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
Maysoun Freij, Senior Associate
Brandi Gilbert, Senior Associate
Kien Lee, Ph.D., Vice President & Principal Associate
Amber Trout, Senior Associate
Jasmine Williams-Washington, Managing Associate
Kallie Bauer, Director of Strategy and Planning
Emily Brenner, Program Manager
Jennifer Lawson
Lesley Slavitt, Executive Director
Jeff Williams, Director of Community and Data Research Lab
Itai Jeffries, Lead Evaluator
Benjamin Knight, Business Manager
Meena Richardson, Coordinator
Bianca Shaw, Facilitator
Ivan Torres, Consultant
Tina Vasquez, CEO
Mary Gray, Managing Director
Pilar Mendoza, Managing Director
Clare Nolan, Co-Founder
Anna Saltzman, Director
Sonia Taddy-Sandino, Co-Founder
Terresita Maz, Deputy Director
Rebecca Altman Budak, Vice President (Third Plateau)
Adrienne Bousian, Senior Director
Whitney Caruso, Vice President
Michaela Dudley, Chief of Staff
Catalina Ruiz-Healy, Senior Director
Jamie Albaum, Managing Director
Lauren Bell, President and CEO
Julia Gregor, Sr. Data Scientist
Zach Maynard, Project Manager
Toya Steward, Associate
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
Veronica Arcila
Pegine Grayson, Senior Vice President, Philanthropic Services
Channing Grigsby
Full Firm All-Access Members
Scarlett Bouder, Vice President
Jennifer Judkins, Senior Communications Manager
Allison Marker, Senior Strategist
Lori McClung, President
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
Maggi Alexander, Partner and Director of Center for Global Philanthropy
Jordana Pereira, Philanthropic Advisor
Leslie Pine**, Managing Partner
Lisa Payne Simon
Ellen Remmer, Senior Partner
Lisa Spalding, Senior Partner
John Tyler, Senior Philanthropic Advisor
Lacey Upton, Partner
Kristen Whelan, Partner
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
Neill Coleman – Mission Magnified Consulting, Cornwall Bridge, CT
Marcia Coné – Marcia Coné Consulting, East Greenwich, RI
Michael Courville – Open Mind Consulting, Sonoma, CA
Teresa Crawford, Washington, DC
Leah Ersoylu – Ersoylu Consulting, Costa Mesa, CA
Gabriela Fitz – Think Twice, Chicago, IL
Dawn Franks – Your Philanthropy, Tyler, TX
Max Freund – Praxsys Leadership, Clarmont, CA
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
Beeta Jahedi – Navona Strategies, Wayland, MA
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
Holli Rivera – Intentional Philanthropy, Bethesda, MD
Jacqueline Erickson Russell – Social Impact Advising Group, Huntington Beach, CA
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
Elana Wien – Elana Wien LLC, West Hollywood, 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.
Associate Individual Members
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 Childress – Horizon Advisory Group, Atlanta, GA
Monique Curry-Mims – Civic Capital, Yeadon, PA
Kassie Davis – Tucson, AZ
Blair Demers – BLD Impact, LLC, Portsmouth, NH
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
Dena Jackson – Dallas, TX
Lisa R. Jackson – Insights Solutions Consulting, LLC, West Newton, MA
Seth Klukoff – Equal Measure, Philadelphia, PA
Dzuliana Luksa-Soltanovic – Waltham Cross, UK
Yvonne Moore – Moore Philanthropy, Denver, CO
Emily Pelton – Emily Pelton Consulting, Atlanta, GA
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
Marvin Webb – Bethlehem, PA
Coby Williams – New Reach Community Consulting, Canal Winchester, OH
Levon Williams – Rooted in Equity, Reston, VA
NNCG Charter Member
Foundation Members
The Colorado Health Foundation – Denver, CO