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*Abernathy Consulting
7 Melbourne Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20901
Phone: (202) 257-8816
Email: jabernathy@verizon.net
Jim Abernathy has provided capacity building assistance to hundreds of environmental and conservation organizations throughout the United States in organizational assessments, strategic planning, leadership transitions, and strengthening coalitions and networks. He has conducted guided organizational assessments of organizational strength and land transaction capacity for land trusts.
AgVisory, LLC
38 Cemetary Rd
Charlton, MA 01507
Phone: (413) 237-9196
Amicus-Strategic Environmental Consulting
580 Second St
Oakland, CA 94607
Phone: (510) 693-1241
Email: markus@amicusenv.com
Website: www.amicusenv.com
Amicus is proud to support the people and organizations working to conserve land for enjoyment as open space, recreation and habitat. Services for the conservation community range from due diligence to support of acquisitions and easements to environmental strategy and issue management for urban park projects; we understand the special challenges facing conservation professionals: modest budgets, time constraints, funding requirements, competition for resources. Call Amicus for all your due diligence and environmental project management needs.
Anne W. Garnett
46 Cole Street
Jamestown, RI 02835
Phone: (401) 423-3547
Fax: (401) 423-3547
Email: awgarnett@cox.net
Another Set of Eyes
Contact: Jon Haber
4501 Timberlane St
Missoula, MT 59802
Phone:(406) 214-1365
Email: jonhaber@anothersetofeyes.net
Website: www.anothersetofeyes.net
With experience in fish and wildlife conservation planning, conservation easements, Endangered Species Act compliance, public land laws, policy analysis, and city/county planning, I offer focused research and writing, critical document review, and analytical problem-solving to land trusts, landowners, government agencies, grantmakers and attorneys. I will provide adjunct staff work at negotiable rates.
Carolyn Vogel
6142 Jumano Ln, TX 78749
Phone: (512) 301-1635
Email: carolyn@texasconservationconnection.com
*Community Consultants
Judy Anderson
PO Box 617
Kinderhook, NY 12106
Phone:(518) 758-7226
Email: andersonj@nycap.rr.com
Conservation Impact
1792 Wynkoop St, Ste 307
Denver, CO 80202-1075
Phone: (303) 223-4886
Fax: (303) 223-4886
Email: shelli@conservationimpact.com
Website: www.conservationimpact.com
Conservation Impact provides comprehensive organizational development consulting to nonprofit organizations and public agencies. Since 1996, Conservation Impact has worked with dozens of Land Trusts of all sizes across the country to take them to their next level of development. The staff brings significant expertise in stewardship, conservation sciences and nonprofit management. Our services are focused and highly customized for each client. Contact us for information about strategic planning and positioning, marketing, organizational development and resource development.
Conservation Land Group, Inc
550 Montgomery St Ste 900
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: (415) 391-3003
Fax: (415) 391-2779
Conservation Pays, LLC
Mr. Joseph C. Skalski
6849 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd, Bldg, A-2
Atlanta, GA 30328
Phone: 770-671-1533
Fax: 770-671-1347
Email: jskalski@largeandgilbert.com
Website: www.largeandgilbert.com
Conservation Pays, LLC is the land conservation affiliate of Large & Gilbert CPAs. The company coordinates landowners, appraisers, land trusts and attorneys to make grants of conservation easements happen.
Conservation Service Company, LLC
20 W Chapman St
Alexandria, VA 22301-2502
Phone: (703) 683-0506
Fax: (703) 683-4940
Email: jean@hockers.com
Contact: Jean W. Hocker
Conservation Tax Transfer, LLC
115 W Jefferson St.
Madison, GA 30650
Phone: (706) 334-20073
Fax: (877) 542-1033
Email: kristina@taxtransferga.com
Website: www.taxtransferga.com
Carl, Karen, and Jody Barbour decided to bring their experience to Georgia’s new transferable tax credit. They formed Conservation Tax Transfer, LLC (CTT), a Georgia based company with an office in the small historic town of Madison, Georgia. Kristina Sorensen joined the team as Executive Director in November of 2011 and runs the day-to-day operations in Georgia. Elliott Davenport and Ric Felker joined the team in October 2012 as Credit Transfer Agents. They work closely with individuals, professionals, and corporations that are interested in purchasing conservation tax credits.
