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We’re a consulting company that works with nonprofits. We implement Salesforce.com to manage all aspects of a nonprofit. Our clients range from the biggest, most well-known NPOs (Ford Foundation, Google.org, Kiva, IAVA), the most innovative (B Corporation, Acumen Fund, Innovation for Poverty Action, Ashoka), to local NYC luminaries (Children’s Aid Society, University Settlement, Robin Hood Foundation), and small, local heroes (Groundswell Community Mural Project). www.exponentpartners.com
Sean Speer | Exponent Partners on Linkedin
Field & services: CRM fundraising nonprofit Salesforce
Member since: October 6th, 2011
Chris is a Sales and Marketing professional with 18+ years of experience in technical sales, primarily in the water and waste water industries. He currently works for Mead WestVaco.
Chris Hubbard on Facebook Chris Hubbard on Linkedin
Field & services: Marketing Sales Water treatment
Member since: April 28th, 2011
Craig Howarth is a freelance software developer specializing in mobile application development for the Apple iPhone and iPad. He also has many years of experience developing web applications and web sites for the likes of Time Warner, Merrill Lynch, and Crayola. www.craighowarth.com
Member since: September 20th, 2010
Founder of user experience publishing house Rosenfeld Media, information architecture consultant, and author, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. www.rosenfeldmedia.com.
Member since: January 14th, 2011
Robert founded RYC Business Solutions in order to work more closely with small businesses and individuals. RYC’s focus is to provide clients with affordable, personal and professional bookkeeping, payroll, and tax services. Robert is a Certified Public Accountant, QuickBooks Pro Advisor, and had recently been working in public accounting providing the same accounting services before starting his own company. www.rycbiz.com.
Field & services: accounting bookkeeping tax
Member since: October 27th, 2010
Jenna Ritter is Founder, Senior Teacher and Executive Director of DHARA, a new nonprofit participating in the FJC Fiscal Sponsorship Program. DHARA supports social change through offering awakening and healing experiences to individuals so that they become empowered to take peaceful, thoughtful actions that will maintain flourishing communities. A special focus is given to individuals living in low-income or marginalized communities, recovering from trauma or addiction, or living with various emotional and mental health issues. Supportive programing is also offered to those who serve these populations. www.dharanyc.org
Jenna Ritter | DHARA on Facebook
Field & services: mental health nonprofit stress relief
Member since: October 7th, 2011
Hannah Tinti is co-founder and editor-in-chief of One Story magazine, and the author of a short story collection, Animal Crackers, and a novel, The Good Thief.  She’s working on her next book at BCL. www.hannahtinti.com.
Member since: May 30th, 2009
A former MTV exec, Sheldon founded The Municipal Prints Company to celebrate his passion for the art and design of the ‘20s and ‘30s period. The company’s first release — Constellation Explorer: Compass to the Northern Sky — was a WIRED Magazine 2011 Holiday Wish List selection. When he’s not busy thinking about upcoming prints, he’s working on his first novel about failing upwards in corporate media.
