1. “Marcia offers a valuable service from which all organizations can benefit: focused, tailor-made strategic planning and action plans designed to address obstacles and achieve goals. Marcia’s style and technique is all about getting the best outcome from her client’s perspective in an efficient and timely manner. I enjoyed working with Marcia during our 4-hour session that helped me crystallize my firm’s goals and the steps I felt were the most important to achieve them.”
Monte Meyers, Owner ShiningStar Consulting
2. “As a consultant working in executive transition, I have a deep appreciation for the services Marcia provides. She has the skill sets, mindset and capacity to bring stability, alignment and leadership to any situation. She is one of the most thoughtful, effective leaders I have seen. Her ability to connect people to the goals and find solutions to the most challenging problems is unmatched by anyone.”
William J. Coy, MFT, Former Partner La Piana Consulting
3.“Marcia has given us very wise counsel for the past couple of years as we made some key strategic changes in our organization. Her recommendations have proven to be right on track, and we appreciate her skills and professionalism.”
Maureen Dixon, Board Chair, WriterCoach Connection
4. “Marcia’s facilitation was perfect for our board retreat and strategic planning! She masterfully facilitated a group of 16 people for two days, resulting in a very useful one-page strategic plan. My favorite thing about her facilitation was that it engaged every single individual in meaningful ways. There was time for individual reflection and writing, small-group discussion, and large group consensus. No voices dominated the conversation, and as a result every one of the 16 individuals’ voices is represented in the final strategic plan. Now that nearly one year has passed, we have seen that the simple strategic plan is helping guide our decisions on a monthly basis, and the operational plans that came out of the process are helping guide our work on a daily basis. I can highly recommend the methods that Marcia uses, both as a facilitator and more specifically for a strategic planning process.”
Sarah Cupery Ottley, Executive Director, Adventure Risk Challenge
5. “Marcia is a highly experienced, calm leader who can be trusted to do what needs to be done. Her superb collaborative approach is often exactly what is needed while focusing on short-term results. I urge you to hire her!”
Cindy Mesko, Former Senior Vice President, Agency & Program Development
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
6. “Marcia’s skillful leadership and hands-on management of our strategic planning process resulted in a clear vision for growth and well-defined intentionality goals. This was instrumental for our fund development team, enabling us to focus on targeted initiatives and increase fundraising results.”
Joanne Gold, Former Chief Development Officer,
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area
7. “Marcia knows how to elicit the individual strengths of project team members to achieve great results. She gives just the right amount of information and guidance to individuals to enable them to fulfill their role on the team and have a high sense of satisfaction in a job well done. Focused, organized, disciplined.”
Cathy Clagett, Former Director of Organizational Development, The Energy Foundation
8. “Marcia was awesome in helping us construct our strategic plan. She is very knowledgeable about the various challenges that nonprofits face today and highly skilled in working at the staff, executive or board level. She guided us every step of the way in creating the kind of outcomes that will guide our steps for the next three years.”
Harold Pearson, Executive Director, SPAAT
9. “Marcia is excellent at evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of an organization and communicating those in a way so they can be heard. She’s great at facilitating change while balancing the needs and concerns of all involved.”
Matthew Millspaugh, Former Board President, Stepping Stones Growth Center
10. “Marcia has a unique ability to assess an organization’s challenges while simultaneously making everyone impacted feel valued and respected. She can look at situations globally and also understand the details. Her understanding of how services and administration work best as a team rather than separate entities brings stability, sustainability, and strength to every organization fortunate enough to have her.”
Jennie Brick, Senior Nonprofit Finance Consultant, Pacific Training and Resources