Past Clients and Completed Projects
Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity
Asheville, NC
2017-2018
Strategic planning in partnership with Judy Futch Consulting and Walker Wilson Consulting.
Asheville Buncombe Community Land Trust
Asheville, NC
2023
Resource mobilization strategy and coaching (with Sarah Nuñez Consulting).
Asheville GreenWorks
Asheville, NC
2016, 2023
Strategic planning.
Asheville Latin Americans for Advancement Society (ALAS)
Asheville, NC
2015
Board and staff training and coaching, fund development planning.
Appalachian Sustainable Development
Abingdon, VA
2010, 2011, 2012
Program evaluation, data analysis, and grant reporting; fund development planning and training. (With Rural Support Partners).
Asheville Writers in the Schools and Community / Word on the Street
Asheville, NC
2017, 2018
Facilitation
Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC
2017-2018
Strategic planning.
Blue Ridge Literacy Council
Flat Rock, NC
2013
Fund development review and planning.
Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation/Kids in Parks
Asheville, NC
2019-2020
Fund development review and planning.
Blue Ridge Pride
Asheville, NC
2024
Facilitation (with Sarah Nuñez Consulting).
Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture
Boone, NC
2011
Fundraising training and skill-building for staff and Board, strategy and message development for direct mail and major gifts appeals.
Bounty & Soul
Black Mountain, NC
2019-2020
Strategic planning.
Bristol Public Library
Bristol, VA
2010
Participatory strategic planning facilitation (with Rural Support Partners).
Carolina Public Press
Asheville, NC
2014
Fund Development Planning.
Center for Craft, Creativity and Design
Asheville, NC
2015
Strategic planning and facilitation with board and staff leaders for CCCD's national programs.
Center for Domestic Peace
Sylva, NC
2019
Strategy session, organizational development support.
Center for Participatory Change
Asheville, NC
2012-2018, 2022-2023
Participatory planning to create a grassroots fundraising plan, transition planning, facilitation and training with grassroots partner organizations to build fundraising skills. Fund development strategy and resource mobilization. Meeting facilitation.
Certified Naturally Grown
Brooklyn, NY
2013
Strategic planning and Board training for CNG, a national organization made up of 900 small-scale farms.
Cherokee Children's Home
Cherokee, NC
2020
Strategic planning.
Cherokee Preservation Foundation
Cherokee, NC
2012, 2013, 2014
Meeting facilitation and agenda design for network planning, design and facilitation of skill-builders trainings for grantees.
Children and Family Resource Center
Hendersonville, NC
2022-2024
Strategic planning, resource development planning.
Children's Council of Watauga
Boone, NC
2012-2014, 2020
Participatory strategic planning and fund development planning, fund development training for staff and board.
Children First/Communities in Schools
Asheville, NC
2019
Strategic planning (in partnership with Tepeyac Consulting and Ambrose Consulting)
Clean Water for North Carolina
Asheville and Durham, NC
2009-2010
Donor list development and prospecting; media monitoring.
Colaborativa La Milpa
Emma, NC
2021-2024
Resource mobilization coaching, planning, and support for member organizations.
Compañeros Inmigrantes de las Montañas en Acción (CIMA)
Asheville, NC
2006, 2007
Fund development planning; direct mail fundraising strategies.
Community Economic Development Network of East Tennessee
Newport, TN
2011
Participatory evaluation and planning, facilitation (with Rural Support Partners).
Community Housing Coalition of Madison County
Marshall, NC
2010-2011
Review of current fund development practices, annual fund development planning, board training, executive coaching.
Council on Aging for Henderson County
Hendersonville, NC
2018-2019
Strategic planning; fund development planning.
Dig In! of Yancey County
Burnsville, NC
2018-2019, 2023
Strategic planning (in partnership with with Judy Futch Consulting).
Ecoforesters
Asheville, NC
2019-2020
Strategic planning, fund development planning.
Everybody's Environment
Regional collaboration, WNC
2021-2022
Participatory research, strategic planning, racial equity training, facilitation (with Ambrose Consulting)
Girls' Leadership Camp
Philadelphia, PA
2009-2010
Fund development research and planning.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park / Friends of the Smokies - SPiN Program with Cherokee Central School
Cherokee, NC
2015-2016
Project planning and community engagement.
Green Built Alliance
Asheville, NC
2021-2023
Strategic planning, fund development planning.
Good Samaritan Clinic of Haywood County
Waynesville, NC
2013-2014
Fund development planning and Board training.
Green Opportunities
Asheville, NC
2012-2013
Fund development planning, case statement and message development.
Helpmate
Asheville, NC
2015, 2023-2024
Strategic planning.
Hispanics In Philanthropy - North Carolina
Statewide funders network, North Carolina
2012, 2013
Workshop design and facilitation.
Homeward Bound of Asheville
Asheville, NC
2010-2011
Review of current fund development practices, fund development planning, training and coaching.
Humane Society of Asheville
Asheville, NC
2014
Fund development audit and review of current fundraising practices.
JMPro Community Media
Asheville, NC
2023
Fund development planning and resource mobilization strategy.
Just Economics
2017-2019
Fund development planning, strategy, and group facilitation.
Latino Advocacy Coalition
Hendersonville, NC
2005, 2006
Board trainings: "Fundraising Basics for the Nonprofit Board" and "Getting Over the Fear of Asking."
Little Tennessee Native Fish Conservation Partnership
Regional (Little TN watershed in NC, GA, and TN)
2015, 2019
Facilitation and strategic planning.
LEAF
Asheville, NC
2012
Strategy session facilitation.
Loving Food Resources
Asheville, NC
2014-2016
Fund development planning, leadership transition planning, executive search, board development, strategic planning.
Macon Program for Progress
Franklin, NC
2016, 2019
Strategic planning.
McDowell Senior Center
Marion, NC
2014
County-wide participatory planning project to create an Aging in Place Plan for McDowell County (with Judy Futch consulting and Sparrow Research).
Mediation Center of Asheville and Buncombe County
Asheville, NC
2009-2010
Review of current fund development practices and fund development planning.
Ministry of Hope
Black Mountain, NC
2014
Fund development planning and coaching.
Mitchell County Safe Place
Spruce Pine, NC
2015
Fund development planning and training.
Mountain Area Information for Nonprofits
Spruce Pine, NC
2010, 2011
Workshop design and facilitation: Creating a Development Plan, Annual Campaign Planning, and Preparing, Preparing, and Practicing for the Ask.
Mountain WISE
Franklin, NC
2018
Strategic planning (with Judy Futch Consulting)
NAMI WNC
2022
Strategic planning.
Nikwasi Initiative
2017
Group facilitation for multi-stakeholder partnership.
North Carolina Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
Statewide, NC
2016
Strategic planning, facilitation.
Organic Growers School
Regional, Western NC/Eastern TN
2011-2012
Fund development.
Our VOICE
Asheville, NC
2018-2019
Strategic planning, fund development planning.
PATH WNC
Burnsville, NC
2015-2016
Strategic planning; fund development planning.
Pisgah-Nantahala Forest Partnership
Regional, WNC
2014-2024
Facilitation of multi-stakeholder collaboration.
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
National, US
2016
Facilitation.
Pisgah Legal Services
Asheville, NC
2006
Annual campaign implementation, direct mail program strategies and implementation.
Ray Kinsland Leadership Institute
Cherokee, NC
2018, 2020
Strategic planning for a culturally-based suite of leadership programs for members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
Russell County Public Library
Lebanon, VA
2013
Community engagement process and participatory strategic planning.
SAFE of Transylvania
2019
Strategic planning.
Safelight
Hendersonville, NC
2016-2017
Strategic planning.
SEARCH WNC
Burnsville, NC
2023
Strategy session facilitation.
Smart Start Partnerships of 18 WNC Counties
Regional, Western NC
2015
Participatory research for regional needs assessment; focus group and community listening session planning, coordination and facilitation (with Sparrow Research Group).
Smart Start Partnership for Children of Henderson County
2021-2022
County-wide early childhood needs assessment, employer demand study, strategic planning.
Sunrise Community for Recovery and Wellness
2020-2021
Fund development training, coaching, and technical support.
Thrive
Hendersonville, NC
2012-2013
Fund development planning; fund development training and priority-setting for Board of Directors.
TRACTOR Food and Farms
Burnsville, NC
2019
Strategic planning, fund development planning.
Tzedek Social Justice Fund
Asheville, NC
2017-2019, 2023
Community research and analysis, facilitation, internal culture-building and restructuring in partnership with Ambrose Consulting.
Capacity-building support for grantees: Learning Lab design and facilitation, coaching (with Sarah Nuñez Consulting).
WNC Diversity Engagement Coalition
Asheville, NC
2014
Meeting planning and facilitation (with Ambrose Consulting).
Western North Carolina AIDS Project
Asheville, NC
2015
Fund development review and planning.
WNC Nonprofit Pathways
Asheville, NC
Instructor and facilitator - 2008-present
Organizational Development Consultant providing capacity building, assessment, and organizational coaching - 2014-current
Outreach and cohort coordination (McDowell, Burke, Far West) - 2013-2017
Collaboration with funders to develop and deliver capacity building services - ongoing
Yancey Food Council
2021
Facilitation, collaborative strategy
Asheville, NC
2017-2018
Strategic planning in partnership with Judy Futch Consulting and Walker Wilson Consulting.
