Lizann is an organization development consultant working with nonprofit boards and community groups on strategic planning, board development, organizational assessment and capacity-building, workshops, retreat facilitation, leadership coaching, founder and executive transitions, strakeholder engagement processes, community needs assessment, fundraising strategies for small organizations, and peer learning circles for nonprofit directors and philanthropic funders.  My clients include groups in Vermont and New Hampshire.

Prior work included 15 years in public policy and state and national coalitions advocating for health and human services, including time on the staff of U.S. Senator Jacob K. Javits (R-NY).  I have served on and chaired numerous nonprofit boards (including their executive, governance, and fundraising committees), and was the Board co-chair of GoodWeave International, a human rights organization using market-based strategies to end child labor in the overseas textile industry and ensuring that inspection of supply chains was fully independent.

I hold a Masters in Organization and Management from Antioch University New England, specializing in organization development and change, team-building, systems thinking, and facilitation.  I am a nationally certified Core Capacity Assessment facilitator for the TCC Group in New York; former curriculum advisor to Benchmarks for Better Vermont (a federally-funded, statewide capacity-building initiative for nonprofits in Vermont); and former adjunct faculty at Antioch University New England.