Team Profiles
Campaign
Consultation, Inc. relies on a diverse team of experts from across
the nation and around the world with the breadth of skill, depth of talent,
and scope of experience to satisfy the unique needs and challenges faced
by our clients. The following profiles highlight a few members of our
team who help our clients advance their cutting-edge agendas.
Linda
Brown Rivelis, CFRE
President
Ms.
Rivelis is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) with more than 30
years fundraising experience with such organizations as American Red Cross,
Johns Hopkins Kennedy Krieger Institute and Maryland Institute College
of Art. She is skilled at helping individuals and organizations to improve
their abilities to raise resources and build volunteer power.
Linda Brown Rivelis was instrumental in leading volunteers to Arolsen, Germany to found the National Holocaust and War Victims Tracing and Information Center, on behalf of American Red Cross. She has trained people from Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean region on how to build the Third Sector/Nonprofit Sector in their countries through leadership development, volunteerism, fund raising, marketing and advocacy.
Ms. Rivelis
is integral to the development and training of curriculum for Campaign
Consultation’s SustainAbility agreement with the Corporation for
National and Community Service. Ongoing first-hand experience is critical
to dynamic curricula and facilitation. For instance, recently she and
associates completed a feasibility study regarding the likelihood of the
corporate and foundation community in Washington, D.C. responding to a
$3.5 million campaign for a community development
organization. In addition, she and volunteers are currently raising $1.5
million for a community based learning center.
In
the final analysis, she says:
“Campaign Consultation is dedicated to helping people who do
good, do better.”
Steven
Rivelis
Chief Executive Officer
“We
are living in a new age, which requires a new body of knowledge, a new
way of thinking, and a new set of strategies to address today’s
complex inter-related challenges. Campaign Consultation is equipped to
help individuals and systems advance their agenda in this ultra quick-changing
environment.”
Steven Rivelis has been helping people adapt to change and meet goals for over a quarter of a century. He provides marketing and message development assistance to NASA and Youth Build USA, strategic and action planning assistance to Population Action International and Family Care International, and diversity training/coaching to the International Monetary Fund and ChevronTexaco.
He coaches civic and business leaders from Central America, Africa, the Middle East and post-Soviet nations on tools and techniques for creating social change using the “Winning Movements” curriculum he developed. One of his proudest achievements is drafting and successfully lobbying for the passage of the nation’s first Motor Voter Registration law.
Mr. Rivelis served as the "architect" of a meeting between leaders from forty-five national organizations, resulting in a BLUEPRINT: for a National Multi-Disciplinary Prevention Agenda. He created the TOOL BOX for Collaborative Campaigns. He also served as one of the principal developers of the Institute for Partnership Development as well as the Recipes for Building Community Institute.
Mr.
Rivelis shares his social change knowledge with graduate students as an
Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work,
where he teaches a graduate class on communities and systems. He is also
a permanent faculty member to the Virginia Supreme Court. His talent at
helping people identify and develop the action steps needed to create
desired change is evident in his work in shaping the
content for the White House’s landmark website www.USAFreedomCorps.gov.
This one-click away resource is referred to as “the most comprehensive
network of volunteer resources for nonprofits, service organizations and
corporations ever assembled.”
Susan
M. Hailman
Knowledge Transfer & Utilization Director
Ms.
Hailman has led the Campaign Consultation SustainAbility Initiative in
training more than 17,000 community service members, supervisors, project
directors and state leaders in the knowledge and skills to build community
commitment necessary to keep projects going long after the initial support
of federal resources.
Prior to joining the Campaign Consultation team, Susan Hailman directed training and technical assistance services to 123 cities throughout the country for the Enterprise Foundation and its goal to create and preserve affordable housing.
No stranger to multi-tasking,
Ms. Hailman has also served as Project Officer/Public Health Advisor for
the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). She oversaw federal
alcohol/drug prevention and community partnership training contracts valued
at more than $9 million annually. She developed national training and
technical
assistance projects which delivered over 300 innovative learning events
to a total of 250 community partnerships and an estimated 18,000 professionals
and volunteers nationwide.