*Danosky & Associates
Mailing address: P.O. Box 396, Sherman, CT 06784
Physical address: 143 West Street 123A Building C, New Milford, CT 06776
Phone: (860) 799-6330 and (860) 799-6331
Email: danosky@att.net
Website: www.danosky.com
Danosky & Associates is an action-oriented, results-driven consulting firm focused on providing professional Development and Financial Services products for the not-for-profit organization looking to grow, build their base and achieve long-lasting results. Danosky & Associates has successfully guided diverse non-profit organizations, focusing on Board building, leadership development, strategic planning, fund-raising and tactical marketing -- increasing the organizations’ stature, position and financial support in the community. In recent work with land trusts, Danosky & Associates has guided strategic planning, increased fund-raising, facilitated land stewardship initiatives and acquisition criteria and assisted with development of Board policies. Danosky Financial Services offers professional financial management, operational analysis and planning through an integrated approach to help your organization accelerate growth, lower risk, address capacity and ensure compliance. President & Founder, Sharon J. Danosky, is a sought after presenter at conferences.
Deb BallietConsulting
64 Pershing Dr
Scotia, NY 12302
Phone: (859) 230-0980
Email: debballiet1@gmail.com
Deb Balliet Consulting (DBC) is a not-for-profit consultant practice specializing in helping organizations develop their fund-raising program and board of directors in order for the organization to thrive. DBC also provides fund-raising program audits and interim executive director services. Deb Balliet is a proven not-for profit consultant with 25+ year of fund-raising and executive leadership experience on which to draw.
*Development for Conservation LLC
608 West Dean Ave
Madison, WI 53716
Phone: (608) 239-5006
Email: fundraisinghelp@sbcglobal.net
Website: www.developmentforconservation.wordpress.com
D4C assists conservation organizations raising money from individual donors by improving renewal, cultivation, and major gift systems. David Allen brings 25 years experience to the practice, including thirteen with TNC. He is a skilled seminar presenter, particularly in major gift fundraising. Specialties include Development Audits, Board training, and campaigns.
*E-Concepts, LLC
286 Stoneylonesome Rd
Stahlstown, PA 15687
Phone: (724) 493-4026
Email: wildflower@ligonierweb.com
Elizabeth Richardson
2294 Ronda Vista Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Phone: (323) 661-1509
Email: elsema3@aol.com
Erickson Consulting
325 Keith Ave
Missoula, MT 59801
Phone: (406) 370-0454
Fax: (406) 721-8278
Email: dle@bresnan.net
Website: www.westernopenlands.com
Erickson Consulting, Inc provides planning and analysis services to land trusts, including organizational assessments, accreditation preparation, and strategic planning. Donna Erickson has Alliance training in organizational development. With extensive landscape planning experience, Erickson also assists land trusts in creating strategic land conservation plans.
FLO Data & GIS
2001 NW 19th Ave, Ste. 200
Portland OR 97209
Phone: (503) 501-5214
Fax: (971) 544-2140
Email: jaxelrod@flodatagis.com
Website: flodatagis.com
FLO provides a variety of GIS and database services to enhance land trusts daily operations and ongoing strategic planning efforts. Throughout the spatial planning process, we work closely with your organization to develop a pathway for incorporating GIS resources that will meet your needs, resources, skill level, and support your mission.
Frontier GIS
11516 Leapwood Pl
Austin, TX 78759
Phone: (512) 757-1484
Email | Website
Frontier GIS offers a unique opportunity for land trusts to create affordable professional maps using our custom data creation tool and account services. We also offer complete baseline documentation with our certified wildlife biologists. Flexible expertise and creative problem solving are our hallmarks.
*Growth Strategies, Inc.
Primary Contact: Valerie Hogan
1500 County Road C
Star Prairie, WI 54026-5301
Phone:715-248-4849
Email: valerie@growthstrategies.org
Website: www.growthstrategies.org
Growth Strategies, Inc. helps organizations grow and succeed. Consulting services include: organizational assessments, strategic planning, implementation of Land Trust Standards and Practices, outcome measurement, process improvement and procedural documentation. Valerie Hogan, president, has more than 20 years of experience facilitating the development of innovative strategies, achievable goals, measurable objectives, and action plans that include accountability. In essence, plans that lead to success!
