, government, and corporate sectors, I have two decades of experience in the not-for-profit management industry. I am skilled at positioning organizations for development of secure and consistent revenue sources, and have significantly impacted a variety of organizations and causes while holding positions as diverse as grassroots organizer for an arson awareness program, director of a political education committee for labor unions, and Founding Executive Director of the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy, a major western New York cultural agency.As a fundraising and non-profit management professional, I offer a holistic approach to my work. I believe that all aspects of an organization are vital to successful growth and sustainability. With a special emphasis on Resource Development, I possess strengths in readying organizations to fund raise, writing compelling and successful grants totaling upwards of $15-20 million awarded from various sources, capacity building, event planning and strategic planning.Recently. I have entered the Interim Executive Director field and am finding success in bringing my nonprofit background to organizations in transition.Specialties:Executive Transition ManagementInterim ExecutiveBoard Development and GovernanceMeeting & Conference Organization and FacilitationResource DevelopmentGrant WritingPreparing to Fundraise