Organizational Development

LaFemina & Co. is an advisory firm supporting nonprofit and foundation executives as they guide their organizations through moments of change, growth, and transition. We partner with organizations to clarify priorities, develop change-confident leaders, strengthen team dynamics, and facilitate critical conversations. 

Our client engagements generally start with one of our core services. We then work together to build out a partnership that provides you and your team with high-value support tailored to your needs. 

Our core services include:

Carson Dean Consulting can help with a variety of organizational needs – strategic planning, fund development, board development, succession planning, and coaching just to name a few. As a generalist, we work across all types of organizations. With a background steeped in the human and social services sector, we have a wealth of subject matter expertise, especially related to homelessness and housing instability. As importantly, if you have a project that isn’t among our services offerings, we’ll connect you to someone that matches your needs. Let’s talk!

Two Suns provides high quality business consulting while connecting purpose to the work. We empower individuals through coaching to live in alignment with their core values and authentic self.

Whether it’s a major life changing event, a shift in personal or professional values, a change in strategic direction, or a desire for a restructure we are your guide! We specialize in processes and support for organizations and individuals who are facing transformative experiences and change.

Big Self School helps leaders and teams see the unconscious patterns blocking them from their biggest impact.

We work at the intersection of three powerful methodologies: Enneagram-based leadership development, conscious leadership principles, and systemic change management. Because here's what we know—organizational dysfunction is never just about one toxic leader, one broken process, or one dysfunctional team. It's about the entire emotional system and how anxiety moves through it.

How We Work

We are a coalition of researchers with the shared purpose of using our academic training to propel social change that improves people’s lives. Led by Candace Kohli, PhD, we use the research, writing, and program design skills we honed at leading US universities to help mission-driven organizations grow their capacity to deliver high-impact programs.

We support all organizations working to meet people’s needs and improve lives. We specialize in working with healthcare organizations, educational institutions, and arts organizations.

Fundraising

Avanzare Labs is an AI and marketing agency based in Raleigh, NC that helps nonprofits and mission-driven organizations scale their impact through smart, human-centered innovation. We specialize in AI strategy, marketing automation, data integration, and strategic design, without the overwhelm.

Tanya Varanelli partners with nonprofit leaders and teams to build and implement practical processes and support organizational change. This support maximizes resources by clearing space for the things that matter most - the long-term sustainability of nonprofits and their leaders. 

AskQ Consulting is a management consulting firm dedicated to helping nonprofits thrive by aligning four critical areas—people, processes, programs, and planning—to enhance operational efficiency. When you partner with us, we focus on aligning and optimizing these key elements to unlock your full potential.

Waller Consulting provides practical advice for nonprofits to build the capacity to bring their visions to reality. 

Ginny Waller is the former Executive Director of the largest, free-standing sexual assault services agency in South Carolina. She is also a skilled facilitator (virtual and in-person) and lawyer (licensed in South Carolina) with more than seventeen years of experience in nonprofit leadership development, strategic planning, and operational efficiency, with specializations in change management and relationship building. 

Heightened Development believes nonprofits and their leaders are solving the most important and complex problems in our communities- and you need a range of expert support to do this well! We develop your capacity for heightened impact through a range of supports such as: