Clients I’ve helped

Prior to consulting, I was Executive Director for Northland Public Library Foundation, Bach Choir of Pittsburgh, and Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater, as well as Director of External Relations for the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, and the Westmoreland Museum of American Art where I also served as CFO and led the Museum’s first successful comprehensive campaign of $4.7 million.

Sampling of current and former clients:

Allegheny County Library System

Berks County Library System

Coro – Pittsburgh

Erie County Library System

Florida Museum of Photographic Arts

International Museum of Scales, Weights and Measures

La Escuelita Arcoiris

Monroeville Public Library

Moon Township Public Library

OIC of Clark County Ohio

Pavers Day One Project

Peters Township Public Library

Pittsburgh Schweitzer Fellows Program

South Fayette Public Library

Strong Women Strong Girls

The Learning Lamp

Influence happens 1 person at a time

Are you having difficulty influencing people to buy into your ideas? Are you wishing you had more impact at your job? Then, you may need to consider planning your conversations and building in flexibility in approaches. Influence has some principles that might be helpful to remember in those conversations: What’s in it for them? (People […]

Clarity–the weapon against crisis

Clarity is the answer to many of your problems. I find that people only change for two reasons, through crisis or education. Get some clarity about what you are trying to do and education that helps you to grow, or gain skills. They will help you avoid the unwanted change that comes because of a crisis. Clear […]

Self-care required to be your best under pressure

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Let go and just be even in the midst of thunderstorms

Recently there have been severe thunderstorms and heavy rains that caused the power to go out for short and long hours of time. I was given an opportunity to experience an unusual amount of time to just be quiet: let go and just be. At first, it was difficult. I tried to read but it […]

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