MEET THE ESC CONSULTANTS

Bonnie Clendenning

About

Bonnie Clendenning has a lifetime of experience in nonprofit management, fundraising, and external relations. She has spent much of her career helping nonprofits plan, organize, and direct strategic and fundraising initiatives.

Why do you consult with ESC?

We consultants don’t get paid monetarily; we get satisfaction from doing an excellent job for our clients. Many organizations are helping their clients succeed but not many are working as sincerely as ESC does.

How are the services ESC provides different than other consulting organizations?

Volunteers work for love and are not constrained by hourly rates. Consultants can freely call on the expertise of other consultants when required.

What aspects of the consulting give you the most satisfaction?

Most of the time the clients are in a better place than before ESC began work with them, and we often keep in touch with them long after the assignment is over. I am continually learning and broadening my own horizons.

Top areas of expertise
  • Fundraising
  • Governance
  • Strategic Planning
ESC Clients
  • Worcester Art Museum
  • Jamestown Philomenian Library
  • 51 Walden
  • Metrowest Mediation Services

MORE ABOUT BONNIE
Career experience

The School for Field Studies (President and Trustee); Archaeological Institute of America; The Education Alliance; Radcliffe College (now the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard); The University Hospital (now part of Boston Medical Center); The Fletcher School and The School of Medicine at Tufts University; the World Federation of Friends of Museums (Brussels); International Council of Museums at UNESCO

Education

BA in Russian Civilization, Smith College
MA in International Relations, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
JD, New England Law/Boston

Board or Volunteer Service

Empower Success Corps; Focus on Tanzanian Communities; New Repertory Theatre; Newton Community Chorus; The Boston Club; Massachusetts Bay Community College; Fuller Craft Museum; Massachusetts State Committee of the Museum of Women in the Arts

Interests

Gardening, international travel, reading


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