Role at FSG
Becca leads CF Insights and FSG’s Community-Based Philanthropy focus area, where she helps community leaders and philanthropists on issues of strategy, evaluation, and organizational sustainability. She has 15 years of nonprofit and strategy consulting experience and since 2001 has led a wide range of projects for FSG, with a particular focus on place-based private and community foundations. In addition, she is a primary architect of FSG’s community foundation sustainability research and tools for the field.
Before FSG
Prior to joining FSG, Becca was a consultant at Mercer Management Consulting where she worked with corporate, nonprofit, and government clients. She also served as an AmeriCorps*VISTA volunteer at Wellspring House, Inc., a community-based organization operating programs to address family homelessness.
Education
- Dartmouth College, BA, magna cum laude, with a major in Economics and a minor in Applied Mathematics
Affiliations
- American Evaluation Association
Why I’m at FSG
I’ve had the opportunity to learn from and support a wide range of community-based philanthropists over the last 10 years, and I never cease to be fascinated by each unique community and the process of crafting the right strategy to fit a distinct set of needs, resources, values, relationships, and leadership approaches.
Through CF Insights, we help over 500 community foundations share knowledge, take a fresh look at key strategic and business model questions, and make more data-driven decisions. I believe that a focus on building our collective knowledge base can help each individual organization find new opportunities for impact, taking into account the unique aspects of their own community and organization.
Overview
Diana brings training, knowledge management and secondary research to the CF Insights team.
Role at FSG
Diana works with community foundations across the country, ranging in asset sizes between $5 million and $1.4 billion by helping them gain a better understanding of their operating models. She is responsible for managing CF Insights member services, providing training and technical assistance to community foundation staff and boards.
Before FSG
Prior to joining CF Insights, Diana worked at a Boston-based research and consulting firm in knowledge management. She provided resources for analysts and consultants, conducted professional development trainings, managed the company intranet and disseminated firm and field-wide best practices within the organization. Diana also worked at Simmons School of Management and Tufts University.
Education
- Simmons College, Graduate School of Library & Information Science, MLS
- Framingham State University, BA, cum laude in communication studies
Affiliations
- Special Library Association
Why I’m at FSG
I am at CF Insights because I have the opportunity to work with individuals at community foundations to help them make important decisions using the data we provide them. In any given week, I could be guiding our members on how to use CF Insights tools and resources, presenting comparative data to community foundation boards or provide support on our most recent publication or tool. It’s very rewarding to know that you are helping advance an organization…and even the community foundation field as a whole!
Overview
Hollie brings 10 years of research and management experience to the CF Insights team.
Role at FSG
Hollie is a Consultant at CF Insights. She works with CF Insights members on a variety of data-driven projects, including developing peer benchmarking data, assessing fee structures, understanding long-term growth, completing Activity Based Costing analysis, and a variety of other customized engagements.
Before FSG
Prior to joining CF Insights, Hollie was a Research Analyst and Assistant Director of Research at KLD Research & Analytics, a social investment research firm. At KLD she conducted research on the environmental, social, and governance performance of corporations, conducted data quality assessments, developed research methodology processes and systems, and managed a team of 20 analysts.
Education
- New York University, Wagner School of Public Service, MPA
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, BA, cum laude in Social Thought and Political Economy and Women’s Studies, Phi Beta Kappa
Why I’m at FSG
The dynamic and engaging professional environment at FSG has made the work consistently pleasing. By the end of a typical day I might have interviewed a community foundation leader in any part of the U.S., analyzed a spreadsheet detailing growth in assets for a community foundation and its peers, conversed with my teammates on business development, or participated in a meeting on fostering creativity in the workplace. This multiplicity of challenges, variety of responsibilities, and shared sense of mission are the rewards of working at FSG.
Jack Hopkins, founder of Jack Hopkins Consulting Services, serves as a Senior Advisor to FSG. The former President/CEO of the Kalamazoo Community Foundation with twenty-five years at the Community Foundation, previously served as president of Nazareth College, Michigan and chaired the Communication Department of Hope College, Michigan. Throughout his professional career he has worked with non-profit and foundation boards; presented at numerous philanthropic, educational and community and economic development conferences; consulted with community foundations throughout the U.S. and with small and international businesses and authored numerous professional articles.