Asheville Buncombe Community Land Trust
Asheville, NC
2023
Resource mobilization strategy and coaching (with Sarah Nuñez Consulting).
Asheville GreenWorks
Asheville, NC
2016, 2023
Strategic planning.
Asheville Latin Americans for Advancement Society (ALAS)
Asheville, NC
2015
Board and staff training and coaching, fund development planning.
Appalachian Sustainable Development
Abingdon, VA
2010, 2011, 2012
Program evaluation, data analysis, and grant reporting; fund development planning and training. (With Rural Support Partners).
Asheville Writers in the Schools and Community / Word on the Street
Asheville, NC
2017, 2018
Facilitation
Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC
2017-2018
Strategic planning.
Blue Ridge Literacy Council
Flat Rock, NC
2013
Fund development review and planning.
Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation/Kids in Parks
Asheville, NC
2019-2020
Fund development review and planning.
Blue Ridge Pride
Asheville, NC
2024
Facilitation (with Sarah Nuñez Consulting).
Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture
Boone, NC
2011
Fundraising training and skill-building for staff and Board, strategy and message development for direct mail and major gifts appeals.
Bounty & Soul
Black Mountain, NC
2019-2020
Strategic planning.
Bristol Public Library
Bristol, VA
2010
Participatory strategic planning facilitation (with Rural Support Partners).
Carolina Public Press
Asheville, NC
2014
Fund Development Planning.
Center for Craft, Creativity and Design
Asheville, NC
2015
Strategic planning and facilitation with board and staff leaders for CCCD's national programs.
Center for Domestic Peace
Sylva, NC
2019
Strategy session, organizational development support.
Center for Participatory Change
Asheville, NC
2012-2018, 2022-2023
Participatory planning to create a grassroots fundraising plan, transition planning, facilitation and training with grassroots partner organizations to build fundraising skills. Fund development strategy and resource mobilization. Meeting facilitation.
Certified Naturally Grown
Brooklyn, NY
2013
Strategic planning and Board training for CNG, a national organization made up of 900 small-scale farms.
Cherokee Children's Home
Cherokee, NC
2020
Strategic planning.
Cherokee Preservation Foundation
Cherokee, NC
2012, 2013, 2014
Meeting facilitation and agenda design for network planning, design and facilitation of skill-builders trainings for grantees.
Children and Family Resource Center
Hendersonville, NC
2022-2024
Strategic planning, resource development planning.
Children's Council of Watauga
Boone, NC
2012-2014, 2020
Participatory strategic planning and fund development planning, fund development training for staff and board.
Children First/Communities in Schools
Asheville, NC
2019
Strategic planning (in partnership with Tepeyac Consulting and Ambrose Consulting)
Clean Water for North Carolina
Asheville and Durham, NC
2009-2010
Donor list development and prospecting; media monitoring.
Colaborativa La Milpa
Emma, NC
2021-2024
Resource mobilization coaching, planning, and support for member organizations.
Compañeros Inmigrantes de las Montañas en Acción (CIMA)
Asheville, NC
2006, 2007
Fund development planning; direct mail fundraising strategies.
Community Economic Development Network of East Tennessee
Newport, TN
2011
Participatory evaluation and planning, facilitation (with Rural Support Partners).
Community Housing Coalition of Madison County
Marshall, NC
2010-2011
Review of current fund development practices, annual fund development planning, board training, executive coaching.
Council on Aging for Henderson County
Hendersonville, NC
2018-2019
Strategic planning; fund development planning.
Dig In! of Yancey County
Burnsville, NC
2018-2019, 2023
Strategic planning (in partnership with with Judy Futch Consulting).
Ecoforesters
Asheville, NC
2019-2020
Strategic planning, fund development planning.
Everybody's Environment
Regional collaboration, WNC
2021-2022
Participatory research, strategic planning, racial equity training, facilitation (with Ambrose Consulting)
Girls' Leadership Camp
Philadelphia, PA
2009-2010
Fund development research and planning.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park / Friends of the Smokies - SPiN Program with Cherokee Central School
Cherokee, NC
2015-2016
Project planning and community engagement.
Green Built Alliance
Asheville, NC
2021-2023
Strategic planning, fund development planning.
Good Samaritan Clinic of Haywood County
Waynesville, NC
2013-2014
Fund development planning and Board training.
Green Opportunities
Asheville, NC
2012-2013
Fund development planning, case statement and message development.
Helpmate
Asheville, NC
2015, 2023-2024
Strategic planning.
