Our Approach

La Piana Consulting is committed to a team approach in our consulting work, providing maximum benefit to our clients through the multidisciplinary expertise and diverse backgrounds of our staff. The firm's virtual structure - with all staff working from their own offices - means we will provide you with the best available persons without regard to geographic proximity to your organization.

Our team features seasoned nonprofit leaders and consultants with an average of 15 years experience in the sector. We combine consultants who have a strong background in senior management of nonprofits, with experts in the most frequently requested special skills: strategic restructuring, leadership, governance, finance, human resources, marketing, business planning, communication, and strategy development. Our consultants also bring knowledge from their Masters level education in law, public administration, nonprofit administration, business administration, planning, public health, psychology, and social work.

Our Team

Consultants

	David La Piana President		Bill Coy Director, Leadership Practice
	Bob Harrington Director, Strategic Restructuring Practice		Lester Olmstead-Rose Director, Strategy Practice
	Brent Copen Senior Manager		Jo DeBolt Senior Manager
	Heather Gowdy Senior Manager		Melissa Mendes Campos Senior Research Associate
	Luis Vergara Senior Associate		Mary Stelletello Senior Associate
	Vance Yoshida Senior Manager

Frequent Partners

	Tom Courtney Senior Finance Consultant		Liza Culick Senior Consultant
	Scott Schaffer Senior Consultant		Dennis Smith Senior Consultant
	Shiree Teng Senior Consultant

Operations Staff

	Kristen Godard Director of Operations		Kathy Ferreira Marketing and Communications Manager
	Lara Hoke Program Associate