Her extensive experience in these national programs, have honed her skills in situational assessment, matching associate facilitators with audience needs, creating inspired curriculum, training, follow-up, and evaluation.
Each of these skills, in addition to her clarity of thought and communication make Campaign Consultation’s SustainAbility Initiative sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service a success.
Shelley
Albrecht
Finance & Operations Manager
As Finance and Operations Manager, Shelley directs the accounts payable
and receivables for Campaign Consultation. Her other duties include vendor
relationships and facilities management.
Prior to joining Campaign Consultation, Ms. Albrecht was a Senior Financial Analyst at Johns Hopkins University for various divisions of the Department of Medicine. Shelley earned a Bachelor's in Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University and graduated with honors.
Sharon Rabb, MA
Project Specialist
Sharon
Rabb brings over twenty years’ experience in fundraising to Campaign
Consultation, Inc. More than half of that time has been spent in higher
education institutions, and the remainder with religious and social service
organizations. Her first professional experiences were as a high school
English teacher and a television copywriter.
Originally from Boston, Ms. Rabb came to Baltimore from Atlanta, GA. She was employed by Oglethorpe University in Atlanta for nine years where she coordinated capital campaigns for $18 million and $36 million.
She holds a Master of Arts in Nonprofit Management
from The College of Notre Dame of Maryland. With an academic interest
in women as social change agents, her thesis title was The Role of Women
in Philanthropy. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education from the University
of Massachusetts Boston.
As a Project Specialist with Campaign Consultation, Ms. Rabb is charged
with the development and implementation of fundraising curricula and other
campaign projects.
Michelle Bond,
Project Specialist
Michelle Bond has been working as a social change agent within diverse communities for the past 8 years. Spanning nonprofit, government, education, urban and rural, national and international environments, she has engaged individuals, organizations and communities in development, consensus-building, and behavior-changing initiatives.
As a Project Specialist with Campaign Consultation, she is responsible for the content of training curricula and distance learning products. She has a strong focus on community service as a means to build communities, and a belief that intercultural exchanges across boundaries, real and imagined, provide powerful learning experiences and lasting social change. Her work includes managing the Building Communities Institute for AmeriCorps*VISTA, Best Practices Conference for AmeriCorps*National, Wealth & Poverty curriculum for AmeriCorps*VISTA, New Directors Orientation program for Senior Corps, and the Health & Well Being Initiative for AmeriCorps*VISTA.
Prior to joining the Campaign Consultation team, Ms. Bond worked for and/or collaborated with: United States Peace Corps; AmeriCorps *VISTA; Habitat for Humanity; Baltimore City Government; University of Maryland; The Landslide Mitigation Group; National Council for International Visitors; Sargent Shriver Peaceworker Program, and The Annie E. Casey Foundation. Originally from northern New Jersey, she is now proudly rooted in Baltimore City after having lived in the Pacific Northwest, NY State’s Hudson Valley and Limpopo Province of South Africa.
Ms. Bond holds a Bachelors Degree in Public Relations for Nonprofits and a Masters Degree in Intercultural Communication.
Arthurine Walker,
Project Specialist
In her role as Program Specialist for Campaign Consultation Inc, Arthurine Walker advances community development and organizational capacity building. Currently, she is working on a Youth Aging Out of Foster Care Initiative, a Heritage Economic Development Campaign for economically depressed communities, and the Building Community Institute.
She brings to Campaign Consultation over fifteen years of experience working with non-profits and government. She has experience in community organizing, strategic action planning, program management, facilitation and training.
Prior to joining Campaign Consultation Inc., Ms. Walker was an independent consultant doing work as diverse as youth development; professional development; teacher education; cultural exchange; fund raising and program replication. She has worked with low-income youth on college goals through the Upward Bound Program and at a group home for young children in state custody.
Ms. Walker was formerly the Outreach Director for the Corporation for National and Community Service. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Baruch College, City University of New York and a Master of Arts in Intercultural Management from the School for International Training.
In her spare time, she tutors and mentors out-of-school youth and encourages them to pursue higher education.