Hispanics In Philanthropy - North Carolina
Statewide funders network, North Carolina
2012, 2013
Workshop design and facilitation.
Homeward Bound of Asheville
Asheville, NC
2010-2011
Review of current fund development practices, fund development planning, training and coaching.
Humane Society of Asheville
Asheville, NC
2014
Fund development audit and review of current fundraising practices.
JMPro Community Media
Asheville, NC
2023
Fund development planning and resource mobilization strategy.
Just Economics
2017-2019
Fund development planning, strategy, and group facilitation.
Latino Advocacy Coalition
Hendersonville, NC
2005, 2006
Board trainings: "Fundraising Basics for the Nonprofit Board" and "Getting Over the Fear of Asking."
Little Tennessee Native Fish Conservation Partnership
Regional (Little TN watershed in NC, GA, and TN)
2015, 2019
Facilitation and strategic planning.
LEAF
Asheville, NC
2012
Strategy session facilitation.
Loving Food Resources
Asheville, NC
2014-2016
Fund development planning, leadership transition planning, executive search, board development, strategic planning.
Macon Program for Progress
Franklin, NC
2016, 2019
Strategic planning.
McDowell Senior Center
Marion, NC
2014
County-wide participatory planning project to create an Aging in Place Plan for McDowell County (with Judy Futch consulting and Sparrow Research).
Mediation Center of Asheville and Buncombe County
Asheville, NC
2009-2010
Review of current fund development practices and fund development planning.
Ministry of Hope
Black Mountain, NC
2014
Fund development planning and coaching.
Mitchell County Safe Place
Spruce Pine, NC
2015
Fund development planning and training.
Mountain Area Information for Nonprofits
Spruce Pine, NC
2010, 2011
Workshop design and facilitation: Creating a Development Plan, Annual Campaign Planning, and Preparing, Preparing, and Practicing for the Ask.
Mountain WISE
Franklin, NC
2018
Strategic planning (with Judy Futch Consulting)
NAMI WNC
2022
Strategic planning.
Nikwasi Initiative
2017
Group facilitation for multi-stakeholder partnership.
North Carolina Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
Statewide, NC
2016
Strategic planning, facilitation.
Organic Growers School
Regional, Western NC/Eastern TN
2011-2012
Fund development.
Our VOICE
Asheville, NC
2018-2019
Strategic planning, fund development planning.
PATH WNC
Burnsville, NC
2015-2016
Strategic planning; fund development planning.
Pisgah-Nantahala Forest Partnership
Regional, WNC
2014-2024
Facilitation of multi-stakeholder collaboration.
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
National, US
2016
Facilitation.
Pisgah Legal Services
Asheville, NC
2006
Annual campaign implementation, direct mail program strategies and implementation.
Ray Kinsland Leadership Institute
Cherokee, NC
2018, 2020
Strategic planning for a culturally-based suite of leadership programs for members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
Russell County Public Library
Lebanon, VA
2013
Community engagement process and participatory strategic planning.
SAFE of Transylvania
2019
Strategic planning.
Safelight
Hendersonville, NC
2016-2017
Strategic planning.
SEARCH WNC
Burnsville, NC
2023
Strategy session facilitation.
Smart Start Partnerships of 18 WNC Counties
Regional, Western NC
2015
Participatory research for regional needs assessment; focus group and community listening session planning, coordination and facilitation (with Sparrow Research Group).
Smart Start Partnership for Children of Henderson County
2021-2022
County-wide early childhood needs assessment, employer demand study, strategic planning.
Sunrise Community for Recovery and Wellness
2020-2021
Fund development training, coaching, and technical support.
Thrive
Hendersonville, NC
2012-2013
Fund development planning; fund development training and priority-setting for Board of Directors.
TRACTOR Food and Farms
Burnsville, NC
2019
Strategic planning, fund development planning.
Tzedek Social Justice Fund
Asheville, NC
2017-2019, 2023
Community research and analysis, facilitation, internal culture-building and restructuring in partnership with Ambrose Consulting.
Capacity-building support for grantees: Learning Lab design and facilitation, coaching (with Sarah Nuñez Consulting).
WNC Diversity Engagement Coalition
Asheville, NC
2014
Meeting planning and facilitation (with Ambrose Consulting).
Western North Carolina AIDS Project
Asheville, NC
2015
Fund development review and planning.
WNC Nonprofit Pathways
Asheville, NC
Instructor and facilitator - 2008-present
Organizational Development Consultant providing capacity building, assessment, and organizational coaching - 2014-current
Outreach and cohort coordination (McDowell, Burke, Far West) - 2013-2017
Collaboration with funders to develop and deliver capacity building services - ongoing
Yancey Food Council
2021
Facilitation, collaborative strategy
