• William Anderson
    Individual
    Business Development;Evaluation;Financial Management;Fund Development;HR Planning
    Accounting, Corporate Structure
     William Anderson

    William Anderson, Consultant



    Bill Anderson has spent most of his career serving as the senior financial and advancement officer at Hope College. In 2005, he retired as senior vice president for business, finance and advancement after leading its "Legacies" capital campaign to a successful conclusion raising in excess of $145 million. Bill's expertise is in business and financial management, staff development, capital campaigns and accounting.

    While working for Hope, Bill was active in his community serving as founding president of Hospice of Holland and as a board member of Child Development Services and United Way. He was a member of Holland's downtown strategic planning committee, the Riverview Development Corporation and has served on several for-profit boards. He was the founding board chair of Creative Dining Services – a for-profit food service company joint venture between Hope and Calvin Colleges. The company now has clients in eleven states and over $85 million in annual sales.

    Since moving to the Beulah area in 2005, he has consulted with educational, social services and arts organizations in the areas of campaign management, financial management and organizational audit. He is a member and past president of the Benzie Sunrise Rotary Club, serves on the board of the Benzie Historical Society and is treasurer of his church.

  • Sally Bancroft
    Bancroft Graphics
    Website Development
    Graphic Design, Desktop Publishing
  • Jennifer Booher
    True North Consulting & Grant Writing Services, LLC
    Fund Development;Strategic Planning
     Jennifer Booher

    Jennifer has over 12 years of experience in fund development and marketing. Throughout her career she has been recognized for her skills in creating and presenting both formal and informal presentations as well as her ability to initiate, strengthen and steward relationships. As a professional consultant, Jennifer has served organizations in areas such as fund development (focusing on donor relations), strategic planning, leadership coaching (staff and board level), board development, and grant writing (public and private foundations).

    Jennifer is a graduate of Michigan State University with a dual major in Marketing and Advertising. 
    She began her career representing national and international clients such as Saab Cars USA, Saturn Corporation and Ford Motor Company through various marketing efforts. During this time she managed cause-related marketing programs for clients resulting in her interest and desire to work with non-profit organizations directly to advance their missions.

    In 2001 Jennifer accepted the position as Sponsorship Manager for the Detroit Zoological Society where she developed a formal sponsorship process which led to great success in securing major sponsorships and forging long-term relationships with individual and corporate donors. Prior to starting her consulting business, Jennifer held the first Fund Development Director position for Camp Daggett, a traditional summer camp and year-round adventure education center established in 1925 and located in Petoskey, Michigan. As Development Director, Jennifer worked to strengthen the organization’s infrastructure to effectively support fund development efforts. Her involvement while serving Camp Daggett included, developing and implementing a fund development plan and managing annual campaign, major gifts and grant programs centered on relationship based fundraising efforts. Other areas of focus included board development, event planning and management and volunteer management.

    Jennifer has enthusiasm and affinity for relationship based fundraising. In her experience as a consultant, she has been extremely successful in working with non-profits to establish strong fund development management within their organizations. Her approach to advancing these organizations toward achieving long-term sustainability focuses on strengthening relationships with current donors, building relationships with new, potential donors and stewardship of these valuable relationships. Jennifer has worked with individuals with many diverse backgrounds and personalities ranging from Executive Directors of sophisticated, national organizations to first-time board members of grassroots, start-up organizations in areas such as strategic planning and organizational management. In doing so, her approach is to provide guidance in assisting them in achieving their full potential by focusing on their strengths and helping them identify opportunities for growth.


  • Freya Bradford
    Manitou Consulting Group
    Evaluation;Program Development
    Grant Writing, Federal Funding, Logic Models


    Freya BradfordFreya Bradford, MSW 

    Recover Michigan and Evaluation Coordinator

    NorthSky Nonprofit Network



    Freya Bradford, MSW, is the Recover Michigan and Evaluation Coordinator for NorthSky Nonprofit Network. Freya provides project management for capacity building projects in this region, coordinates NorthSky’s evaluation work, researches tools and resources for NorthSky’s Resource Center, and coordinates a network of consultants with expertise in nonprofit capacity building. Freya coordinates Recover Michigan projects for NorthSky, endeavors funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to increase the capacity of small community and faith-based nonprofit organizations. NorthSky partners with five other Management Support Organizations in Michigan and the Michigan Nonprofit Association to facilitate the projects in a 21-county area in northern Michigan.

