Every engagement on this page began with a conversation.
What followed — a retreat, a planning process, a coaching relationship, a multi-year partnership — was co-created from there.
The organizations listed here span forty years, a dozen sectors, and every stage of organizational life. What they share is a leader who was ready to go below the surface — and a willingness to let the work unfold from the inside out.
Current Partnerships
These are the organizations I am actively working with right now.
Statewide, Alaska
University of Alaska Foundation
A renewed partnership with a long-time client. I serve as a strategic thinking partner as the Foundation navigates its post-campaign environment — helping leadership translate the momentum of a completed campaign into the conditions for what comes next.
Boca Raton, Florida
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation
A return engagement with an organization I have partnered with previously. Current work focuses on using the SOAR framework and a whole ecosystem summit to drive execution of improvements to the current Philanthropy Guild process.
Salem, Oregon
Bridgeway Community Health
Nine retreats and counting. Since fall 2022, I have had the privilege of partnering with Bridgeway as they have evolved from a behavioral health treatment provider into a fully integrated community health organization. Working closely with the founder and his new successor, the executive team, and the board, this partnership has helped Bridgeway reimagine and rehearse its future — session by session, horizon by horizon—in ways that shape and strengthen organizational culture.
In service partnership with Creative Catalysts, InC.
Jacques Pépin Foundation
A strategic planning and organizational development partnership with one of the country’s most distinctive culinary arts foundations. Work has included logic model design, impact statement development, and a comprehensive vision, mission, and values framework — grounding the Foundation’s identity for the work ahead.
Valparaiso, Indiana
Association of Lutheran Church Musicians
A strategic planning partnership involving staff and board—the first in its 40-year history. Treating the process as a structured act of stewardship: clarifying ALCM’s strategic direction, stress-testing that direction against plausible futures, and positioning association leaders to communicate that direction confidently to members, partners, and funders.
A record of forty years.
The organizations below represent the full arc of this practice — from the earliest engagements in the 1990s before starting my own firm in 2006—through recent years.
Every name on this list is a relationship, not a transaction.
Some partnerships lasted a season. Some have continued, in one form or another, for decades.
Health
Anne Carlsen Center for Children
Jamestown, ND
Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
Little Rock, AR
Aurora Health System
Milwaukee, WI
Banner Health Foundation
Phoenix, AZ
Caron Foundation
Wernersville, PA
CentraCare Health Foundation
St. Cloud, MN
Clermont Mercy Hospital
Batavia, OH
Clinton Memorial Hospital
St. Johns, MI
Columbia Lutheran Ministries
Seattle, WA
Concord Hospital Trust
Concord, NH
Fairview Health Services Foundation
Edina, MN
Felician Village
Manitowoc, WI
Finley Health Foundation
Dubuque, IA
Foundation of the PA Medical Society
Harrisburg, PA
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital
Edina, Milwaukee, WI
Gateway Rehabilitation Centers
Aliquippa, PA
Geneva Regional Health Foundation
Geneva, NY
Gillette Children’s Healthcare Foundation
St. Paul, MN
Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation
Hamilton, ON
Hazelden Foundation
Center City, MN
Health Alliance
Cincinnati, OH
HealthEast Care System and Foundation
St. Paul, MN
Holden Village
Chelan, WA
Holy Family Memorial Medical Center
Manitowoc, WI
Jane Lamb Health Center
Clinton, IA
Little Company of Mary Hospital Foundation
Evergreen Park, IL
Lincoln General Hospital
Ruston, LA
Lourdes Nursing Home
Waterford, MI
Luther Manor
Milwaukee, WI
Lutheran General Foundation
Chicago, IL, WI
Malulani Health & Medical Center
Wailuku, HI
Marquis Companies
Milwaukie, OR
Martha & Mary Health Services
Poulsbo, WA
Mercy Hospital and Health Foundation
Moose Lake, MN
Mercy Hospital — Port Huron
Port Huron, MI
Meridian Health Affiliated Foundations
Neptune, NJ
Miller-Dwan Foundation
Duluth, MN
Plymouth Place
La Grange Park, IL
Providence Foundations
AK, CA, OR, WA
Rogers Memorial Hospital
Oconomowoc, WI
Sacred Heart Hospital
Eau Claire, WI
Samaritan Health Foundations
Oregon
Sixteenth Street Community Health Center
Milwaukee, WI
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Utica, NY
St. James Hospital and Health Centers
Chicago Heights, IL
St. Joseph’s Mercy Foundation
Mt. Clemens, MI
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Houston, TX
Team PHenomenal Hope, Inc.
