consulting services
Mission-driven organizations and their teams are innovative and impactful. They are often also overworked and under-resourced. If you’re seeking short or long-term enhancement to your team to aid with a project or to problem-solve, Maria is an experienced non-profit administrator and facilitator who believes in the effectiveness of building upon existing strengths. She also believes it is important to take our work seriously, but not to take ourselves too seriously. This outlook informs her collaborative and fun nature. Maria has honed her communications, engagement, fundraising, project management, strategic planning, and team building skillsets through 15+ years experience serving institutions of various missions, locales, and sizes, as well as through graduate studies in Public Leadership and Arts Administration. She leverages these skillsets and experiences to benefit clients by facilitating intentional conversations with their teams and stakeholders, synthesizing explicit goals, and designing and implementing plans to achieve them.
communications
Design cohesive communications and marketing strategies anchored in storytelling, visuals, and authenticity to deepen connections and influence decision-making among new and existing audiences.
project management
Develop and implement effective and efficient strategies to meet project goals independently or in support of a team, leveraging experience managing volunteers, students, interns, and staff.
community engagement
Innovative program and project management with the broadest view of stakeholders in mind, bridging marginalized neighbors, loyal audiences, staff, and board members.
strategic planning
Facilitate meaningful conversations among stakeholders to establish helpful guiding documents that clearly define big, audacious goals, as well as reasonable, achievable action steps.
fundraising
Plan, implement, and evaluate development efforts for organizations and campaigns with varying financial and cultivation goals. Areas of expertise include individual giving, annual fund drives, and membership.
team building
Design and conduct leadership training and team building exercises to help you and your organization harness creative problem-solving and meet its goals.