Stephanie Grocott,
Project & Corporate Coordinator
Stephanie Grocott is a skilled event planner and researcher. In her role as Project & Corporate Coordinator, she plans national conferences, edits training curricula, conducts research, and works on development initiatives for Campaign Consultation clients and its corporate officers.
Prior to joining the Campaign Consultation team, Ms. Grocott worked as an associate in the Commercial Trucking Industry where she was instrumental in consumer marketing, planning and organizing training seminars and materials, and market research.
Ms. Grocott holds a Bachelor of Science in both Psychology and Political Science from Towson University. During her college experience, Stephanie took the opportunity to live abroad while gaining an Independent Studies degree from Sunderland University, in England.
Suzanne Knizner,
Project & Corporate Coordinator
Suzanne Knizner is an experienced event and project planner. In her role as Project & Corporate Coordinator, she coordinates all aspects of workshop/training development and delivery; conducts research for proposals and programs; and ensures that tasks are on schedule, budgets are on target, and events run smoothly.
Prior to joining the Campaign Consultation team, Ms. Knizner worked for The Archdiocese of Baltimore Division of Catholic Schools Marketing Office, where she served as the lead agent for multiple large events and created numerous publications.
Ms. Knizner holds a B.A. in Communication from McDaniel College and is currently a member of the Alumni Council Outreach and the Graduates of the Last Decade Committees. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, attending sporting events and cooking.
Viviana
Aguilar
Associate – Washington State
As an educational planner/trainer, Ms. Aguilar provides technical assistance and training to school systems and communities throughout the Pacific Northwest and the Pacific Basin. She works with the National Origin Desegregation Assistance Center (NODAC) in Portland, Oregon and Honolulu, Hawaii. She also serves on the team facilitating the development of Yap State's Five Year Education Plan in the Federated States of Micronesia and on a team from the University of Guam to assess the social, political, and economic impact the Compacts of Free Association had on the infrastructures of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Guam.
Patricia
Chavez Anaya
Associate – Oklahoma
Patricia Chavez Anaya has dedicated 22 years of service to the betterment of families and youth through program development, education, research, prevention and intervention. Ms. Anaya has provided training, facilitation and consultation services to diverse clients, ranging from federal agencies to state policy makers to citizen-based organizations.
Judith
Bailie
Associate – New Mexico
Ms. Bailie
is deeply committed to working with and within diverse teams and communities
in order to create healthier and safer communities. Recently she has been
focusing on the developmental work of volunteer groups and not-for-profit
organizations. These consultations focus on successful board management,
planning, volunteer recruitment and retention, and building a foundation
for sustainable community, state and national endeavors.
John Bird provides training and coaching pertaining to the development and evaluation of effective community building and substance abuse prevention/ treatment programs. His clients include State and Federal Agencies, Native American Tribes, non-profit agencies and major corporations. Mr. Bird is a member of the Blackfeet Tribal Nation.
Manny
Brandt
Associate – Oklahoma
Manny
Brandt is a dynamic group facilitator and has led workshops and training
programs on managing diversity, multicultural team-building, and problem
solving. He is a successful grant writer and a master networker, who possesses
a strong working knowledge of community, business, education and human
service systems. He is also well-versed in group facilitation within video
conferencing, groupware, and electronic meeting environments.
Catherine
Blinder
Associate – Connecticut
Ms.
Blinder has extensive hands-on experience in the areas of marketing and
media relations. She has worked with various community development initiatives,
including Campaign Manager and Press Coordinator for the International
Center for Development Policy. As a free lance writer, Catherine Blinder's
work has appeared in The Hartford Courant and various national magazines.
She is currently working on a children's book.
Elizabeth
Burden
Associate – Arizona
Ms.
Burden has an extremely diverse background. She has worked in health-related
nonprofit organizations, at community newspapers, at television and radio
stations, and at a museum. The common thread that runs through all her
work is helping people to create positive change.
Maxine
Carpenter
Associate – Georgia
Ms. Carpenter's extensive professional background is focused in management,instructional design and training. She has developed and delivered training programs for government agencies, corporations, trade associations and non-profits throughout the United States.