    Freya comes to NorthSky with expertise in grant management, grant writing, and program evaluation. She holds a Master's Degree in Social Work from Michigan State University with a concentration in Administration, Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation. For four years she worked for the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians as the Director of Program Development and Evaluation for their twelve governmental departments. She also worked for six years at the Michigan Public Health Institute in the Lansing area leading state-wide and national training and technical assistance projects. 

  • Cynthia DeLadurantaye
    Fund Finders
    Board Development;Business Development;Executive Leadership Development;Fund Development;Marketing and Communications;Program Development;Strategic Planning;Volunteer Recruitment & Management
    Grant Writing, Public Relations, Team Building
    Cynthia A. DeLadurantaye, d/b/a, Fund FindersCynthia A. DeLadurantaye



    Fund Finders, celebrating our 10th anniversary in 2009, was founded by Cynthia A. DeLadurantaye, B.A., in 1999 and is located in Grayling, Michigan.



    Ms. DeLadurantaye has 30 years of experience working within the nonprofit sector; primarily in family and children's services. Her career began following an internship while working on her bachelor’s degree at Oakland University. That internship led to a 20-year career of social work, primarily focused on child welfare issues.



    In 1997, her family relocated to beautiful Northern Michigan and while some jobs were readily available, most required a lengthy daily commute. In searching for a way to merge her social work experience with her ever-growing informal consultations as a grant writer for nonprofit organizations, Ms. DeLadurantaye took a chance and started a home-based business to be known as Fund Finders.



    In addition to being a licensed professional fundraiser with the State of Michigan, Ms. DeLadurantaye is in her third term as the Governor’s appointee to the Crawford County Department of Human Services Board. She has been a consultant for the NorthSky Nonprofit Network for several years.



    Ms. DeLadurantaye was recently accepted into the Kellogg Action Laboratory’s College of Consultants. This is a partnership between Fieldstone Alliance (FA) in St. Paul, Minnesota and Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) in New York City, New York, made possible by a three-year grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) in Battle Creek, Michigan. The partnership is designed to improve the overall performance, effectiveness, and financial sustainability of U.S.-based WKKF grantees and use the knowledge created in that work to leverage learning about effectiveness and make improvements in performance throughout the nonprofit sector. Ms. DeLadurantaye was honored to be selected as 1 of only 31 Michigan-based consultants and 237 throughout the nation.



    She is a Consultant Reviewer to The Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Child Welfare Review Project.  The goal of the project is to assist states in improving child welfare services and achieving positive outcomes for families and children receiving these services.



    In 2002, Ms. DeLadurantaye began working with HHS within the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) as a Grant Reviewer/Chairperson.  She has reviewed grants for programs seeking federal funds through the following grant competitions:  Mentoring Children of Prisoners, Street Outreach and Basic Center Shelter grants for Homeless & Runaway Youth, Community-Based Abstinence Education, Compassion Capital Fund grants in Demonstration Projects and Targeted Capacity Building, U.S. Department of Justice National Field-Generated Training, Technical Assistance, and Demonstration Project Discretionary grant, U.S. Department of Justice 2009 Recovery Act Local Youth Mentoring Initiative grants, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Services in Supportive Housing grants, SAMHSA Grants for Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration, and the State of Michigan Department of Education’s 21st Century Community Learning Center grants.
  • Mark Evans
    Duality Performance Builders, LLC
    Database/Information Systems Development
    Data Analysis/Reporting
     Mark J. Evans

    Mark J. Evans 

    Principal Consultant

    NorthSky Nonprofit Network



    Mark J. Evans has over 30 years of experience working in designing and managing research studies including statistical analysis and reporting. Mark served as a research specialist and laboratory manager at East Carolina University School of Medicine for over 20 years. In this role, he designed and managed a range of research projects including logistical planning, data generation and analysis, and report development. He has created grant applications and published and presented research findings. Mark’s teaching experience encompasses middle school through post graduate level including mentoring doctoral candidates.



    Mark is a member of NorthSky’s consulting team and oversees the data collection, analysis, and report development for organizational capacity assessments and other research projects.



