Specializing in hands-on imaginative help
for cultural & educational npo's

Services Provided
Grantsmanship
•Proposal Development (Government, Foundation, Corporate)
•Strategic Fund Plans/Fund raising audit
•Prospect Research & Recommendations
•Program Management
•Interim Director of Development

Organizational Development & Program Management
•Internal audits
•Strategic planning
•Mission/Vision retreats
•Board Development
•Counsel and hands-on assistance on growth issues including staffing, marketing, financial systems
•Assistance with arts & education program design and pilot launch

Annual Funds & Membership Programs
•Writing of all materials
•Constituency segmentation & goal-setting

Communications
•Annual Reports
•Brochures
•Marketing appeals

Teaching:
Grant Writing Certificate class (Depaul University)
Contact me for the next offering if interested.

Background
I founded my free-lance consulting practice in 1990, after working on staff at several non-profits, including the position of Assistant Director of Development at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Since then, I've served more than 30 clients, specializing in fund raising and management consultation for arts and education non-profits. On the development front, I'm proud that every organization which I've helped for six months or more has secured new funding.

My consulting practice is influenced by my other hats and passions. I am an award-winning poet, an active poet-in-the-school, advising editor of Rhino literary magazine, and a coordinator for the Evanston Jazz Festival.

Education
Oberlin College, BA, 1980
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA Writing, 2001

Member: Association of Consultants to Nonprofits