Valerie Lord

Valerie Lord has been consulting since 2016. Prior to which she worked as an Executive Director and Development Director for various nonprofit organizations. Both on staff and as a consultant, Valerie has earned a track record of fundraising for major growth. Now with Envision, she works primarily on strategic plans and partnership exploration, but also provides clients with add-on services specifically related to fundraising. Valerie specializes in building and elevating development teams, transforming organizational culture to support and integrate fundraising strategy, and training board members and program staff to do their part.

Valerie has represented a variety of causes from health care to youth development to public safety. She earned her B.A. in English Literature from Colgate University and a M.S. in Nonprofit Business Management from Milano School of Policy, Management and the Environment.