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Abbe is a sought-after consultant experienced at helping organizations and their people with mission development and achievement. In addition, she is a popular speaker and moderator, frequently called upon to participate and share her expertise at conferences and seminars nationwide.

Listing of Services:

Management Consulting

Executive & Senior Management Coaching & Training

Board Development & Recruitment

Strategic Planning

Retreat Facilitation

Interim CEO

Strategy Consultation

Advocacy Strategies
Fundraising Strategies
Outreach and Visibility Strategies

Organization Consultation

Organization Restructuring
Program Development
Program Redesigns

Public Policy and Government Affairs

Local, State and National Advocacy

Women’s Issues,  LGBTQ, Affordable Housing, Healthcare,
Environment and Education

Philanthropic Advising

Individuals
Family Foundations
Corporate Social Responsibility

Other Services

Public Speaking
Moderator

Some of Abbe’s Clients

     
 

Testimonials

Kathy Watt, Executive Director, Van Ness Recovery House

“Van Ness Recovery House has had the privilege to have Abbe guide our Board for the strategic planning for our Capital Campaign to celebrate our 50th.  Board roles were established and it made for deliverables that benefited the agency- we will continue to use Abbe” 

Kate Anderson, Neighborhood Activist

“I have known Abbe for decades and have worked with her in many capacities and recommended her highly. She is diligent, thoughtful, strategic and a blast to work with.”

Tyler Harris Gregory, Executive Director
Jewish Community Relations Council, San Francisco

“I am grateful for Abbe not only as an effective and empathetic executive coach, but also a true  invested partner in my professional and organizational successes. She combines a wealth of personal experiences and helpful tools to process both nitty-gritty concrete issues as well as big picture thinking.”

Leeza Gibbons, Founder & CEO, Leeza’s Care Connection

“A kind collaborator with great instincts, Abbe’s skills as a business leader are surpassed only by her rock-solid relationships. We loved her optimistic outlook and tireless energy”

Jennifer Gregg, Former Executive Director, ONE Archives Foundation:

Working with Abbe Land helped me to discover my leadership potential l and vastly increase my public speaking skills.

As an Executive Director transitioning from a small non-profit organization to a larger institution, it was important for me to develop my role as a visionary and strategic leader, while also strengthening our organizational fundraising capacity and infrastructure. Abbe provided me with hands-on training and helped me learn how to organize and structure my priorities and focus to be successful. She provided guidance around board management and staff development issues.

As an added bonus, Abbe is a fantastic speech coach! She worked with me through a variety of speech exercise to reveal my primary speaking style and helped me gain confidence as a public speaker, which is vital to my current role. Since working with Abbe, we have increased our fundraising and really shifted the culture of our organization to increase our programmatic capacity.

Abby Leibman, President & CEO MAZON | A Jewish Response to Hunger:

We engaged Abbe to plan and implement a time management seminar for our entire staff. She developed a program that reflected our specific needs and culture and facilitated a very productive multi-hour discussion, navigating through the diverse needs our staff brought to the table and concluding with invaluable steps for moving forward.

Tony Valenzuela, Executive Director, ONE Archives Foundation:

Abbe’s long and distinguished history of leadership in nonprofits and government makes her a natural at group facilitation. She has brought her considerable strengths to the Los Angeles LGBT Executive Director’s support group where a couple dozen of LA’s nonprofit CEO’s meet to discuss organizational challenges and share professional advice. As a member of the group, I’ve found Abbe’s steady and insightful facilitation to be a tremendous help to leaders navigating the ups and downs we face running our organizations. And, importantly, she does this work with a great sense of humor and warmth.

Results

UNDER ABBE’S LEADERSHIP THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY WOMEN AND GIRLS INITIATIVE

As Executive Director of Los Angeles County’s groundbreaking Women and Girls Initiative Abbe played a key role in developing a countywide Gender Impact Assessment, conducting two employee climate surveys to understand the needs and ensure equity for County employees. Produced an award winning final report that outlines the successes of the initiative and also provided a road map for next steps.  Her leadership was instrumental in having County directors and managers learn how to use a gender lens in all their decision making.

UNDER ABBE’S LEADERSHIP THE SABAN FREE CLINIC

As CO-CEO of The Saban Free Clinic (now The Saban Community Clinic) Abbe played a massive role in taking the annual budget from $6 million to a $16 million. This included opening two new clinics and building a $22 million endowment. In addition, she managed a staff of 140 employees and over 300 volunteers. The Saban Free Clinic provided over 21,000 people annually with dental, medical and mental health services.

UNDER ABBE’S LEADERSHIP THE TREVOR PROJECT
  • Grew to national prominence and recognized leadership in the field of LBGTQ youth suicide prevention.
  • Expanded their budget over 100% and significantly expanded the staff and volunteer pool.
  • Launched the organization’s first research and evaluation project, which has quantitatively proven that Trevor is effective at saving young lives.
  • Added Trevor’s digital programs, Chat and Text, to meet youth where they are.
  • Built a new platform for TrevorSpace to help prevent suicide among youth around the world.
  • Expanded Trevor’s public policy work and successfully
    sponsored legislation in CA and Washington, DC.
  • Helped make Trevor the go-to place for anyone discussing LGBTQ youth and suicide.

UNDER ABBE’S LEADERSHIP THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD

During Abbe’s tenure as Mayor and Council Member the City of West Hollywood adopted some of the nations’ most progressive public policies in the areas of social justice, environment, public safety, economic development and housing. She sponsored ground breaking legislation to ban the sale of Saturday Night Specials; declared West Hollywood the 1st Pro Choice city in the nation; developed a Women’s Leadership Conference; included affordable housing in market rate developments; mandated green building design; implemented a Housing First approach to reducing homelessness; mandated gender neutral restrooms; adopted a Lesbian Bill of Health Rights; funded arts in local grammar schools to name a few.

Contact

Call Abbe Land to discuss your organizational needs and how her firm can help you accomplish them; or to book Abbe for a speaking or moderating engagement.

Office: 323-533-0663

Email: abbe@abbeland.com