Sheldon Yeager | The Municipal Prints Company on Facebook Sheldon Yeager | The Municipal Prints Company on Linkedin
Field & services: art design entrepreneurship
Member since: January 24th, 2012
The Gowanus Canal Conservancy’s mission is to be the steward for the preservation, restoration and green development of the Gowanus Canal and environs for the greater good of the community. www.gowanuscanalconservancy.org
Member since: June 16th, 2009
Jud Laghi is a literary agent with over a decade of experience in the publishing industry. The authors he represents includes a diverse range of journalists, novelists, trendsetters, pop culture savants and storytellers: www.laghiagency.com
Member since: November 4th, 2011
Anne Musella counsels employees and employers on a wide range of workplace issues, including proper employee classification, executive compensation, independent contractor agreements, employee handbooks, hiring protocol, unfair employment practices, and termination procedures. Â She also works with business venturers to determine appropriate business entities, and executes all aspects of entity formation and corporate compliance. Â Previously Anne was an associate at the boutique firm of Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP. Â Before and during law school, Anne worked as an Associate in the legal department of Goldman Sachs, supporting the attorneys in the firm’s Principal Investment Area. Â www.musellalaw.com
Member since: September 29th, 2010
For nearly a decade, Andrew has provided trial and transactional services to clients in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Business Transactions, Real Estate Litigation, Real Estate Transactions, Family Litigation, Personal Transactions, Entertainment Law and other civil matters. This varied legal experience and understanding is brought to each case and client he works on. www.AndrewMAyers.com
Andrew M. Ayers, Esq. on Facebook Andrew M. Ayers, Esq. on Linkedin
Field & services: Law Firm legal Litigation Transactions
Member since: October 13th, 2011
In June of 2009, Keith Hagan and Steve Karas announced the opening of their new company: SKH Music – a music publicity and management firm. Karas and Hagan have logged over 20 years each as respected PR executives in the recording industry. The mission statement of SKH is simple – super-serve a reasonable number of clients with a creative forward-thinking strategy. Upon opening, a respected roster immediately took shape with a very diverse list of clients and over the past two years, a respected array of talent from the world of rock, country, blues, and pop have enlisted the companies services. www.skhmusic.com
Member since: December 1st, 2011
Karl serves as Chief Marketing Officer of Bridge 6, a digital marketing agency helping life sciences companies develop innovative marketing programs to improve the quality of health care. Karl also runs MessagingLab, a consulting firm partnering with biopharmaceutical companies to enhance their communications with investors, business partners, physicians, and patients.
Karl Schmieder on Linkedin
Field & services: enhanced communications healthcare innovation strategy
Member since: April 25th, 2011
The League of Young Voters Education Fund works where we live: communities most often defined and identified as low-income communities and communities of color. In our communities we find dynamic young people, and train and empower them with on the ground leadership skills which allow them to become civically engaged young folk who are excited about voter engagement! www.youngvoter.org
Field & services: nonprofit
Member since: August 17th, 2011
Tilonia is a mission-driven, social enterprise developing the entrepreneurial skills and business capacity of artisan enterprises managed and owned by rural artisans.  Through use of the internet, we create a virtual supply chain linking artisan affiliates with design and sales affiliates for product design and distribution to US markets. The Tilonia artisan collections feature home textiles, women’s accessories and gifts suitable for contemporary decorative styles while still reflective of Indian craft traditions. www.tilonia.com
Member since: January 20th, 2010
Co-founder of BCL, Neil’s professional interests include sustainable real estate development and creating investment models that build strong communities and resilient local economies. www.brooklyncreativeleague.com
Neil Carlson on Facebook
Field & services: business development entrepreneurship real estate writing
Member since: January 1st, 2009
Eric Safyan | Architect is a general architecture practice based in Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY, specializing in brownstone renovations, landmarks work, new construction and commercial interiors. Current work includes projects in multifamily residential development, retail concept design for a tattoo parlor/clothing store, restaurant design for an artisanal pizzeria, office design for a web development company, and renovations and additions to homes in Brooklyn, NY, specifically in the brownstone community. www.es-architect.com.
Member since: December 3rd, 2009
TOLA architecture is a full service architecture and design firm based in Brooklyn, New York, with a satellite outpost in the upstate hamlet of Big Indian, New York. Founding partners Lisa Mann, RA, LEED-AP (Harvard-Radcliffe ’85 & Columbia GSAPP ’92) and Keary K. Horiuchi, RA, AIA (Amherst ’80 & Columbia GSAPP ’86) provide the expertise and leadership of over 40 years in the field. After honing their skills at Polshek Partnership Architects, Beyer Blinder Belle Architects, Bogdanow Partners Architects, Turino Kalberer Architects and in their own private practices as NYS licensed & registered design professionals, they have created TOLA. As a partnership, TOLA is devoted to the creation of environmentally sustainable architecture and good clean design for projects of all scales. www.tola-architecture.com
Member since: September 30th, 2010
Matt Easton is an independent consultant conducting research, writing, and advocacy on human rights for non-profits and foundations. His main areas of focus are Southeast Asia and the protection of human rights defenders worldwide.
Matt Easton on Linkedin
Member since: August 19th, 2011
Mozilla’s Hive Learning Network NYC is supported by The MacArthur Foundation and The New York Community Trust. Hive NYC links educators from libraries, museums and after school programs to collaborate on creative, digital projects with youth. These projects weave together opportunities for youth to explore their interests while making things with digital media tools and the web.
