Jennifer Brooks
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & LEADERSHIP COUNSEL
Jen provides a full range of corporate sponsorship strategy development and implementation, event planning, management and execution, and public relations services to assist nonprofits. She has worked collaboratively with Brandt Associates for the past five years in helping clients with event planning and management, designing successful corporate sponsorship plans, managing media relations and press conferences, and leveraging her social media skills to help nonprofits share their story.
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Elena Brandt
FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL
Elena has passionately directed philanthropy, volunteer leadership, capital campaigns, major gifts and annual giving programs for clients throughout northern New England and internationally.
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Michael Barndollar
SENIOR PHILANTHROPY STRATEGIST
Michael Barndollar is a passionate advocate for the nonprofit sector. He has dedicated his career to working with nonprofits to impact, change, or save lives, and help build sustainable, thriving organizations. He has 40 years of experience creating, implementing, and managing every aspect of fundraising.
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Sue-Ellen Roper McClain
MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL MEDIA DIRECTOR
A seasoned marketing veteran, Sue-Ellen launched her agency, McClain Marketing Group, in 2001 and grew it to become one of the leading firms in Northern New England. She provides integrated marketing communications strategies to Maine-based and national clients in the nonprofit and for profit sectors.
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Bill Bayreuther, CFRE
GRANTS COUNSEL
Bill helps nonprofit clients achieve their missions by working to develop and implement comprehensive grant seeking programs that fund projects, and yield increased and sustainable support. Clients nationwide range from all-volunteer nonprofits to national organizations, municipalities, and corporations.
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Karen Stimpson
GRANTS COUNSEL
Karen brings to grant writing 27 years as a professional writer and Executive Director of three non-profits. She has written over 700 grant proposals which have yielded millions of dollars. She has enjoyed an 87% award success rate, which she attributes to her careful grant research, pithy writing style, and relationship building with grantors.
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Eric Howard
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS COUNSEL
Eric Howard provides advisory services to non-profits, with a focus on strategic planning and collaborations. He guides the development of dynamic partnerships, integrating them into existing and new programs and advocacy/policy initiatives for a positive impact on communities.
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Kari Sides Suva
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & LEADERSHIP COUNSEL
Kari believes grassroots, visionary organizations have tremendous potential to help alleviate poverty around the world. She draws on her 30+ year career in the non-profit sector to understand the challenges of working in the humanitarian sector in low and middle income countries.
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