    Mark has a Bachelors of Science in Biology from Kalamazoo College and a Masters of Science in Microbiology and Immunology from Wake Forest University.
  • Pam Evans
    Duality Performance Builders, LLC
    Board Development;Business Development;Fund Development;Marketing and Communications;Organizational Capacity Assessment;Strategic Planning
    Pamela W Evans

    Pamela W. Evans 

    Consultant 

    NorthSky Nonprofit Network



    Pamela W. Evans has over 25 years of experience working with nonprofit organizations in the areas of board development, strategic planning, marketing, fundraising, and volunteer management. She has also served as an organizational trainer in the areas of total quality/process improvement, customer service, marketing, strategic planning, fundraising, and board governance.

    Pam served for ten years as Vice President of Marketing & Strategic Planning for GNA, a national physical rehabilitation company headquartered in Grand Haven, Michigan and subsequently for Brooks Health System, Jacksonville, Florida, after GNA’s purchase by that organization.

    Pam currently serves as the professional development and communications project manager for NorthSky Nonprofit Network. In this role, she oversees professional development including training curriculums and workshops. She also provides leadership for the Board Governance program which prepares individuals for board service and trains nonprofit boards as to their roles and responsibilities and how to strengthen their effectiveness. Pam is a member of NorthSky’s consulting team and serves as the lead consultant on its projects.

    Pam has an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree from Central Michigan University. She attended Indiana University’s School of Fundraising and is a certified business counselor with the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center.

  • Mary Gillett
    Mary Gillett Marketing Communications
    Board Development;Business Development;Fund Development;Marketing and Communications;Strategic Planning;Volunteer Recruitment & Management
    Grant Writing, Public Relations
     Mary Bevans Gillett

    Mary Bevans Gillett

    Mary Bevans Gillett has worked in the professional communications field for 32 years, and has been responsible for planning and implementing public relations, marketing and communication programs for public, private and nonprofit entities including schools, universities, nonprofit organizations, community groups, and project based initiatives. Mary serves as Business Development Director at Dennis, Gartland & Niergarth while also providing marketing and communications client services. She is a member of the CPAmerica Marketing Committee, the Association for Accounting Marketing, the VSA arts Michigan Board and numerous civic and volunteer organizations. Mary holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Central Michigan University, a Master of Arts degree from the University of Michigan and certifications from the American Management Association, the Michigan Association of Community Arts Agencies/Artserve Arts Fellows, and NMC’s Nonprofit Management.

     
  • Jack Goodnow
    COB Consulting LLC
    Business Development;Financial Management;Strategic Planning
    Corporate Structure
    Jack Goodnow



    Jack Goodnow specializes in financial consulting for non profits and for profit organizations as well. His background includes six years as a college administrator, twenty five years as a commercial banker and most recently ten years as a consultant specializing in crisis management and turnarounds for companies and organizations facing financial based difficulties. His expertise is in human resource and financial management.



    Jack spent most of his professional career working in Wisconsin before relocating permanently to Empire, Michigan in 2006. Since his arrival here, he has specialized in consulting with non-profits. He has assisted NorthSky in several engagements by analyzing business practices and operational and financial performance for several organizations. As a part of his engagements, he has helped the organizations develop pro forma financial statements and cash flow forecasts to better predict future performance. Goal setting and performance monitoring are key to any organization’s success
  • Joan Hanpeter
    The Leadership Group LLC
    Board Development;Business Development;Executive Leadership Development;HR Planning;Strategic Planning;Volunteer Recruitment & Management
    Diversity Training, Team Building
    Joan R. Hanpeter



    Joan R. Hanpeter

    Joan is Managing Principal of The Leadership Group, the management consulting firm that she founded in 1997. She has over 25 years experience in general management, human resources and consulting. Her areas of special expertise are: leadership development, executive coaching, strategic planning, board governance, teambuilding and executive integration into organizations. Joan has consulted with many major organizations and has coached numerous senior leaders in key roles.



    Joan was previously the Managing Director of the southeast Michigan office of Right Management Consultants. Prior to that, she was Managing Director of the Michigan offices of Jannotta, Bray & Associates and a member of the company's Board of Directors. After graduating from Cornell University, Joan began her career in personnel at Michigan Bell Telephone Company (now AT&T).