Field & services: education informal learning innovation technology
Member since: October 4th, 2011
Elana is the founder and Executive Director of the Children’s Movement for Creative Education, inc which guides youth to understand and overcome the effects of recent and current violent world events through academic, experiential and art-based projects. She has created curriculum projects for public schools and youth organizations in Philadelphia, New York City, and Bosnia-Herzegovina and has served as a consultant to the New York City Board of Education, Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education, Youth Visit the United Nations, and others. She is an oral history fellow at Columbia University and holds a Masters in Historiography of Education at Antioch University McGregor.
Member since: June 4th, 2010
Todd Neufeld’s Twisted Balloon Company provides balloon art and entertainment for private and corporate events. Since “retiring” from Patent Law, Todd has appeared on Letterman, the Today Show, and at events worldwide.
Todd Neufeld on Facebook Todd Neufeld on Linkedin
Field & services: art entertainment event planning
Member since: April 25th, 2011
Carrie is principal of Brooklyn Twinkle, a design and communication firm specializing in websites, branding, business cards, presentations, blog branding, social media consulting, invitations, and editorial illustrations. She is also designer and co-founder of the blog ad hoc MOM.
Carrie Harvey on Facebook
Field & services: blogger branding communications print design social media website design
Member since: April 29th, 2011
Born in California, came to NY to sell clothing, met the internet, been a designer since. www.gabefriedman.com
Gabriel Friedman on Facebook Gabriel Friedman on Linkedin
Field & services: coding design UX
Member since: October 6th, 2011
Erin has over a decade of experience as a senior manager and consultant to nonprofits. Before founding BCL, Erin worked as a fundraiser and management consultant specializing in helping small, community-based nonprofits grow to achieve their full potential.
Member since: May 30th, 2009
Certified Naturally Grown provides peer-review certification for small-scale farmers and beekeepers using organic methods. Founded by Hudson Valley farmers in 2002, today CNG has 800 members in 47 states. These are the producers at the heart of the good food movement. Find farms near you at www.naturallygrown.org
Certified Naturally Grown on Facebook
Field & services: agriculture certification food grassroots Non-profit
Member since: January 4th, 2012
Generation Schools is an nonprofit organization dedicated to whole-school and systemic innovation in urban public education. Their award-winning work fundamentally restructures a school’s existing resources, particularly human capital and time. The result: a successful public school model that cuts core class size in half for all students and offers a 200-day year without increasing the teacher work year or increasing school costs. www.generationschools.org
Member since: October 14th, 2009
Anders Ramsay designed and built his first commercial website in 1996, and has since remained obsessed with making digital products easy to use. He is currently writing a book on the art and science of designing successful software products using fast-paced Agile methods, and also conducts workshops and consults design teams on this topic.
Member since: October 11th, 2011
Sal is a Sales Manger for Quick Test/Heakin Research, a full service market research company with a network of facilities across the continental United States and around the world.  Quick Test/Heakin Research offers high-quality work, with quick turnaround, while maintaining competitive prices. www.quicktest.com.
Member since: February 3rd, 2011
Samir S. Shah, AIA brings over a decade of experience in the New York City area and abroad to a wide range of work that encompasses affordable housing, institutional work, cultural facilities, development, and planning. He holds a Master’s Degree in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, and Bachelor’s Degrees in Architecture & Environmental Design from the City College of New York and North Carolina State University. He is a former Fulbright Fellow in Art & Architectural History and a former Design Fellow with Architecture for Humanity. He has also served as an adjunct instructor and frequent guest critic at the Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York. He holds professional registration in New York State and is NCARB certified. www.urbanquotient.com
Member since: September 30th, 2010
PR practitioner focused on a broad range of industries- green/sustainability, technology, consumer interest/lifestyle, digital marketing, fashion. Avid yogi, Mom to a toddler and pug. www.bateman-group.com
Tyler Perry on Linkedin
Field & services: consumer lifestyle PR sustainability technology
Member since: April 25th, 2011
The Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GYCA) is a youth-led network of nearly 5000 young leaders and adult allies working on HIV and AIDS related issues in over 150 countries worldwide. GYCA’s mission is to empower young leaders with the skills, knowledge, resources and opportunities they need to scale up HIV and AIDS interventions amongst their peers. Its work is guided by three priorities: networking and sharing of best practices; technical assistance and capacity building; and political advocacy. GYCA is a program of TakingITGlobal. www.gyca.org.
