Dick Nodell has more than forty-five years' experience as an organizational consultant and leadership coach. For the past thirty years his work has primarily focused on the world of mission driven organizations and institutions. He consults with presidents and senior leaders to help them lead their institutions through whatever phases of evolutionary change they are in.

Having worked with leaders in institutions as diverse as the University of Chicago, The Veterans Administration, The American Museum of Natural History, U.C. Berkeley, Stanford University, Wellesley College, The Luce Foundation, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Swarthmore College, Yale University, Kenyon College, Amherst College, Williams College, The Broad Institute, M.I.T., Harvard Medical School, Public Radio International, WAMU and WNYC Radio, Dick brings extensive experience to all dimensions of institutional leadership. Beyond helping leaders lead themselves and developing strong working partnerships, he has extensive experience in developing and rolling out of strategic plans, establishing effective leadership teams and managing social and cultural issues as they arise.

Dick has also been a psychotherapist in private practice, working with individuals, couples and families throughout this period. In that work, he has often resorted to mythological storytelling to reflect to clients the deeper resonances of their own life stories. He believes that the mythic imagination allows us to gain access to meaning beyond the mundane interactions and issues of everyday life. Complimenting this approach, Dick brings expertise in non-linear dynamical and family systems to effectuate large scale change.

David Blinder's career in the academic and non-profit worlds spans four decades as faculty, advancement professional, and fundraising/organizational development consultant.  

David earned a BA from Princeton University and PhD in philosophy from UC Berkeley.  After teaching at Yale University for seven years, David started his career in advancement at Princeton in 1987.  After serving in senior positions in leadership gifts and corporate and foundation relations, David was named director of development.  He was an integral part of the senior planning team for the university's $1 billion 250th Anniversary Campaign.

In 1995, David was appointed vice president for resources and public affairs at Wellesley College.  In close collaboration with president Diana Chapman Walsh, he planned and implemented a campaign that set a new record for liberal arts college fundraising.  In 2007, David was appointed associate vice chancellor of university resources at UC Berkeley, where he served on the Chancellor's Cabinet and the Council of Deans, and as vice president of the UC Berkeley Foundation. During his tenure, David planned and managed the $3 billion Campaign for Berkeley, successfully completed in 2013.

In 2013, David moved to The Scripps Research Institute as senior vice president for external affairs.  There he managed fundraising, communications and government relations for the Scripps campuses in La Jolla, CA and Jupiter, FL.  He left Scripps in 2015 to devote full-time to consulting.

David describes his approach to fundraising and organizational development as applied philosophy.  Understanding the interplay between the philosophy of philanthropists and the mission-driven institutions they support is fundamental to the success of both.

THREE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES GUIDE OUR WORK

American Museum of Natural History

Climate Lead

Davidson College, NC

Harvard Medical School, MA

Kenyon College, OH

Lafayette College, PA

Middlebury College, VT

Stanford University

Swarthmore College, PA

Trinity College, CT

United Religions Initiative, CA

University of California, Berkeley, CA

University of Chicago, IL

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Veterans Administration

Wellesley College, MA

WNYC, NY

Yale university