Cynthia
Perry Colebrook, CFRE
Associate – Ohio
A
fund-raising professional, Ms. Colebrook has served major cultural institutions,
hospitals and social service agencies. Her areas of expertise include
developing and implementing strategic plans with start-up organizations,
board recruitment and training, and special event design and management.
David
Carillo
Associate – Virginia
An experienced trainer and group facilitator for 25 years, Mr. Carillo is recognized as a leader in the field of multi-cultural advocacy. His extensive experience includes work in organizational development, risk assessment/management, strategic planning, executive coaching, advocacy, mediation, curriculum development, program planning and management, marketing and media outreach, and cultural awareness. In all of his work, David has been an effective advocate for a variety of American Indian tribal and multi-cultural perspectives.
Herbert
A. Carter
Associate – North Carolina
Herbert
A. Carter works with a wide range of organizations, agencies and industries
within the non-profit, government, and corporate sectors. He specializes
in the fields of environmental design, community-oriented policing, board
development, project management and evaluation, affordable housing development,
energy conservation, and workplace violence prevention.
Karen
Cole
Associate – New York
Actively
involved in improving the lives of the under-served, Ms. Cole has worked
with a variety of populations on issues including homelessness, illiteracy,
poverty, HIV and drug abuse prevention. She also has extensive experience
working with and developing volunteer programs.
Lawrence
J. Dark
Associate – Virginia
Mr. Dark's focus is in the areas of economic and social justice, education, health and equity issues. He was selected to work on the Community Leadership Project with the Charles F. Kettering Foundation. This three year project aims to engage and empower citizens to create a strong and vibrant political life in their own communities. He is knowledgeable in the areas of non-profit law, and is proficient in all aspects of grant writing and fund-raising.
Ian Fisk has experience in campaign management, event planning, information systems, and volunteer management. He works with national and community-based organizations in the areas of event planning and database design.
Suzie
Frazier
Associate – New Mexico
Suzie
Frazier's 25 years of experience encompass facilitating community capacity
building, organizational development,
collaboration, diversity awareness and multi-cultural leadership development,
team building, prevention planning, family and group therapy, employee
assistance program management, mediation and conflict resolution, and
participatory evaluation.
Christopher
Gergen
Associate – Washington, DC
Christopher Gergen has extensive experience with e-learning environments and educational initiatives. He has studied and/or worked on five continents with additional travel throughout Southeast Asia.
Cheryl
M. Guthier
Associate – Pennsylvania
Ms. Guthier is the founding and current president of the Pennsylvania Association of Community Partnerships and the immediate Past Chair of the Pennsylvanians Against Underage Drinking Coalition, which is funded through a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Cynthia
Henderson
Associate – Maryland
Ms.
Henderson is an educator, fund-raising strategist, and community capacity
building specialist. She has established several award-winning initiatives
at colleges, universities, as well as faith-based, community-based, and
other nonprofit organizations.
James
P. Hickman
Associate – Virginia
Mr.
Hickman has expertise in diversity, organizational development, training
of trainers, community collaboration, and curriculum design. He was the
primary author and editor for BoardWALK – a 15 volume series of
workshops on non-profit board development and for MANAGE – a one
week non-profit executive director training program. He also wrote "The
Game of Volunteer Management" – a board game for the American
Association of Retired Persons (AARP).
LaTanya Bailey
Jones
Associate – Maryland
Ms.
Jones is a skilled media consultant. She has worked as a writer, director
and producer for Maryland Public Television and at CBS-TV Baltimore affiliate
WJZ as a writer/producer in promotions and news. She has also served as
director of the Maryland Campaign for Kids' TV.
Jackie
Jordan-Davis
Associate – New Jersey
Jackie
Jordan-Davis is a coach, trainer, and management consultant, primarily
in the non-for-profit sector. For the past year, Jackie has served as
a member of the Drucker Foundation's organizational Self-Assessment Training
Team.