    Joan has a long history of community service in a leadership capacity and has served on two foundation boards and the national board of Camp Fire Girls. Her interest in public education spans multi-terms on the Grosse Point Board of Education, the Wayne County Intermediate School District Board and the Governor's Committee on Educational Funding. Joan is presently co-chairing the Planning & Visioning Committee of the Detroit Presbytery and is a member of the Capital Campaign Committee of Presbyterian Villages of Michigan, where she was previously board chair.



    Joan's nonprofit consulting work encompasses a variety of organizations including Boys Hope Girls Hope, Leader Dogs for the Blind, Area Agency on Aging 1-B, Catholic Charities of West Michigan, Christ Enrichment Center (Flint), Midwest Eye Bank, and Big Brothers Big Sisters.
  • Lyn Jenks
    Lyn Jenks Consulting
    Board Development; Executive Leadership Development; Fund Development; Strategic Planning, Team Building

    Lyn began her career in healthcare at Hutzel Hospital in the Detroit Medical Center after attending Wayne State University. After moving to Petoskey in 1973 and working a short time at the First National Bank there, she joined the staff at Lockwood MacDonald Hospital, then Northern Michigan Hospital.


    Lyn has held positions ranging from Director of Public Relations to Vice President, Marketing and Planning and finally, President, Northern Michigan Hospital Foundation. She is currently a consultant (licensed in the State of Michigan as a Professional Fundraiser), and for over 30 years has served healthcare and other nonprofit organizations.


    In her role as a fund development professional and consultant, she has been responsible for raising over $90 million for her clients. In addition to consulting for many healthcare and other non-profit organizations, Lyn now serves as Consulting Director of the Charlevoix Area Hospital Foundation and makes statewide and national presentations on topics ranging from philanthropic topics to communications/leadership skills. Lyn is currently the Lead Facilitator for the Michigan Hospital Association’s Governance Fellowship.


    Lyn has also written and published many articles on related topics and published her own book on leadership – a coloring book for adults titled “Bananas and Bunny Slippers”, now in its third printing.


    Lyn lives in Petoskey and has one son, Collin and a lovable, if neurotic, dog, Noodle. Her hobbies include painting, spinning and knitting.

  • Judith Lindenau
    JWL - Focus Consulting
    Board Development;Business Development;Executive Leadership Development;Financial Management;Marketing and Communications;Program Development;Strategic Planning;Volunteer Recruitment & Management
    Corporate Structure
  • Debbie McKeon
    NorthSky Nonprofit Network
    Business Development;Executive Leadership Development;Executive Transition;Meeting Facilitation;Resource Diversification;Strategic Structuring;Succession Planning
     Debra McKeon

    Debra McKeon

    As Executive Director of NorthSky Nonprofit Network, a program of Rotary Charities of Traverse City, Debbie brings 25 years of experience working with nonprofit organizations in the areas of executive leadership, organizational development, strategic structuring and revenue diversification.  A graduate of Central Michigan University, she is also a certified business counselor with the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center and a graduate of the League of American Orchestras, Orchestra Management Fellowship Program. She has also completed advanced training with LaPiana Associates in strategic restructuring, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services in executive leadership transitions and BoardSource in advanced governance consulting.



    Previous senior leadership positions include organizations such as the New York Philharmonic, Elgin (IL) Symphony Orchestra and Youth Orchestra of the Americas, of which she is a co-founder.  Through her company, McKeon & Associates Inc. (1986), she has developed innovative, sustainable organizational systems and structures to support new missions/concepts for the arts and culture industry on six continents. She began her work in social enterprise and strategic structuring in the 1990’s with a co-consulting engagement with Community Wealth Ventures for a Chicago-based organization.



    Clients have included the American Symphony Orchestra League; Youth Music Australia; Casita Maria (New York City); Oberlin College representing a strategic initiative with The Moscow Conservatory; American Federation of Musicians; The New England Conservatory representing a strategic initiative with Strategic Investment Group, Fundación del Estado para el Sistema Nacional de las Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela and twenty countries of the Americas; The Juilliard School and Chicago Children’s Choir. Debbie is a founding board member of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas, an organization she also led through its first five years.



