Claudia Thompson |
Claudia Thompson Consulting |
Ms. Thompson has over twenty years of senior management experience in the nonprofit sector, in a variety of Executive Director, Program Director, planning and fundraising roles. She is a skilled financial and overall operations manager, with a strong track record in helping nonprofits to assess their strategic direction, define their priorities, and build an operational structure to achieve their desired outcomes. Throughout her career, she has consistently led organizational “turn-arounds.” In every case she dramatically improved program performance and delivery, balanced budgets with serious deficits, enhanced earned revenues and funds raised, reorganized staff structures, and hired exceptional new talent. She believes that nonprofits need to continuously focus their strategic purpose, and then align their goals with their capabilities. Subsequently, excellence is achieved through an organizational culture that encourages open and creative dialog, while simultaneously ensuring clarity in the roles and responsibilities of all staff and board members. This balance empowers all and makes significant accomplishments possible. Ms. Thompson enjoys working on many issues, with a conviction that the qualities of our environment, community, culture, and relationships are all intertwined. Education: Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, MPA, Nonprofit Management Concentration, Rhode Island School of Design, MFA University of Rochester, BA, Phi Beta Kappa, High Distinction, Janet Howell Clark Prize for Interdisciplinary Excellence |
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Consulting areas: Board Development/ Governance; Business Planning; Capacity Building; Change Management; Collaboration/ Strategic Alliances; Communications; Earned Income; Facilitation; Financial Management; Fundraising/ Income Generation/ Related Planning; Human Resources/ Benefits/ Compensation; Interim Executive Services; Interim Manager/ Program Director Services; Operations Management; Organizational Assessment; Organizational Development; Organizational Restructuring; Retreat Planning; Staffing (permanent and temporary); Strategic Planning; Writing/ Editing |
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Focus areas: Agriculture, Food, Nutrition; Arts, Culture, Humanities; Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy; Environment; Education; Family Planning; Legal; Philanthropy/ Grant Making; Public Health; Recreation, Sports, Leisure, Athletics; Science; Women's Issues; Youth Development |
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Phone: 617-710-0502 |
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206 Lakeview Avenue |
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