Since its launch in 2011, Saltonstall Consulting has served dozens of mission-driven nonprofits, providing a wide variety of custom-tailored deliverables. In each partnership, Elizabeth is honored to serve as an advisor, confidant, and partner to her clients, their teams, and volunteer leadership.
“Elizabeth stepped in as Interim VP for Development at a key time of leadership transition at the New England Aquarium. In addition to supporting the five directors on the Development team, Elizabeth helped with pre-campaign planning, strengthened partnership across the VP team, provided insight and guidance on building our culture of philanthropy, and engaged leadership volunteers in strategic discussions around fundraising and governance. Elizabeth is an empathetic listener and a bold, strategic thinker. She served as a trusted advisor for me and the senior team, offering fresh and objective perspectives, and suggesting actionable recommendations. I highly recommend Elizabeth and would welcome the opportunity to work with her again.”
– Vicki Spruill, President & CEO, New England Aquarium
“Elizabeth is an extraordinary partner for anyone who needs redirection, new energy and strategic re-focusing of their development work. She functioned as an embedded consultant to The Boston Foundation for a year helping us to move to a more relationship-focused model of fundraising. She is strategic, empathetic, knowledgeable, forthright, and insightful. She really knows her stuff and she knows how to support a team to become transformational.”
– Kate Guedj, Vice President for Philanthropic & Donor Services, The Boston Foundation
“It was a treat to work with Elizabeth from start to finish during our campaign readiness assessment for our Building the Road to Recovery campaign. She came to our organization at a time of transition and great potential. Elizabeth worked strategically and inclusively, engaging board members and staff in thoughtful discussions to elicit feedback about our vision, leadership and fundraising capacity. She then crafted a comprehensive, insightful report, with clear recommendations. Elizabeth left The Dimock Center with an achievable action plan that we continue to implement today. I thoroughly enjoyed working with Elizabeth, and I enthusiastically endorse her work.”
– Myechia Minter-Jordan, President and CEO, The Dimock Center
“We partnered with Elizabeth remotely from England at a pivotal time for ICHOM. As a relatively young global nonprofit without a professional fundraiser on our staff, we were seeking to increase philanthropic revenue during the global coronavirus pandemic. Elizabeth engaged colleagues and volunteers across our organization – and around the world – in confidential conversations to assess our stakeholders and the current landscape, and to identify key areas of opportunity. Her report and presentation to our board were brilliant; she provided us with a short term strategy and prioritized recommendations, and helped us to gain consensus on the appropriate level of investment to build momentum quickly and within our budget. Elizabeth continues to serve as a trusted advisor to me, providing both strategic and tactical perspectives regarding our entire enterprise. I would strongly recommend Elizabeth to any organization. It has been a pleasure working with her.”
– Suzanne Gaunt, President and CEO, International Consortium for Healthcare Outcomes Measurement
“Elizabeth provided an outstanding analysis of our school’s advancement operation. Using keen powers of analysis, Elizabeth identified what is going well and therefore needs to remain a priority, and she identified what needs to improve in order for us to operate at peak effectiveness. Elizabeth presented very reasonable suggestions, providing practical guidance that we could act upon. Elizabeth quickly developed trust with members of every constituency she interviewed: advancement staff, trustees, volunteers and senior administrators. This trust enhanced the depth of the analysis she was able to provide. Elizabeth delivered an outstanding report within a short time frame and within a very reasonable budget. I offer her the highest recommendation.”
– John Warren, Head of School, St. Mark’s School
“Elizabeth was an extraordinary find for us. Our organization had no experience in capital campaign development or actual fundraising, and with Elizabeth’s leadership and support, we developed a campaign road map and structure for raising $5 million in a short amount of time. Elizabeth is a natural educator and an astute listener and observer. She was able to quickly understand our non-traditional organization, and to make suggestions that were well-tailored to exactly what we needed and how we operated. Importantly, Elizabeth also helped us source our campaign director – a fantastic find herself – and who is now leading us to success in our campaign.”
– Doug Zeghibe, CEO and Executive Director, The Skating Club of Boston