Two things. Hands-on strategy and communications support for nonprofits and cultural organizations — fundraising campaigns, donor development, social media, photography, and events. And the Gala Event Toolkit, a self-serve kit for organizations that need to run a successful fundraising event without hiring a consultant to do it for them.

Everything you need to plan and run a profitable fundraising gala — timelines, budgets, sponsorship templates, run-of-show documents, and marketing materials — built from real events that raised real money, not theory. It comes in two versions: the DIY kit, and the kit plus a working session with me to pressure-test your plan. If you've ever stared at a blank spreadsheet three months before your gala wondering where to start, this is for you.

No. Every document in it was built and battle-tested at actual fundraising events for organizations like the Mystic & Noank Library. A gala isn't complicated — it's a party where you're asking for money — but the details are where events lose money, and the toolkit exists so you don't learn those details the expensive way. For work beyond the toolkit, every consulting engagement is still shaped around your mission, audience, and budget.

If you have a capable team (or committee) and need structure, the toolkit. If you need someone embedded — running the campaign, managing the moving parts, producing the content — that's a consulting engagement. Many organizations start with the toolkit and bring me in for the pieces they don't want to own. Not sure? Email me and I'll tell you honestly which one you need.

Nonprofits, libraries, museums, cultural organizations, and heritage institutions — plus galleries, dealers, and arts-driven businesses. If your organization has a mission to fund, an audience to grow, or an event to fill, that's the work.

Years inside the fine-arts and cultural world — including seven years at Sotheby's — combined with hands-on fundraising work for small nonprofits. I've been on both sides: the polished institutional campaign and the volunteer committee with no budget and a deadline. The advice reflects both.

A discovery call. We talk through your goals, challenges, and what you've been doing so far, and I propose the right engagement — a single project, a monthly collaboration, or full communications-and-development support. (The toolkit skips all this: buy it, download it, get to work.)

No. Clients in New England and the New York City area get in-person meetings and on-site content production; everyone else gets the same work remotely. The toolkit works anywhere.

Yes. Many engagements involve private collections, archives, or donor networks. NDAs and full discretion as needed.

Single projects run 2–6 weeks depending on scope. Retainer clients work within an agreed schedule. The toolkit is instant — you download it and start.