Our Community Network
We have a robust network of carefully curated experts who can be mobilized to help our clients.
David Miller
David Miller leads the Barton Institute for Community Action and is a philanthropy expert, having spent 20 years building The Denver Foundation as CEO from $40M to over $750M. He advises foundations and their boards in the areas of governance, strategy, succession, and leadership.
Elizabeth Neufeld, Founder, Strat Labs
We partner with Strat Labs on organizational and marketing strategy. Strat Labs' expertise in strategic marketing to drive revenue and create engaged communities, is a perfect complement to our work.
Civic Consulting Collaborative
We are an active member of the Civic Consulting Collaborative, a consortium of 35 independent Colorado consultants with a shared mission to collectively support clients in making a meaningful impact. We offer facilitation, evaluation, strategic planning, organizational change management, coaching, research, public relations, engagement, and a variety of other services to state and local government, foundations, nonprofits, and social enterprises.
Seth Linden
For leadership development expertise, we partner with Seth Linden, founder and principal, Gather Consulting, where he advises philanthropists and nonprofits on board culture, effective governance, and leadership development. Seth has 20 years of experience as a teacher, entrepreneur, foundation professional, and nonprofit consultant. Most recently, he was Program Officer at the Jim Joseph Foundation in San Francisco, where he managed a national portfolio of $44 million in grants to Jewish education organizations.
Vicki Dansky
As a gift planner with a background in law, Vicki has deep experience in helping people create a charitable giving plan that reflects the values they hold dear and the goals they want to achieve in their communities and beyond. With expertise in guiding nonprofit professionals and volunteer leadership in endowment building and legacy giving, she believes in the transformational impact of thoughtful and aligned gift planning on strengthening an organization’s mission and financial stability.
Kelli Pfaff
Kelli’s expertise includes strategic planning, organizational culture change, school and nonprofit policy, developing large multi-million-dollar public/private initiatives, and designing and supporting authentic community partnerships. As a facilitator, Kelli is known for her dynamic and engaging style and holds several workplace certifications including DISC work style assessment, Technology of Participation consensus building, Prosci Change Management Certified Practitioner and 4 Team Zones for Team and Leadership Effectiveness.