Consulting

I help non-profits, small businesses, artists and creatives take the next step toward their goals, whether growth, stability, change, partnership, or new programs and services.

Interim Leadership and Succession Planning

I provide a bridge between outgoing and incoming executive directors, assist with leadership recruitment, and work with the staff and board to stabilize operations and plan for a successful transition.

Clients: Rain City Rock Camp, On the Boards, EarthCorps

Operations and Financial Planning

I provide focused, short-term consulting for non-profits and small/emerging creative firms. I mentor founders and leaders and help them to develop and maintain supportive partnerships with others to build their professional capacity.

Clients: Studio Maven, Shelterwerk Architecture, Partners in Print, Shift Zero, Architects without Borders - Seattle

Board Recruitment and Stewardship

I help non-profits and fiscally-sponsored projects develop recruitment, on-boarding and stewardship plans for board, advisory, and committee members.

Clients: Shunpike, Neighborhood House, SeaDoc Society

Creative Placemaking

I work with community groups, municipalities, and design teams to develop and steward building and neighborhood projects that support cultural access, community gatherings, and creative entrepreneurship. 

Clients: Port Townsend Creative District, Woodinville Arts Alliance, Beacon Business Alliance, African Cultural Arts Center

Marketing

I write press releases, project and personnel profiles, and company / organizational profiles, in coordination with in-house marketing teams, web designers, and brand strategists.

Clients: Lisa Boquiren, MACLA, Gallery 110, Melinda Raebyne Films

Artist Services

I help artists toward financial sustainability by helping them research and write grants, grow their audience and donor base, create project and company budgets, and develop hiring plans.

Clients: James Ray Residency Program, Intersection for the Arts, Bonnie Katz Sailors

Key Collaborators

Lisa Boquiren

Claudia Bach

Karen Hirsch

Claudia Bach works with local, regional, and national organizations and communities to advance informed, imaginative and purposeful action in the cultural sector through planning, facilitation, coaching, assessment, and development of new initiatives.

Lisa Boquiren brings transformative insight, ideas and strategy to architecture and design firms, as well as forward-thinking companies seeking to benefit from creative thinking.  Photo: Thomas Heinser

Karen Hirsch helps nonprofits design their futures. I facilitate strategic plans, lead retreats, develop boards and support organizational transitions.