Richard Ayoub, CEO Project Angel Food
“We have had the pleasure of utilizing Abbe’s consulting skills for our Board of Directors’ strategic planning sessions and for leadership training for mid-level managers. Abbe is our go-to consultant for difficult tasks and she always breaks it down into an easy-to-understand plan of action. She’s terrific!”
Tony Valenzuela, Executive Director, One Institute:
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.
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”
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.
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.
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”
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.”