Who I Serve
I have worked with nonprofits in a variety of sectors, of all shapes and sizes. Whether you are a nonprofit start-up, a nonprofit in transition, or a nonprofit with a long history and strong brand identities, I can help you navigate change.
Select Clients
ADWAS
Antidote
Bradley Angle
Business for a Better Portland
Children’s Center
Clark County YWCA
Clatsop Community Action
Community Warehouse
De La Salle North Catholic High School
Domestic Violence Resource Center
The Dougy Center
El Programa Hispano Catolico
Family Justice Center of Washington County
Friendly House
The Harbor
Health Justice Recovery Alliance
Human Solutions
Immigration Counseling Services
LACE
Latino Network
Meals on Wheels Solano County
Neighborhood Partnerships
Oregon Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
Oregon Health & Education Collaborative
Oregon Latino Health Coalition
Portland Street Medicine
Portland Urban Debate League
Reach Out and Read Oregon
Relay Resources
SASS
Shadow Project
Street Roots
Tillamook County Women’s Resource Center
Willamette Humane Society
William Temple House
YWCA Olympia
What Clients Say
Executive Director, Immigration Counseling Service
Deborah is a trusted confidant. I go to her on many things in support of leading ICS. She’s ultra-reliable, professional, nimble, and sees the total picture. Also, real important, is that she has learned to understand me, the vision we are shaping, and how to help me share that with all of our stakeholders. I’m very lucky and grateful to have her badass self helping me on this journey!
Executive Director, Clark County YWCA
Diligent, Persistent, Highly Professional, Brilliant! This is how I usually describe Deborah to my friends. Her ability to analyses, summarize, and communicate complicated concepts is unique. I love working with Deborah!
Nonprofit Consultant
I've worked with Deborah in various ways over the years, and I am always so impressed with her creative thinking. During the first few months of the pandemic, her grant writing support at an nonprofit I was working was totally out of the box. She had wonderful suggestions for ways we could pivot our outreach services, and she also knew funders who would be excited by those changes. Her innovative thinking helped me get out of my rut of reacting and think about growth and possibility.
Executive Director, Portland Street Medicine
Working with Deborah is like having a magician on our team! She's incredible at exploring every angle of a project, whether it's putting together a strong funding pipeline or a major donor campaign, she can do it all. Deborah shows up with curiosity, really listening to our needs and creating solutions that are realistic and thorough. She does this work with her whole heart and we're lucky to work with such a talented strategist.
Vice President for Advancement, De La Salle North Catholic High School
In looking for a grant writing consultant, I knew our organization needed someone with talent and experience in looking at an organization from the 3,000 ft level. When I met Deborah I immediately knew that she was the right fit for us. Her varied and diverse career experience informs her work and adds tremendous value to the advice she offers. Not only does she have a flair with words, but she understands the deep intricacies of how organizations operate. She brings compassion and insight that makes her stand out from her peers in the grant writing world. De La Salle North Catholic is so lucky to have the opportunity to work with her.
Deputy Director, Bradley Angle
I’ve had the privilege of working both for and alongside Deborah. As a nonprofit leader she is motivated, intuitive, supportive, and able to tackle any problem, large or small. Deborah is able to easily step into any organization and hit the ground running. She has in-depth knowledge of social issues, and follows the latest philanthropy trends. She is an asset to any organization that she works with, and has spent decades improving the communities that she lives in.
Retired Nonprofit Consultant
In my 25 years of working for nonprofits both large and small, Deborah is one of the few people I’ve worked alongside who is both creative in her visions, and highly competent in executing them. She can take a problem or issue, analyze what needs to happen, think strategically about how to get there, and encourage the ideas and skills of fellow workers throughout this process. She is equally skilled in the “doing” part of the work: she writes beautifully, can work with numbers and budgets, is highly organized, and on-time with everything she does. She even brings design skills to her work, when needed. Any organization would be lucky to have her on board.
Former Bradley Angle Board Member
Deborah brought great strategic thinking, nonprofit management and fundraising skills to her time as Executive Director at Bradley Angle. Under her guidance, the organization grew its reach and deepened its capacity to work at the intersection of complex issues. Her commitment to excellence shows in everything she does, whether it’s big-picture thinking or tending to the details.