Sally
Jue, LCSW
Associate – California
An acknowledged expert in diversity issues, cross-cultural communication, management and organizational development, Ms. Jue has been involved with training and facilitation for groups as varied as Beit Hashoah Museum of Tolerance, Asia Pacific Family Center and the US Army Breast Cancer Research Program. She also serves on the Executive Board of National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse and has created and managed one of the first HIV programs in the United States – AIDS Project Los Angeles.
Pauline
Kanako Kamiyama
Associate – California
Ms.
Kamiyama provides services in program development, volunteer management,
special events and community advocacy. She has experience on both the
national and local levels in community capacity building, collaboration,
and service delivery.
Leslie
K. Kleban
Associate – Maryland
Leslie Kleban specializes in strategic planning, change management, program design, team building, grants and contract management and workforce development. She also has extensive experience in inter-generational programming.
Harry
Kressler
Associate – Arizona
Harry
Kressler serves as the Executive Director of Pima Prevention Partnership
(PPP), an agency that develops programs and services for under-served
populations in Southern Arizona. This agency has developed collaborations
and partnerships with community groups, agencies and institutions to access
funding for meaningful city, county, and statewide projects.
Anna
Latimer-Hansen
Associate – Washington State
Anna
Latimer-Hansen served for six years as the Executive Director of the National
Association of Native American Children Of Alcoholics (NANACOA). Ms. Latimer-Hansen
planned, developed and implemented a national media campaign as well as
undertook the administration and supervision of all aspects of the program,
including fund-raising, networking and policy development. Anna Latimer-Hansen
is a member of the Sechelt tribe.
Lorenita
Lucas
Associate – Washington, DC
Ms. Lucas specializes in creating and managing logistical plans, producing special events, fund-raising, managing media relations, developing communications materials, training, and working with volunteers.
Carol
Melvin
Associate – Maryland
Ms. Melvin is particularly noted for her work in board development, cultural diversity training, fund development and strategic planning. She works with a broad range of organizations, including the Advocacy Institute, the Agape Family Empowerment Center, Associated Black Charities, Bon Secours Hospital System, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Health Care for the Homeless, National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence, and the Open Society Institute.
Julia
Marie Ojeda
Associate – Massachusetts
Ms.
Ojeda has over 20 years of experience in building community capacity.
She is a nationally recognized trainer and consultant on issues such as
community partnership sustainability, coalition development, Hispanic/Latino
leadership development, and youth advocacy. She has developed skills that
assist non-profit organizations in creating healthier and stronger communities.
Michelle
Otero
Associate – Texas/New Mexico
Ms. Otero's approach to community collaboration is rooted in building sustainable relationships between diverse groups of individuals and organizations. She has implemented this belief in her community work in Belize, Central America and throughout the United States. Two of her primary focuses has been on helping Chicano, Native American and environmental organizers to increase voter turnout and on helping young, women of color-lead organizing projects to advance their agendas.
James
E. Pete
Associate – California
Mr. Pete, whose Anishinabe name is Guyaushk (Seagull), is a member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indian Nation located in Wisconsin. He is also a member of the Eagle Clan, a northern Traditional Dancer and a member of the Big Drum Society in Lac Du Flambeau, Wisconsin. His expertise is in tribal management, focusing on service to Indian/Native American Tribes and Tribal organizations.
Charles
L. Perry, MPA
Associate – Maryland
Mr.
Perry has expertise in community and organizational
development, leadership, and human resource management. His experience
allows him to assess, design, implement, and evaluate effective programs
to increase organizational productivity and improve the quality of the
work experience. He is a member of the American Society of Public Administration,
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the
National Center for Neighborhood Enterprises.
Janet
Pfeffer, Ph.D.
Associate – Maryland
Janet Pfeffer has been planning, implementing and evaluating substance abuse prevention and cardiovascular risk reduction programs at the community level for 15 years. As director of the Talbot Partnership for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention, she provides training, facilitation, technical assistance and community development services to agencies and citizen groups in rural Maryland and beyond. Areas of expertise include citizen advocacy for policy change, grant writing and fund raising, and community building for organizational effectiveness and systems change.
Danita
Rodriguez
Associate – Arizona
Ms. Rodriguez has a proven track record in resource development, program development, social marketing and evaluation. Additionally, she has a complete understanding of how to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships between educational institutions, community organizations, tribal organizations, government and local industry. She also has private and public sector experience with budget preparation and administration.