*Innovative Resources Group
11 Round Table Road
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Phone: 800-710-7760
Mobile: (518) 225-4057
Email: beth@innovativeresourcesgroup.com
Website: www.innovativeresourcesgroup.com
Contact: Beth Hershenhart
*Karlene McCabe
5821 N Campbell Ave
Portland, OR 97217
Phone: (541) 231-8818
Email: karlenemccabe@gmail.com
We provide organizational assessments, strategic planning, storytelling and fundraising services to land trusts and other conservation organizations.
*Kidd Associates
92 Isle of Springs Rd
Boothbay, ME 04537
Phone: (207) 633-5660
Email: dkidd@gwi.net
*Land Conservation Associates
Elizabeth Wroblicka, Esq.
51 Olive Street
Northampton, MA 01060
Phone: (916) 712-4879
Email: elizabeth@landconservationassociates.com
Website: http://www.landconservationassociates.com/
As a former staff member of the Alliance, and of several land trusts, Elizabeth Wroblicka is uniquely qualified to represent land trusts and landowners in land conservation transactions. She understands how land trusts operate and has negotiated dozens of land conservation transactions with landowners in both Massachusetts and California. In addition to transactions, Attorney Wroblicka has experience in litigation, estate planning, charitable donations, and the legal responsibilities of nonprofit board members.
*Laurel Florio
PO Box 2116
Roswell, GA 30077
Phone: (770) 559-4025
Email: lflorio1@comcast.net
Laurel A. Florio is an attorney/consultant primarily working with land transactions, conservation easements and non-profit organizational/pre-accreditation procedures. She is a member of the Land Trust Alliance’s (“Alliance”) Faculty, speaks annually at the Alliance’s National Conference, and conducts seminars and training sessions, including Core Curriculum Courses for the Alliance and other entities, as well as acts as a consultant to the Alliance, land trusts, landowners, governmental and other non-profit organizations around the country regarding land transactional and organizational matters. Additionally, Laurel has been part of the Alliance Curriculum Team, as a reviewer for several core publications, such as Conservation Easement Stewardship, and the 2007 report on Amending Conservation Easements. She is also part of the land trust assessment team of Mayes|Wilson & Associates thereby completing many organizational assessments for land trusts in preparation for Accreditation.
Laurel is also a member of the Board of Directors, (Governance Chair) of the Equine Land Conservation Resource in Lexington, KY where she combines her passion for horsemanship with the protection of equine related lands around the country.
Law Office of Annette Lorraine, PLC / Land As Legacy Consulting
PO Box 1466
Montpelier, VT 05601
Phone: (802) 262-6400
Fax: (802) 262-4305
Email: rainlaw@sover.net
Website: www.landaslegacy.com
Annette Lorraine is a real estate attorney actively practicing in Vermont, and a land conservation consultant nationwide. She has direct experience in land trust transactional and stewardship work as well as degrees in environmental law and organizational behavior. These result in comprehensive, practical and efficient services.
Look At The Land, Inc.
19 Sunnyside Rd
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: (301) 585-0393
Email: sjtassel@earthlink.net
Lyme Timber Company
23 S Main St, 3rd Floor
Hanover, NH 03755
Phone: (603) 643-3300
Fax: (603) 643-0331
Website: www.lymetimber.com
Contact: Peter R. Stein
Matrix New World Engineering, Inc.
26 Columbia Turnpike
Florham Park, NJ 07932
Phone: (302) 598-7553
Fax: (302) 824-7086
Email: lmalizzi@matrixneworld.com
Website: www.matrixneworld.com
Matrix New World Engineering, Inc. is a woman-owned environmental consulting and engineering firm with a focus on habitat restoration and site remediation. Our mission is to marry companies that need to do restoration with projects that require funding with the outcome being the betterment of the natural environment.
May & Company
110 Monument Place
Vicksburg, MS 39180
Phone: (601) 636-4762
Email: jparis@maycpa.com
Website: www.maycpa.com
CPA firm hired with several clients in mitigation banking and conservation easements.
