Full Firm Members
Full Members have demonstrated exceptional depth and quality of consultant work by providing at least five grantmaker clients as references. Full members are featured in our Directory of Philanthropy Consultants.
Rodney Christopher, Managing Director
Dipty Jain, Partner
Faith Keady
Jennifer Pedroni, Director
Hilda Polanco, Founder & CEO
Katarina Venturina
Way-Ting Chen, Sr. Partner & Co-Founder
Shannon Johnson, Partner
Sarah Eguchi Low, Sr. Analyst
Yee-Sum Mak, Analyst
Jennifer Shen, Sr. Partner & Co-Founder
Kristen Caloca, Vice President
R. Christine Hershey, Founder
Vanessa Schnaidt, Vice President
Jessica Truex, Director of Client Services
David Chavis, Ph.D., Senior Fellow
Brandi Gilbert, Senior Associate
Kien Lee, Ph.D., Vice President & Principal Associate
Amber Trout, Senior Associate
Sheryl Aikman, Consultant
Steve Alley, Managing Partner
Mary Gray, Managing Director
Pilar Mendoza, Managing Director
Clare Nolan, Co-Founder
Anna Saltzman, Director
Sonia Taddy-Sandino, Co-Founder
Susan Barry, CEO
Chaletta Huertas, Senior Program Officer
Duey Kol
Mary Phillips, President**
Prentice Zinn, Principal**
Rebecca Altman Budak, Vice President (Third Plateau)
Adrienne Bousian, Senior Director
Michaela Dudley, Chief of Staff
Susan Hirsch, CEO
Anna Luna, Director
Itai Jeffries, Lead Evaluator
Benjamin Knight, Business Manager
Meena Richardson, Coordinator
Bianca Shaw, Facilitator
Tina Vasquez, CEO
Xiania Foster, Senior Consultant
Saliyah George, MPH, Consultant
Sharmila Lawrence, Senior Consultant
David Maurrasse, President/Founder/CEO
Jason West, MPA, Consultant
Melissa A. Berman*, President & CEO
Catherine Crystal Foster, Vice President, Advisory
Mae Hong, Vice President
Walter Sweet**, Vice President
Olga Tarasov, Director
Laresha Franks, Senior Leader, Organizational Development and Strategic Partnerships
Tiffani Hall, HR & Business Development Consultant
Felicia Jones, Managing Director, Programs and Operations
London Jones, Senior Leader, Network Engagement and Community Building
Kaci Patterson, Founder & Chief Architect
Betsy Brill, Founder & President
Mollie Bunis, Director of Philanthropic Services
Tracey Horwich, Senior Advisor
Sara Moffitt, Senior Philanthropic Advisor
Maddie Williams, Program Associate
Maritza Guzmán, Senior Consultant Grantmaking Services
Angela Kahres, Team Manager/Consultant, Grantmaking Services
Richard Mittenthal, President & CEO
Erica Weinberg, Director, Integrated Initiatives and Grantmaking Services
Maggi Alexander, Partner and Director of Center for Global Philanthropy
Joseph Lee, Philanthropic Advisor
Jordana Pereira, Philanthropic Advisor
Leslie Pine**, Managing Partner
Lisa Payne Simon
Kristen Whelan
Veronica Arcila
Pegine Grayson, Senior Vice President, Philanthropic Services
Channing Grigsby
Full Firm All-Access Members
Scarlett Bouder, Vice President
Cassie Gaffney, Senior Strategist
Jennifer Judkins, Senior Communications Manager
Lori McClung, President
Nikki Reiss, Senior Strategist
Morgan Riley, Senior Operations and Administration Manager
Lauren Sogor, Senior Strategist
Alexandra Aja
Moriah Barrow
Laura Bekes
Emily Boer Drake
Ellyn Brady
Jack Chin
Jill Connaway
Shahla De Leon
Annie Dods
Matt Esslinger
Elba Garcia
Jessica Xiomara Garcia
Minh Ha
Alex Hildebrand
Keerti Kanchinadam
Steven LaFrance
Katie McGeehan
Emma Ramsbottom
Tomika Rodriguez
Rachel Rouda
Allison Sponseller
JT Taylor
Alem Tecle
Full Individual Members
Athena Adkins – Better World Partners, St. Paul, MN
Leticia Alcantar – Alcantar Philanthropy Associates, San Francisco, CA
Mari Barrera – Natick, MA
Jessica Bearman – Bearman Consulting, Viola, ID
Emma Beeston – Bristol, UK
Courtney Bourns – Courtney Bourns Consulting, Barrington, RI
Suzanne Callahan – Callahan Consulting for the Arts, Washington, DC
Nicole Campbell – Build Up Advisory Group, Newton, CT
Teresa Crawford, Washington, DC
Neill Coleman – Mission Magnified Consulting, Cornwall Bridge, CT
Marcia Coné – Marcia Coné Consulting, East Greenwich, RI
Michael Courville – Open Mind Consulting, Sonoma, CA
Leah Ersoylu – Ersoylu Consulting, Costa Mesa, CA
Melinda Fine – Fine Consulting, New York, NY
Gabriela Fitz – Think Twice, Chicago, IL
Dawn Franks – Your Philanthropy, Tyler, TX
Max Freund – Praxsys Leadership, Clarmont, CA
Radha Friedman – Radha Friedman Consulting, Seattle, WA
Angela Frusciante – Knowledge Designs to Change, Orange, CT
Jeffrey Glebocki – Strategy + Action/Philanthropy, Tuscon, AZ
