Consulting, Coaching & Training Services
You know about our high quality trainings and our interest in bringing timely topics for you to explore in our monthly roundtables. What you may not know is that The CBO Center also provides customized consulting that goes beyond cookie cutter approaches. We bring decades of experience to the table when you work with us, and an unflinching commitment to ensuring that you get the benefit of all that we know and are willing to learn to help your organization step into its full potential. We absolutely believe that what scares all of us the most is not what we can’t do, but what we can do, and we see our job, as your consulting partners, to help you be bold and powerful. After all, you’re doing our planet’s most important work.

What we do better than anyone else:
We know the challenges you face because we operate in the same environment that you do. We understand the East Bay and its diverse communities. We know the funders, both public and private, and we understand the texture of the world in which you are making decisions on a daily basis. We are the only nonprofit management support organization in the East Bay, and we use our experiences as a local, community-based nonprofit to inform our understanding of our clients.

What you can count on from us:
You can count on us to create a safe space where we can explore what is challenging you and your organization in a way that is non-judgmental. You can count on us to be thoughtful and to be willing to think about your issues even when we’re not being paid to do so. You can count on us to be in right relationship with you.  You can count on our candor. You can count on us to help you serve your organization’s mission, and move your organization to the next level. And you can count on us to share what we know with you and to be willing to learn together how best to realize your organizational vision. At the end of our time together, you can count on being in a better position to face the next, inevitable set of challenges.

Call on us when you’re:
  • Developing a strategic plan
  • Facing challenges developing the competency of your board
  • Experiencing conflicts within your board or staff or between your board and staff
  • Needing to reexamine your business plan or develop one for the first time
  • Creating your fund development plan
  • Facing an executive transition
  • Hungry for a powerful leadership team that will bring your organization to the next level
  • Curious about best practices in governance, fiscal oversight, e.d. evaluation, process improvement, fundraising, strategic thinking, team performance
  • About to burn out

For more information call Liz Callahan at 925-969-3117 (direct).
To learn more about the experience and expertise of our staff consultants, read their bios below.

We love your challenges
 
Liz Callahan, executive director, ACC

Liz’s consulting work is in organizational and individual transformation. Her deep knowledge of nonprofits and the environment in which they do their work, along with her own experience as an executive director and her extensive and ongoing training in a variety of methodologies, give Liz an uncommon perspective on how to create change.  Liz combines process consulting, coaching, training, process design and facilitation to help executive directors, senior managers, and boards improve the way they lead, manage, and govern. Liz is an ICF-certified executive coach, a trained organization & relationship systems coach, and a certified Team Diagnostic™ coach.  She holds a Master’s degree in Psychology from New School University in New York City.

Liz’s consulting areas include: governance, planning, strategic partnerships and mergers, and process improvement. She coaches leadership teams and collaborations, and has developed and delivered workshops in board governance, organizational accountability, project management, the board/e.d. relationship, and team effectiveness.
 
Affiliate Consultants

Looking for an experienced, skilled consultant to help your nonprofit?  We can help take the guess work out of finding the consultant who best suits your needs.

The CBO Center provides free referrals to pre-screened, experienced independent consultants.  Our Affiliate consultants are screened, interviewed and reference-checked and provide expertise in areas of: Development, Facilitation, Strategic Planning, Marketing, Technology, Human Resources, Cultural Competency, and Leadership.

For referrals call Liz Callahan, executive director, at (925) 262-8109.

Miriam Abrams
Miriam Abrams & Associates
Organizational Consulting
5549 Marshall Street
Oakland, California 94608
(510) 653-6453
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http://www.miriamabrams.com/

Octave Baker, Ph.D.
Communications Training Consultants
Facilitation, Strategic Planning,
Cultural Competency
1970 Broadway, Ste 500
Oakland, CA 94612
510-839-7122
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Leyna Bernstein
Leyna Bernstein Consulting
1127 Garfield Avenue
Albany, CA 94706
510-381-4356
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http://www.leynabernstein.com 

Jennie Brick
Pacific Training and Resources
Senior Consultant, Finance and Administration
3040 Revere Avenue
Oakland, CA 94605
510-520-3825
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http://www.pactrainingresources.com/

Philip Byrdsong
Targeted Fundraising
1442A Walnut Avenue #191
Berkeley, CA 94709
(510) 763-8278
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Rita Casey, Ph.D.
Human Resources Consultant
(415) 461-2023
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http://www.ritacasey.com/

Cheryl Clarke
Fundraising Consultant and Trainer
478 Green Glen Way
Mill Valley, CA 94941
415/388-9126 (phone)
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http://www.cherylaclarke.com/

Alice Cochran
Cochran Consulting
Future Planning & Facilitating
245 Jewell Street
San Rafael, CA 94901
(415) 457-8997
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http://www.robertasrulesoforder.com/

Kim Coulthurst
Pathways Consultants
Performance Consulting
2443 Wilbur Street
Oakland, CA 94602
(510) 701-2966
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http://www.pathwaysconsultants.com/

Laurie Earp
Earp Events & Fundraising
4200 Park Blvd. #128
Oakland, CA 94602
(510) 839-3100
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http://www.earpevents.com/

Kate Fitzsimmons
Development & Communications Consulting
(415) 472-1499
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http://www.fitz-com.com/

Donna Fletcher
Mission Driven
1211 66th Street
Oakland, CA 94608
(510)597-0466
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http://www.missiondriven.com

Susan Fox
Fundraising Consultant
684 Fourth Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 752-0766
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http://www.susanfoxcfre.com/

