Tiffany Applegate - Marketing,
Communications, Revenue Development, Sustainability Planning, Program
Outcomes
Danielle Butler - Program Design,
Project Management, Strategic Partnership
Development
Laura Shmishkiss- Nonprofit Management, Leadership Training, Education/Youth Development
Michelle Pullaro - Marketing,
Organizational Development, Program Design, Fund
Development
Virgil Seepersad - Finance, Accounting
Roberta Sutton
Dorota Szerszenowicz
Arlene Brothers, Business Manager
Krista Vita, Marketing and
Communications Manager
MARKETING
| COMMUNICATIONS | REVENUE DEVELOPMENT | SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING |
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
Tiffany
Applegate, M.B.A., is the Senior Partner at X Factor Consulting.
She has over 15 years of experience in the fields of marketing and
management within the for-profit and not-for-profit realms.
Tiffany
has trained hundreds of organizations, including faith- and
community-based organizations around the world on marketing techniques,
tracking program outcomes, and keys to sustainability. Additionally,
she has served as a consultant for the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) providing marketing and
outreach materials and training and technical assistance on a variety
of topics.
Prior to partnering at X Factor,
Tiffany served several national nonprofit organizations as Director of
Marketing and Communications and Development Director. While on staff
she implemented successful marketing and donor campaigns, outcomes
tracking systems, and organizational procedures for internal and
external communications.
Tiffany
has also achieved success in the for-profit arena developing and
implementing new programs and marketing a variety of products and
services. She has a wealth of knowledge and experience that brings
value to the clients she serves.
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PROGRAM
DESIGN | PROJECT MANAGEMENT | STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT
Danielle
Butler is the Founder and President of Butler Unlimited Management
Consulting Services.
Danielle has spent the last ten years working with national level
organizations to develop, implement and sustain quality programs,
support new initiatives and develop processes to take maximum advantage
of staff competencies.
While she was at
America’s Promise Alliance, Danielle designed and implemented an annual
community recognition competition called “The 100 Best Communities for
Young People”. She ran three successful competition cycles engaging
several hundred communities in the application process and earning over
40 million media impressions. Over her tenure there she also planned
and executed three national conferences engaging 500-750 people each
year in networking and best practice sharing. Danielle also led the
national youth leadership team for America’s Promise and performed all
of the necessary training and facilitation to build the leadership
skills of this group of high school and college-aged national leaders,
implemented two national level youth engagement programs, provided
assistance and support to communities working on increasing
collaboration and focusing efforts on a holistic approach to resource
provision in their communities.
She has a Bachelors of Science in Government and her Master’s in Public
Administration from Cornell University. She is a member of the American
Management Association and the National Association for Professional
Women.
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NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT | LEADERSHIP TRAINING | EDUCATION/YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Laura Shmishkiss brings fifteen years experience in training, program development and management. She is a content expert in issues related to K-12 education, youth development, leadership training (for youth and adults), and experiential learning.
In her most recent five and a half year tenure at Coro New York Leadership Center, Laura served as Senior Director of Programs. She oversaw the design, implementation and growth of Coro’s leadership and civic engagement programs, while participating in the overall management and development of the organization and leading its strategic planning process. She also founded “Exploring Leadership,” an intensive 11-month leadership program for NYC public high school students that empowers youth voice in education reform. Prior to Coro, Laura worked with NYC Outward Bound, helping to design a new small high school and training NYC teachers and administrators in innovative school-reform models. She also taught middle school in San Francisco where she received the San Francisco Education Fund’s “Golden Apple Award” for outstanding implementation of a service-learning project focused on diversity, tolerance and media.
Laura serves on the Board of Directors for Bardoli Global, a non-profit organization that provides international education and leadership development opportunities for under-served high school students of color. She is also a board member for United Community Centers, a 50-year old neighborhood-based, multi-service organization in East New York, Brooklyn.
Laura earned a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Colby College, and a teaching certification from San Francisco State University. She is a certified yoga instructor, a 2006 New York City Marathon finisher and a 3-time triathlon finisher. Laura has lived and traveled extensively around the world.
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MARKETING
| ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | PROGRAM DESIGN | FUND
DEVELOPMENT
Michelle Pullaro has 15 years of experience in the private and
nonprofit sector. Her leadership roles have been focused on supporting
high impact innovative organizations with an uncompromising commitment
to creating a path from poverty to empowerment.
Prior to launching EA Solutions, Michelle was the Executive Director
for Taproot Foundation, Eastern Region. Taproot Foundation, the largest
national nonprofit consulting firm in the country, strengthens
nonprofits by engaging business professionals in service. In addition
to increasing revenue in Taproot’s Foundation Eastern Region by 40% and
launching the Boston and DC operations, she built a high performing
team that managed an $8M portfolio of pro bono consulting engagements
in the areas of marketing, strategy management and leadership
development.