Wendy
Elliott Shaia
Associate – Maryland
Wendy Shaia has worked for a wide base of support services with particular focus on housing and women's issues. Some of Ms. Shaia's previous professional positions include program director of social services for The Enterprise Foundation, director of housing development for East New York Urban Youth Corps, and program director for The Rose F. Kennedy Family Center.
Jo
Thompson
Associate – Mississippi
For the past 26 years, Ms. Thompson has focused on organizational development, community organizing and mobilization, and improving morale of organizations in rural communities through collaborative planning and developing "asking" strategies. Jo Thompson has been recognized for her community leadership – she is a recipient of the Martin Luther King Dream Award.
Nicole
Trimble
Associate – Washington State
Involved with National Service for over 10 years, Nicole Trimble holds a business degree from Miami University and a Master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has been director of a national AmeriCorps Program, a National Service Fellow, and a program officer for the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Sally
VerSchave, CFRE
Associate – Illinois
Ms. VerSchave has been involved with nonprofits for 33 years. She served for six years on the Board of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives, working in the areas of professional advancement and certification, and she wrote the chapter on organizing development offices for their publication, Getting Started: A Guide to Fund Raising Fundamentals. She has also served as faculty/staff for a number of organizations, including the American Association of Fund Raising Counsel, United Way of Chicago, American Association of Homes for the Aging, Latino Institute, National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse, and Travelers & Immigrants Aid of Chicago (now Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights).
Theron
A. Wauneka, M.S.W.
Associate – Arizona
Mr. Wauneka has studied the teachings from the elders of the Kaibab-Paiute Tribe of Northern Arizona – to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Southern Arizona – pertaining to the religious usage of traditional foods and the natural herbs used for traditional/spiritual ceremonies. Mr. Wauneka believes the magnitude of these teachings has been invaluable in observing and working with Tribal grassroots programs and small community based organizations to promote community involvement for the better social health and well being of all people within each community.
Elizabeth
Weinstein, Ph.D.
Associate – Iowa
Ms. Weinstein uses her skills as a group facilitator to focus on ways to help people improve the way they work. Most recently, acting as project manager, she initiated and managed two major projects: Making Connections and Volunteer Link. She provides ongoing services to the Iowa Volunteer Mentor Program. Her first book, "Mentoring for Success," was published in August of 1998.
Emilio
Williams
Associate – Maryland
Mr. Williams specializes in group facilitation, team building, as well as staff, leadership and organizational development. Among his clients are corporations, educational institutions, youth development organizations, national service agencies, and a host of nonprofit organizations.
Ginlin
Woo
Associate – Washington
For over 30 years, she has worked locally, nationally and internationally in the areas of substance abuse prevention, youth and community development, diversity, school improvement, and social justice issues. During her professional career, Ginlin Woo has served as a gang counselor, director of a bilingual pre-school, and co-director of the Asian-American Resource Center. For the U.S. Department of Education, she was director of a regional National Origin Desegregation Assistance Center and facilitator of human relations and diversity awareness for area school districts, building the capacity of school leaders throughout the United States and Micronesia.
Matthews
W. Wright
Associate – Maryland
Matthews W. Wright has been involved in the human service delivery field for more than thirty years. For ten years, he was Director of Community Services and Grants for Associated Black Charities and hosted a radio show, First Up! that aired weekly focusing on issues and leaders that impact the lives of those in the African American Community and Central Maryland. Mr. Wright focuses on issues pertaining to non-profit human service delivery agencies, faith-based institutions, for-profit entities, and community development corporations.
Eva
Young
Associate – Washington, DC
Eva Young develops and delivers technical assistance and training programs to a wide range of clients including the U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, National Multi-Cultural Institute, U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Ms. Young has served as the Executive Director of the National Volunteer Training Center. She is a graduate of the National University of Mexico, Jussieu VII-La Sorbonne and the Community Fellows Program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. She currently serves as a member of the District of Columbia Commission on Latino Community Development.