    Debbie was the technical editor for the chapter entitled Planning, of the Michigan Nonprofit Management Manual, Fifth Edition, 2009, and author of “With Everything Going On, is Now the Time to Plan and Evaluate?” in the 2009 spring edition of the Michigan Nonprofit Association Links Magazine.



    Debbie serves on the Traverse City Record Eagle Readers Advisory Council, United Way of Northwest Michigan Volunteer Center Advisory Council, Poverty Reduction Initiative of Northwest Michigan Advisory Council and Business Enhancement Team of the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments. She is a member of the Social Enterprise Alliance, Michigan Nonprofit Association MSO Network and Society for Nonprofit Organizations.
  • Rita McPhail
    RMK Management Support
    Business Development;Evaluation;Fund Development;Program Development;Strategic Planning;Volunteer Recruitment & Management
    Grant Writing
    Rita McPhail, LMSW

    Rita McPhail, LMSW

    Rita McPhail, doing business as RMK Management Support for nonprofit organizations, is uniquely qualified and dedicated to helping individuals and organizations grow and succeed. Over the past 18 years, RMK has contracted with organizations, large to small, related to many different services and target groups.

    Over half of her work (63%), is as an evaluation consultant. She also works as a grant writer or grant consultant (13%) and the rest is miscellaneous services (24%) such as those listed below.

    • leadership for and management of projects, task forces or collaborative efforts;
    • organizational, policy or program planning, development, analysis or evaluation;
    • research and writing for grants, needs assessments, newsletters, educational materials or reports;
    • interviewing, group interviews and surveys.

    RMK's specializes in organizations that target services to families and children. Past clients include programs that serve early childhood (15%), children of all ages (35%), and families (25%). The remainder of her practice (25%) targets a variety of other constituents.

    Ms. McPhail is always ready for new challenges and tailors her services to meet the needs of each organization with which she works.

  • Leslie Starsoneck
    Starsoneck Consulting
    Evaluation;Fund Development;Program Development
    Grant Writing, Public Policy
    Leslie Starsoneck

    Leslie Starsoneck

    Leslie began her non-profit career in the early 1990's and has worked in management, research, program evaluation, and public policy. Much of her experience is related to issues facing children and families, especially in the areas of domestic violence and child maltreatment and often from the perspectives of the community, the criminal justice system, and government.



    After working in non-profit agencies as a manager and as a public policy specialist, Leslie was appointed as the first director of the North Carolina Domestic Violence Commission. She has been responsible for administering state funds ($8M), developing and lobbying for public policy changes, implementing data-driven practices, and fundraising. As a consultant for the past 6 years, her clients have included large human service foundations, small and medium sized service organizations located in both urban and rural areas, the state court system, advocacy organizations, and a statewide community foundation.



    Leslie is a seasonal resident of the Old Mission Peninsula and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
  • Julie Tarr
    OMG Center for Collaborative Learning
    Business Development;Evaluation;Program Development;Strategic Planning
    Grant Writing
    Julie Tarr

    Julie Tarr

    Julie has worked successfully to expand programs and achieve policy reforms in services for children and families. Julie has special expertise in working with foundations and nonprofits to develop strategic plans and evaluations for early childhood and youth programming. She has over 20 years experience in philanthropy, applied research and evaluation, and nonprofit management. Currently, she works part-time with the OMG Center for Collaborative Learning, a national consulting firm based out of Philadelphia and is principal of Tarr Planning and Evaluation. Prior to joining the OMG Center, her most recent position was program and evaluation director at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, where she managed an annual grant portfolio of $5.5 million and designed evaluation plans to measure the impact of community and national investments. Prior to joining Knight Foundation, she was Associate Director of the Center for Early Education Research at Rutgers University, where she evaluated Pre-K programs in New Jersey’s 30 lowest income school districts. She was also involved in evaluating the state’s early intervention services. Dr. Tarr earned a doctorate in education from Rutgers University Graduate School of Education and holds a Master’s in Urban Planning from the University of Illinois. Julie and her husband plan to relocate to the Traverse City, Michigan area in the next few years.
  • Kevin Woods
    Woods Consulting Group
    Board Development;Business Development;Executive Leadership Development;Fund Development;Marketing and Communications;Program Development;Strategic Planning
    Grant Writing