Wheaton, IL
Willis-Knighton Medical Center
Shreveport, LA
Education
AHA International
Portland, OR
Appleton Area Education Foundation
Appleton, WI
Aquinas Institute of Theology
St. Louis, MO
Briar Cliff University
Sioux City, IA
Buena Vista University
Storm Lake, IA
College of St. Scholastica
Duluth, MN
Concordia University — Nebraska
Seward, NE
Concordia University Foundation
Portland, OR
Concordia University System
St. Louis, MO
Concordia University Wisconsin
Mequon, WI
DePaul University
Chicago, IL
Elmhurst College
Elmhurst, IL
Financial Beginnings
Portland, OR
George Fox University
Newberg, OR
Hartford Seminary
Hartford, CT
Lutheran Summer Music
Minneapolis, MN
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Philadelphia, PA
Midland Lutheran College
Fremont, NE
Seattle University STM
Seattle, WA
St. Mary’s University of MN
Winona, MN
St. Norbert College
De Pere, WI
Teaching Matters, Inc.
New York, NY
Trinity Lutheran College
Issaquah, WA
University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, AK
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK
University of Dubuque
Dubuque, IA
University of Mary
Bismarck, ND
UW — River Falls
UW - River Falls, WI
UW — Superior
UW - Superior, WI
UW Whitewater Foundation
UW - Whitewater, WI
Vesper Service Network
Minneapolis, MN
Viterbo University
La Crosse, WI
Warner Pacific College
Portland, OR
Western States Chiropractic College
Portland, OR
WICPA Education Foundation
Brookfield, WI
Mount Mary College
Milwaukee, WI
North American Baptist Seminary
Sioux Falls, SD
Social Services
America’s Second Harvest
Milwaukee, WI
Benchmarks
Raleigh, NC
Bethphage Missions
Omaha, NE
Children’s Center
Oregon City, OR
Connecting Point
Toledo, OH
Courage Center
Minneapolis, MN
Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries
Allentown, PA
Fox River Girl Scout Council
Appleton, WI
Goodwill Columbia Willamette
Portland, OR
Goodwill North Central WI
Menasha, WI
Goodwill SE Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Habitat for Humanity — Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
Lad Lake
Dousman, WI
Life Promotions
Appleton, WI
Loaves & Fishes Centers
Portland, OR
Lutheran Family Services of VA
Roanoke, VA
Lutheran Services in America
Baltimore, MD
LSS of Metropolitan NY
New York City, NY
Lutheran World Relief
Baltimore, MD
Northwest Area Foundation
St. Paul, MN
Ronald McDonald House Indiana
Indianapolis, IN
Ronald McDonald House OR & SW WA
Portland, OR
Ronald McDonald House Southern CA
Pasadena, CA
Special Olympics Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Wartburg Lutheran Services
Brooklyn, NY
YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
Humanitarian & Religion
The Alliance to End Hunger
Washington, DC
Foods Resource Bank
Chicago, IL
World YWCA
Geneva, Switzerland
Aid Association for Lutherans
Appleton, WI
Archdiocese of Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Grand Rapids, MI
Delaware-Baltimore Synod, ELCA
Baltimore, MD
East Side Temple
Shorewood, WI
Society of Jesus, Oregon Province
Portland, OR
Wheat Ridge Ministries
Itasca, IL
Associations, Arts & Culture
Assoc. for Healthcare Philanthropy
Falls Church, VA
General Board of Pension, UMC
Evanston, IL
Oregon Alliance of Children’s Programs
Salem, OR
American Inside Theater
Genesee Depot, WI
American Swedish Institute
Minneapolis, MN
Anchorage Library Foundation
Anchorage, AK
Discovery Institute
Seattle, WA
Fox Cities Children’s Museum
Appleton, WI
Impression 5 Science Museum
Lansing, MI
Outagamie County Historical Society
Appleton, WI
Environment & Foundations
Alaska Conservation Foundation
Anchorage, AK
The Nature Conservancy — Michigan
East Lansing, MI
MJ Murdock Charitable Trust
Vancouver, WA
Schalkenbach Foundation
New York, NY
Ready to explore a partnership?
The best way to find out whether there’s a fit is through a conversation.
Bring what you’re working on. We’ll think about it together.