Justin Goldbach – Social Strategy Associates
Eva Goulbourne – Littlefoot Ventures, Longmont, CA
Gita Gulati-Partee – Open Source Leadership Strategies, Inc., Durham, NC
Molly Schultz Hafid – MSH Consultants, New Rochelle, NY
Renée Joslyn – Unboxed Philanthropy Advisors, Brooklyn, NY
Brittany Kienker – Kienker Consulting LLC, Canton, MI
Kelli King-Jackson – Kelli King-Jackson, LLC, Manvel, TX
Nima Krodel – NK Consulting Partners, Chicago, IL
Heather Larson – LiveGive, South Barrington, IL
Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat – JL-S Consulting, Falls Church, VA
Marcus Littles – Frontline Solutions, Philadelphia, PA
Belinda Lyons-Newman – Lyons-Newman Consulting, Berkeley, CA
Tony Macklin – Tony Macklin Consulting, Pittsburgh, PA
Carlyn Madden – Good Insight, Washington, DC
Dara Major – Dara Major Philanthropy Consulting, New York, NY
Linda Marshall – MissionBridge Philanthropy, Quechee, VT
Nathalia Mesa – Private Consultant, Bogota Columbia
Jason McGill – Justice Associates, LLC, Brooklyn, NY
Lisa McGill – LM Strategies Consulting, LLC, Flossmoor, IL
Robin Mockenhaupt – Robin Mockenhaupt Consulting, LLC, Falls Church, VA
Amy Main Morgenstern – Main Stream Enterprises, Cleveland, OH
Rachel Mosher-Williams – RMW Consulting Group, LLC, Annandale, VA
Karen Murrell – Higher Heights Consulting and Training, Inc., Silver Spring, MD
Mark Neithercut – Neithercut Philanthropy Advisors, LLC, Traverse City, MI
Kris Putnam-Walkerly – Putnam Consulting Group, Westlake, OH
Robert Reid – Edge Philanthropy, LLC, Rio Rancho, NM
Mary Elizabeth Rider – Rider Consulting, Anchorage, AK
Holli Rivera – Intentional Philanthropy, Bethesda, MD
Bridget Samuel – VESTEDin Consulting Group, Houston, TX
Kirsten Scobie – Persimmon Consulting, LLC, Lancaster, NH
Tuti Scott – Changemaker Strategies, Gloucester, MA
Seema Shah – COMM|VEDA Consulting, Brooklyn, NY
Allen Smart – PhilanthropywoRx, Winston Salem, NC
Mistinguette Smith – M Smith Consulting, Oberlin, OH
Suzanne Smith – Social Impact Architects, Dallas, TX
Dara Steinberg – Steinberg Consulting, Twinsburg, OH
Colton Strawser, Ph.D., CFRE – Colton Strawser Consulting, Arlington, TX
Sharmila Thakkar – SRT Advising & Consulting, Staten Island, NY
Maya Thornell-Sandifor – Mandala Change Group, Oakland, CA
NNCG Charter Member
Associate Firm Members
Associate Members are qualified consultants actively serving grantmakers who choose to work with a smaller client base, are newer to the field, or otherwise have not yet participated in NNCG’s vetting process.
Nadia Brigham, Principal
Beca Velazquez Publes, Senior Consultant
Associate Individual Members
Allison J. Brody – Leverett Philanthropic Advising, Williamsburg, VA
Stefanie Borsari – Stefanie Borsari Consulting, Fairfield, CT
Sofiya Brown – Penn Creative Strategy, Hicksville, NY
Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken – Five Oaks Consulting, Fayetteville, NY
Rene Bryce-Laporte – Bryce-Laporte Information & Consulting, Washington, DC
Jyothsna Buddharaju – Buddha Philanthropy LLC, Natick, MA
Suzanne E. Busta* – Philanthropic Impact, Inc., Litchfield Park, AZ
Shana Buxser – Buxser Consulting LLC, Newport Beach, CA
Monique Curry-Mims – Civic Capital, Yeadon, PA
Kassie Davis – Tucson, AZ
Blair Demers – BLD Impact, LLC, Portsmouth, NH
Magan Do – Magan Do Consulting, Oakland, CA
Laura Duty – Laura Duty & Associates, Georgetown, TX
Eileen Egan – Melvin Consulting, Flagstaff, AZ
Melodie Garcia – Minneapolis, MN
Marshall Ginn – Marshall Ginn Consulting, Arlington, VA
Nicky Goren – NG Strategies, Washington, DC
Nakia Green – Nakia J Consulting, Chicago, IL
Mark Hager – The Civiance Group, Houston, TX
Dena Jackson – Dallas, TX
Yolanda Johnson – YFJ Consulting, Tarrytown, NY
Kristina Klaas – Kristina Klaas + Co LLC, Livingston, MT
Seth Klukoff – Equal Measure, Philadelphia, PA
Dzuliana Luksa-Soltanovic – Waltham Cross, UK
Madison McKay – Coyote Heart, Mill Valley, CA
Yvonne Moore – Moore Philanthropy, Denver, CO
Emily Pelton – Emily Pelton Consulting, Atlanta, GA
Tiffany Polite – FGM Consulting, Columbus, OH
Julia Rubio – Rubio Philanthropy, Fort Washington, PA
Tamela Spicer – The Intentional Catalyst, LLC, Jenison, MI
Sharon Toomer – Silver Spring, MD
Liz Vogel Consulting LLC – Liz Vogel Consulting LLC, Los Angeles, CA
Megan Watkins – Elephant Crossing, LLC, Larchmont, NY
Coby Williams – New Reach Community Consulting, Canal Winchester, OH
NNCG Charter Member
Foundation Members
The Colorado Health Foundation – Denver, CO