Sara Gaston Huey
Quinlan Gaston Huey Associates
Organizational Development
124 Duran Drive
San Rafael, CA 94903
(415) 499-1050
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Mary Griggs
Pacific Training and Resources
3040 Revere Avenue
Oakland, California 94605
(504) 669-6740
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Emily Hall
Olive Grove Consulting, LLC
3 Waters Park Drive, Suite 220
San Mateo, CA 94403
(650) 226-3747
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http://www.olivegroveconsulting.com

Michaela Hayes
Hayes Marketing and Communications
Marketing and Communications Consultant
(510) 653-0282
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Melissa Irish
Fundraising Counsel
214 Laurel Avenue,
San Anselmo, CA
(415) 601-3980
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Deb Janes
Fundraising Consultant
638 63rd St.
Oakland, California 94609
(510) 985-1065
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Diane Johnson, Ph.D.
Mmapeu Consulting
Organizational Development
3033 Sylvan Avenue
Oakland, CA 94602
(510) 530-5640
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http://www.mmapeu.com/

John Kenyon
John Kenyon Consulting
Nonprofit Technology
100 Broderick Street, #106
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 252-5657
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http://www.johnkenyon.org/

Kayla Kirsch
Leapfrog Consulting
Strategic Planning, Coaching, Graphic Facilitation
4118 Lyman Road
Oakland, CA 94602
(510) 482-4049
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http://www.leapfrogconsulting.org/

Lisa Korwin
Korwin Consulting
Evaluation, Planning & Grantwriting Services
5933 Harbord Drive
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 985-8383
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http://www.korwinconsulting.com/

Judith Kunofsky
JMJ Consulting
Fundraising Consulting
1728 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94703
(510) 848-2732
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www.jmjline.com

Rae Levine
Levine Consulting
Collaborative Organizational Change
Inverness, CA and Seattle, WA
(415) 663-8959
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http://rlevine.home.igc.org/index.htm

Natalia Lopez
Planning, Fundraising and Facilitation
186 Bonview Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 282 -6941
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Laura McCrea
Laura McCrea & Associates
Development & Management Consulting
7816 Portrero Avenue
El Cerrito, CA 94530
(510) 233-4998
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Barbara Miller
Artemis Management Consultants
342 Lowell Ave.
Mill Valley, CA 94941
(415) 388-9514
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www.ArtemisManagement.com
www.VirtualConnection.biz

Mariana Moore
Planning, Development & Communications
751 West I Street
Benicia, CA 94510
(707) 334-2477
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Sarah Moore
Sarah R. Moore Consulting
Marketing & Communications
5325 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 420-2403
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www.sarahRmoore.blogspot.com

Maridel M. Moulton
Organizational Development
371 Fernwood Drive
Moraga, CA  94556
(925) 376-6757  
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Theresa Nelson
Theresa Nelson & Associates
Planning & Fund Development
446 Hudson Street,
Oakland, CA, 94618
(510) 420-0539
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Kathleen Quinlan
Quinlan-Gaston Huey Associates
Organizational Development
11025 Broadway Terrace
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 653-1131
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Maria Diana Ramos-Chertok, Esq
Maria Ramos-Chertok Consulting
Consulting, Training & Mediation
(415) 388-5383
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http://www.mariadianaramos.com/

Marti Roach
Center for Strategic Facilitation
Facilitation, Planning and Fund Development
56 Amberwood Court
Moraga, CA 94556
(925) 376-3853
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http://www.strategicfacilitation.com/

Yael Schy
Dramatic Strides Consulting
Organizational Development, Facilitation, Training, & Coaching
1849 Drake Drive
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 339-2404
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http://www.dramaticstrides.com/

Patricia St. Onge
Seven Generations
OD and Cross-cultural Effectiveness Consultant/Coach
P.O. Box 9921
Oakland, CA 94613
(510) 530-2448
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http://www.seven-generations.org/

Baillee Serbin
Serbin Associates
Human Resources and OD Consulting
255 Perry Street
Mill Valley, CA 94941
(415) 383-6538
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http://www.serbin.net/

Mel and Pearl Shaw
Saad & Shaw
Comprehensive Fund Development Services
360 Grand Avenue #170
Oakland, CA 94610 (also have offices in New Orleans, LA)
510-834-4310
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http://www.saadandshaw.com/

Eleanor Smith
Eleanor A. Smith & Associates
Capacity Building, Institutional Fundraising
591 Chetwood Street
Oakland, CA 94610
(510) 923-1226
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http://www.eleanorasmith.com/

Rich Snowdon
Life Coach for Nonprofit Leaders
510-663-3555
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http://www.nonprofithearts.net/

Jane Stallman
Center for Strategic Facilitation
Group Process Design & Facilitation
3129 Madera Avenue
Oakland, CA 94619
(510) 532-6595
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http://www.strategicfacilitation.com/

Tim Tabernik
Hatchuel Tabernik and Associates
2560 9th Street, Suite 211
Berkeley, CA 94710
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http://www.htaconsulting.com

Claire Taylor
Taylor Consulting Services
3360 Yosemite Avenue
El Cerrito, CA 94530
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(510) 517-1304 or (415) 305-0212

Jim Thomas
Jim Thomas Consulting
Evaluation Consultant
P.O. Box 225351
San Francisco, CA 94122-5351
(415) 566-7242
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Charlotte Toothman
Organizational and Leadership Development Consultant
1863 Catalina Avenue
Berkeley, Ca 94707
(510) 409-0451
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http://www.charlottetoothman.com/

Morrie Warshawski
Arts Consultant and Writer
1480 Cedar Avenue
Napa, CA 94559
(707) 224-4353
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http://www.warshawski.com/

Robert Weiner
Robert L. Weiner Consulting
Development and Mgmt Technology
San Francisco, CA
(415) 643-8955
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http://www.rlweiner.com/
 

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