*Mayes | Wilson & Associates, LLC
3323 North Summit Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Phone: (414) 807-4319
Fax: (414) 967-5860
Email: sara@mayeswilsonassociates.com
Website: www.mayeswilsonassociates.com
Regional offices:
Southeast
17746 Caldwell Station Rd
Huntersville, NC 28078
Phone: (704) 655-8727
Fax: (704) 453-1656
Southwest
P.O. Box 946
San Marcos, TX 78607
Phone: (414) 807-4319
MAYES|WILSON advises land trusts, nonprofit organizations, conservation and environmental groups, and conservation-minded individuals; helping clients focus their energy and resources to increase mission success. Services include organizational assessments, board evaluations, board and organizational development, and all aspects of planning—strategic, annual, transition, and succession. Specialty services for conservation organizations, agencies and landowners include conservation planning, assistance with conservation land transactions, land management, accreditation preparation, and stewardship.
*Megan Gallagher, Conservation Consulting
5618 Rock Hill Mill Rd
The Plains, VA 20198
Phone: (540) 253-5162
Email: meganinc@earthlink.net
Website: www.meganincva.com
Megan Gallagher provides strategic planning for effective initiatives in land use, land protection and compatible economic development; develops advocacy campaigns to protect natural and historic resources; guides conservation board members and staff through program audits, organizational development and other steps to improve performance and gain tax exempt status or land trust accreditation; and creates messages, publications and other public outreach tools to achieve positive change in public policy.
*The Mentor Company
131 Boardman Rd
East Haddam, CT 06423
Phone: (860) 873-3025
Email: jane.mentorco@gmail.com
Website: www.solutionmentor.com
Primary Contact: Jane Zirlis
An experienced management consultant, Jane guides organizations in strategic initiatives. An AYO-trained partner, she conducts assessments in the New England area. Leadership development, succession planning, consensus-building, and decision-making strategies are used to enhance Board effectiveness. Project management and process improvement expertise optimize process and limited resources. Harvard BA, NYU MBA. Life member of the East Haddam Land Trust, former Vice-President and President.
New York Council of Nonprofits
272 Broadway
Albany, NY 12204
Phone: (518) 4349194 x115
Email: sweinrich@nycon.org
Website: www.nycon.org
NYcon is the state association of nonprofits providing a range of cost saving membership benefits, employee benefits and insurance products as well as training and technical assistance to our 3,200 members throughout New York state.
*Nick Williams Consulting
4104 32nd St
Mount Rainier, MD 20712
Phone: (443) 722-0528
Email: nwilliams550@gmail.com
Strategic conservation planning; conservation easements,land acquisitions; baseline documentation reports; land & easement stewardship, monitoring; forest stewardship/management plans; assess/inventory agricultural BMP's; wetland restoration; land trust capacity building; Assessing Your Organization (Land Trust Alliance); assistance towards accreditation; grants: seeking, proposals, evaluation; website and newsletter content and design.
The Quantum Group LLC
5214 River Ridge Cir
Sylvania, OH 43560
Phone: (419) 340-8115
Email: kjoyce5214@gmail.com
Website: www.e-quantumgroup.com
Quantum Group is an organization/management consulting firm operated by Kevin Joyce, former executive director of Black Swamp Conservancy who has a law degree and a master’s in management. Services include strategic planning, organizational development, mergers, and legal counsel for land trusts.
Roger Sternberg Forestry & Land Conservation
PO Box 1211
Mendocino, CA 95460
Phone: (707) 937-0776
Email: rsternberg@mcn.org
*Rowley & Associates, PC
6A Hills Avenue
Concord, NH 03301
Phone (603) 228-5400
Fax (603) 226-3532
Email: admin@rowleyandassociates.com
Contact: Eric C. Rowley, CPA
*Samuel Stokes
8000 Park Crest Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: (301) 585-2270
Email: samstokes@aya.yale.edu
Sam Stokes assists land trusts with guided assessments and advises on natural areas protection, strategic planning, and effective management. He has over thirty years' experience working for the National Park Service, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and nonprofit conservation organizations.
*Scharffenberger Land Planning
Primary Contact: Tom Scharffenberger
523 17th Ave
San Francisco, CA 94121
Phone: (415) 387-3077
Fax: (415) 387-3077
Email: tscharf@pacbell.net
Tom Scharffenberger is a landscape architect and conservation planner who assists non-profit organizations and landowners with individual acquisition transactions, as well as the development of strategic conservation plans for entire regions. Conservation plans have been prepared for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, American Farmland Trust, The Nature Conservancy, the Great Valley Center and several California land trusts.