Member since: December 2nd, 2010
Karen Yair is an independent creative and cultural sector consultant, working internationally and based in Brooklyn, New York. Using research to make the case for culture, Karen’s work informs good policy, strategy and investment decision-making in the non-profit sector. www.karenyair.com.
Karen Yair Consultancy on Linkedin
Member since: May 26th, 2011
Michelle Fernandez is Managing Director of Mom Central Consulting NYC. Mom Central, headquarted in Boston, is a company devoted to connecting top brands with influential moms in social media.  Mom Central Consulting (and now Dad Central) develops campaigns with large brands and agencies using the power of word of mouth and meaningful relationships. Mom Central works with consumer packaged goods, baby products, travel, healthcare, financial, technology and insurance companies.  Michelle also blogs for Mom Central about healthy urban child-rearing and her recent contributions can be found at mamamimi.momcentral.com/post-pagename.html.
Member since: August 16th, 2010
Benjamin Orbach is the Director of the America’s Unofficial Ambassadors project at Creative Learning and a Consultant to Creative Associates International. Orbach is the author of Live from Jordan, a chronicle of his experiences traveling through the Arab world in the run up to the Iraq War.
Member since: December 3rd, 2009
Sarah Ellison is an award-winning journalist and author of War at the Wall Street Journal. She spent ten years at the WSJ in Paris, London and New York before leaving to write the book. She is currently writing for Vanity Fair and lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.
Member since: June 16th, 2010
Liz is an entrepreneur, marketer, and founder of Checklist Home Services. Her company helps busy households check items off their “honey-do” lists of home improvement projects that never seem to get done. CHS’s flagship service is the yearly home-tune up, created to protect clients’ biggest investment — their homes — as well as their weekends.
Liz Reisch Picarazzi | Checklist Home Services on Facebook Liz Reisch Picarazzi | Checklist Home Services on Linkedin
Field & services: consumer services handyman home improvement home maintenance
Member since: October 6th, 2011
Dara is a consultant to The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Global Health Policy and Advocacy. She has both public and private sector pharma and biotech experience. Prior to taking on independent consulting clients, she was the Director of Finance and Planning at the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI).
Dara Erck | Erck Consulting on Linkedin
Field & services: Consulting healthcare Non-profit
Member since: November 1st, 2011
David Lamb (Playwright and Producer) and Jamillah Lamb (Producer) are the husband and wife team behind the award- winning play Platanos Y Collard Greens, and owners of Between The Lines Productions, Inc. Before launching their theater careers, Jamillah served as a Vice President at Citibank, while David worked as an attorney (and moonlighted as a novelist, self-publishing his first novel “Do Platanos Go Wit’ Collard Greens?” which they jointly adapted for the stage). Eight years later, they are still proudly producing the play–which runs Off Broadway in NYC and has toured over 200 colleges around the country–as well as working on new writing and theater projects.
Jamillah & David Lamb | Between The Lines Productions on Facebook
Field & services: entertainment theater
Member since: November 16th, 2011
Brad and Todd are brothers and filmmakers. Their most recent film, “The Locksmith” is on Netflix. For dough, they make story-based marketing movies (music videos, industrials, commercials, etc). Brad also teaches at Columbia. He is fancier.
Field & services: film story production video
Member since: October 7th, 2011
Currently a Senior Consultant at Blackbaud, Leah is an experienced nonprofit e-communications professional focusing on the integration of on- and offline marketing strategies with broad knowledge in development, membership, social networking, interactive content and media relations.
Leah Kopperman on Facebook Leah Kopperman on Linkedin
Field & services: communications Consulting internet nonprofit social media web site
Member since: April 25th, 2011
John Emerson is a graphic designer and programmer working with human rights organizations. He has written and lectured on activism, mapping, and design. His website is http://backspace.com
Member since: May 21st, 2010
Jon is a founder and brand director of Minigroup, a site for sharing in private groups. Previously Jon developed and managed brands for Adobe Systems, EyeWire, Getty Images, and Corbis, and most recently was a founding partner of Veer, a stock image and type company.