Previously, Michelle was Chief Operating Officer of Per Scholas, a
grassroots nonprofit organization in New York City’s South Bronx. Per
Scholas empowers individuals in the community through technology and
education providing then with a solid platform for upward career
mobility. Michelle was responsible for marketing, strategic planning,
fund development, program design, manufacturing and customer service
initiatives.
Prior to Per Scholas, Michelle was with Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
for 6 years in Sales Management, Corporate Training, and Corporate
Marketing and over the course of her career was a recipient of numerous
awards and distinctions. Michelle attended Columbia University’s
Executive Program in Nonprofit Management, earned her MBA from Baruch
College’s Zicklin School of Business, where she was a recipient of a
NASH Honors Scholarship, and holds a BA in Economics and Political
Science from University of Wisconsin, Madison. Michelle lives in
Madison, New Jersey with her husband JJ and children Ethan and Ava.
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FINANCE | ACCOUNTING
Virgil is a seasoned executive financial manager. He is a Certified
Non-Profit Accounting Professional (CNAP) with over 15 years of
progressive executive and senior management accounting experience most
recently as the Controller of Union Theological Seminary in New York
City. Prior to his work at Union Theological Seminary, he performed
Controller and CFO consulting services for Fiscal Management Associates
(FMA) and The Fortune Society, and was the Vice President-Controller of
Accion New York.
Currently Virgil is the
Principal of Financial and Management Accounting Consulting Services
(FAMACS) a company specializing in empowering Non-Profit
organizations in implementing and maintaining effective and efficient
financial systems including fiscal policies and internal controls.
As a founding member of the Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union,
Virgil, in 1997 was instrumental in presenting the Federal Credit Union
charter application securing approval by the National Credit Union
Administration (NCUA). He subsequently served as Treasurer, member of
the Board of directors and Chairman of the Advisory Committee. Virgil
also served on the Board of Directors of the Institute of Management
Accountants (IMA) New York City Chapter. He specializes in Federal,
State and Local Government grant contract vouchering, fiscal reporting
and compliance. As CFO/Controller of a Bronx New York Non-profit Social
Service Agency, Virgil initiated and was responsible for the New York
State Office of Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities (OMRDD)
approval of four years rate appeals retroactive in the amount of $1.1
million.
Virgil attained a certificate in Microsoft Network Systems Engineering
from Micropower Computer Institute, New York and from New Hampshire
University, New Hampshire he received certification in Credit union
Management and Board of Directors Governance Training. Virgil Holds a
Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Pace University,
New York. Virgil is affiliated with and provides consultant services to
caIS, a Florida based subcontractor for the Homeland Security
Management Institute, a designated Department of Homeland Security
Center of Excellence under HR1 - Improving America's Security Act of
2007.
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Roberta Sutton is a change management consultant and project manager.
She has worked for both nonprofit and fortune 500 companies to develop
fundraising and sales initiatives, launch products and plan and produce
motivational events. Current interests include employee happiness and
the positive affects on productivity and performance and using
organization mission and competitive strengths to inform strategic
planning. Roberta just received her MS in Organizational Change
Management from The New School for Social Research.
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Dorota Szerszenowicz, a native of Poland, is a sociologist and a
current graduate student focusing on social justice. Her earliest work
explored poverty, social exclusion, and family relations. At the Lodz
and Polish Academy of Science, working with the 6th Framework Program
of European Union “Policy Responses Overcoming Factors in the
Intergenerational Transmission of Inequalities". This work was
published in the sociology magazine, “Habitus”.
Since coming to the U.S. from Poland in 2003, Dorota’s social and
policy research passions are in applied U.S. sociology as well as
action research, studying social inequalities based on race, class,
education, access to the resources, sexual orientation, and ability. As
a citizen of European country with a social democratic regime and a
current member of an American community, Dorota understands the
necessity of having a strong nonprofit and non-governmental network of
organizations that supports democracy and civil society, and assures
that social justice is reached.
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Arlene Brothers has been providing administrative support to a range
of organizatIons, including corporations, arts organizations, private
elementary schools, and institutions of higher education.
Arlene
oversees the administrative functions of Cuidiu Consulting. In
addition, Arlene assists in grant writing and editing, and donor
research.
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Krista began her nonprofit career in local community development
initiatives to establish best practice efforts that serve youth and
families in high risk neighborhoods. Previously serving as a program
and development associate, she has developed and maintained literature
and website updates to provide information to program participants.
Krista
has also been involved in efforts that communicate organizational
efforts and goals to grow the partnership base and program awareness.
In addition to communications, her service has also been characterized
by her roles in new program development, research, grant writing and
editing.
Krista is passionate for community
service, and serves as a team service leader to a local community group
that provides services to mothers with young children which in turn
empowers those women to give back to others in need in at risk
communities. She has a B.S. in Political Science from Montclair State
University and served as an intern at U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg’s
office in Newark, NJ.
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