Snyder Appraisal Associates
3004 Hempland Rd
Suite 3
Lancaster, PA 17601
Phone: (717) 435-9560
Email: greg@snyderassociates.us
Website: www.snyderassociates.us
Real estate appraisal company that specializes in agricultural and agri-business properties. Our company has done over 200 conservation easement appraisals in the 11 years we have been in business.
Solid Ground Consulting Group
516 SE Morrison St #400
Portland, OR 97214
Phone: (503) 249-0000
Email: info@solidgroundconsulting.com
Website: http://www.solidgroundconsulting.com
*SONRi Corp
26 Cascade Caverns Road
Boerne, TX 78015-8308
Phone: (210) 387-8628
Email: steve.bonner@sonricorp.com
Website: www.sonricorp.com
SONRI is dedicated to helping people talk about the balance between economic development, environmental impact, and social responsibility. We have helped dozens of land trusts develop their organizational capabilities and capacity for conservation, and serve as consultants to key policy makers in Washington and around the nation. From all-volunteer nonprofits to the Department of Defense, SONRI leads the way in cutting-edge conservation for a more sustainable future.
Sustain Environmental
3104 O Street, Ste 164
Sacramento, CA 95816
Phone: (916) 457-1856
Email: rebecca@sustaininc.com
Website: www.sustaininc.com
Sustain Environmental specializes in sustainable natural resource management, including biological resource assessments, adaptive management planning and monitoring, stewardship capacity building, and interpretive education. A full service environmental consulting firm, Sustain is a 100% women-owned small business working to sustain people, places and prosperity at the local and bioregional level.
Tax Credit Connection, Inc.
PO Box 6618
Longmont, CO 80501
Phone: (303) 827-5851
Fax: (303) 682-3275
Tax Credit Connection, Inc. matches buyers and sellers of Colorado, New Mexico and Georgia tax credits, helping to conserve each state’s natural treasures. We prepare all of the documentation needed to complete the credit transfer, doing everything we can to make the process as easy as possible for both landowners and buyers.
*Third Sector Innovations
730 Bunting Ave
Grand Junction, CO 81501
Phone: 970-241-1139
Email: thirdsec@earthlink.net
Website: www.thirdsectoronline.com
*Trailmarker Associates
PO Box 94
Keene Valley, NY 12943
Phone: (518) 576-2079
Email: hbjordan@trailmarker.org
Website: www.trailmarker.org
Henrietta Jordan, principal consultant, helps land trusts prepare for accreditation, complete organizational assessments and develop strategic action plans. She formerly served as the Land Trust Alliance’s Northeast policy and assessments manager and as review manager for the Land Trust Accreditation Commission and has worked with nonprofits for over 30 years.
Trout Mountain Forestry
1800 NW Upshur Street, Suite 201
Portland, OR 97209
Phone: (541) 602-2180
Fax: (503) 517-9990
Email: mark@troutmountain.com
Website: www.troutmountain.com
Contact: Mark Miller
Trout Mountain Forestry specializes in long-term, conservation-based forest management for family forest owners, land trusts, organizations and municipal governments throughout western Oregon and Washington. We assist with conservation assessment, easement development, appraisal, mapping, and baseline reporting, as well as stewardship planning, restoration, and management for working forestlands. TMF is an FSC certified resource manager and a NRCS certified technical service provider.
*Western Conservation Associates, LLC
Primary contact: Jim Elias
4 Dorset Lane
Mill Valley, CA 94941
Phone: (415) 888-2282
Email: jelias@westernconservation.net
Website: www.westernconservation.net
Western Conservation Associates serves land trusts, community organizations, government agencies and private landowners. Western Conservation Associates' Principal Jim Elias has worked for and with land trusts for 20 years and is AYO-trained. Together with Associates, Jim coordinates fee and easement transactions; conducts site-specific and regional conservation evaluations; and provides organizational development assistance.
William A. Bayreuther Grant Writing
138 South Road
Readfield, ME 04355
Phone: (207) 242-6029
Email: bill@billbayreuther.com
Website: www.billbayreuther.com
Certified Fund Raising Executive Bill Bayreuther's services to land trusts focus on foundation, government, and corporate prospect research and grant writing for operating, project, capacity-building, and capital support. Former Development Director for Maine's Downeast Lakes Land Trust, Bill offers free initial consultation and tailors comprehensive services to each client's needs.
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