Testimonials
Montclair Coop School
“SMC and Siobhan McDermott were invaluable in getting our independent school board and administration out of the dark ages in development planning. At a critical time of expansion and change, Siobhan was a hands-on resource for everything from strategy to software. Her approach to organizing our thinking and our efforts was both highly professional and tailor-made to our unique needs and experience.”
– Elizabeth Rosini, past Board President
Prospect Park Alliance
“The counsel Strategic Management Consulting gave us helped us professionalize our development department and approach to major gift fundraising. Siobhan gave us the confidence to raise significant gifts we had not achieved before. SMC kept us on track and motivated our volunteers and board, especially when we hit roadblocks.”
– Robyn Bellamy, Senior Vice President, Institutional Advancement
American National Theatre
“Siobhan McDermott has been indispensable to The American National Theatre (ANT), as we’ve moved quickly from great ideas to putting on great new American work on stage in New York. Siobhan’s excellent counsel and complete support of our efforts to raise funds and build the ANT Board have helped us lay the foundation for a cultural institution that will serve our city and nation for generations to come.”
– Sean Cullen, President
Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences
“Building a realistic and achievable pro forma early on in the development of your project is absolutely essential. Everything starts there. Siobhan McDermott and her team understood the realities of arts institutions and guided us in setting financial goals and building leadership.”
– Charles Avampato, President, Clay Foundation
Friends of the Birth Center
“Thank you for all of your hard work and enthusiasm for our project. We have benefited so enormously from your expertise and perhaps even more importantly from your unwavering positive attitude and professionalism.”
– Stacey J. Rees, CNM, Clinical Director