Jon Parker on Linkedin
Field & services: brand strategy communication internet social media writing
Member since: December 3rd, 2010
Deb Klein is Brooklyn Craft Central. Having founded and grown its successful Craft Market series at the Brooklyn Lyceum, BKCC organizes and produces ongoing events and high-profile biannual markets, bringing together independent artists, crafters, food artisans, entrepreneurs & more. Â Deb also manages a separate PR and Marketing division, offering affordable options for promoting event(s) in the realms of theatre, music, film, and community projects.
Member since: June 29th, 2010
Gigantic Mechanic makes games. Â We connect people and places through play. The future of fun is in games that you take with you. Games that help you meet new people. Games that help you explore the real-world, as well as the virtual world. These are the sort of games we make. Â We build iPhone games that make your commute to work more fun. We make location-based games that introduce you to new people and new neighborhoods. We make alternate-reality games that send you scavenging across the Internet for clues. We make games that make the everyday world more fun. www.giganticmechanic.com
Member since: January 20th, 2010
GallopNYC offers therapeutic horseback riding at three locations in New York City, bringing joy, hope and possibility to children and adults with physical, emotional, social, and developmental challenges.
Brooke Belott is GallopNYC’s grant writer and administrator, and also does freelance writing/grant writing for arts and environmental non-profits.
GallopNYC on Facebook
Field & services: Arts Disabilities Environment Grant Writing Health Non-profit
Member since: April 29th, 2011
The Veneration Project is dedicated to helping people and families confront the complicated realities of aging parents and loved ones — the good, the bad, and the inevitable. www.venerationproject.org.
Field & services: aging intergenerational learning retirement services
Member since: May 13th, 2011
Jim Weber is the president and founder of the college football and men’s basketball site LostLettermen.com. He has previously worked at ESPN The Magazine, NBC Sports and CBS Sports.
Lost Lettermen LLC on Facebook Lost Lettermen LLC on Linkedin
Member since: April 28th, 2011
Charles Duhigg is a reporter for The New York Times, based in New York. 

In 2007, Charles was the author of the award-winning “Golden Opportunities” series, which examined how businesses and investors are seeking to profit from the soaring number of older Americans.  In 2008, he was part of the team that produced “The Reckoning,” a series that explored the roots of the financial crisis.  In 2009, Charles wrote “Toxic Waters,” a series exploring the worsening pollution in American waters and regulators’ response. Before joining the New York Times, Charles was a reporter with The Los Angeles Times. A native of New Mexico, he studied history at Yale and received an MBA from Harvard.
Member since: May 25th, 2010
Matthew began theCoup in 2004 to bring creative strategy, branding, and web development to artists, nonprofits, and innovators. www.theCoup.org
Matthew Willse on Linkedin
Field & services: branding creative strategy design social media web development
Member since: May 1st, 2009
Liz has worked as a professional organizer since 2005. She started Make Space in 2010 to meet the expanding needs of her clients. Make Space provides both commercial and residential organizing and project management services. From coordinating office re-locations to helping folks organize and de-clutter their homes, Make Space specializes in energetic and efficient organizing solutions. Where would you like to Make Space?
Liz Dahmen | Make Space LLC on Facebook Liz Dahmen | Make Space LLC on Linkedin
Field & services: de-cluttering Organizing project management relocating space planning
Member since: October 1st, 2011
Ben Herzog Architect, PC seeks to build successful collaborations between client and architect that result in gracious, efficient and comfortable spaces in which to live and work. With each client’s goals and budget as the top priority, we offer a full range of services–from pre-design through the completion of construction. We specialize in residential renovations, additions and new construction, as well as commercial and office build-outs. www.herzogarch.com
Member since: July 29th, 2010
Raphael is a software engineer for InternMatch, an online ecosystem committed entirely to internships. He just ended a five-year hiatus from professional programming, during which he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras, and then taught for Year Up, a nonprofit serving urban young adults.
Raphael Crawford-Marks on Linkedin
Field & services: development education internet internship web
Member since: October 1st, 2011
StoryKeep creates audio, film and multimedia portraits of individuals, families and businesses. We all have a story to keep. Let us help keep yours. www.storykeep.org.
Member since: August 17th, 2011
Rare books in Brooklyn. Coming 2012.
