Francine helped guide large and small organizations from $1-$18 million social service agencies to grass roots non-profits with budgets of less than $250,000.  Here’s what some of them have said about her work.

Specialties:

  • Strategic Planning
  • Organizational Positioning
  • Board Development
  • Management Coaching
  • Communications & Donor Cultivation Consultation

What Others Say

“Francine led the museum in developing a comprehensive strategic plan.  Her focused and realistic approach to positioning the museum for change began a productive process for professionalizing and focusing the museum … The effects of her good work with the Board are still with us.”
Lisa Johnson, Executive Director Stanley-Whitman House

“Francine took the ideas and data of a disorganized group and synthesized them so they were understandable to a diverse group.  She took the complex and made it simple and forced us to focus on the obvious.  Her work helped us make the scary leap to change.  These changes made a real difference.”
Kathy Kraczkowsky, Vice Chair Friends of Elizabeth Park

“Francine Christiansen has a unique way of quickly ferreting out the critical issues and presenting them in a succinct, easy to understand way that moves the project forward by leaps and bounds.”
Marilda Gandara, President Aetna Foundation, member MHCI CEO Group

“Francine developed a strategic plan that operates as a business plan tied to budget & budget constraints.  It is a document that our business- and community-oriented board members understand and use.”
Marilyn Risi, Upper Albany Main St. Director

I have worked on many strategic plans, but this is the most “user friendly” plan I have ever used.
Dr. Ed Johnson, UAMS Board and CEO of Mt. Sinai Hospital

“Francine articulated an organizational vision for a small community–based agency.  With her leadership, the agency leveraged its strong client service base to become a leader in providing services to teen parents.”
Mary Ellen White, Founder Friends of the Family

Francine has a rare assortment of personal qualities and professional abilities… Thoughtful assessment, effective engaging of others, rigorous analysis, strategic thinking, exceptional writing, results orientation and a steadfast commitment to mission success.
Richard Sugarman, Founding President CT Forum

“Nothing is more disturbing to me than sitting in a meeting that drags on AND then 'allows' me to walk away feeling that I have nothing to act on!  I was impressed by how you were able to keep us all on track so that we remained focused.  That's a great skill!”
Jennyfer Holmes Junior League of Hartford, Inc

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