Anne L. Harper

Consultant, Harper Consulting

Anne L. Harper brings to her clients over 18 years of experience in the nonprofit, public, and private sectors developing strategies that ensure successful organizational change, improve performance, and build professional relationships.

Anne leads an independent consulting practice, Harper Consulting, for organizations that need assistance with strategy, organization development, fund raising, board governance, and communication.  Recent clients include the Chastain Horse Park, Georgia Public Broadcasting and the Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest.  She also is a core consultant with the Georgia Center for Nonprofits where she’s led several organizational assessments and technical assistance projects for their clients. 

Prior to establishing Harper Consulting, she was a communications consultant for eight years with the Atlanta office of McKinsey & Co. Inc., an international management consulting firm.  Anne has also recently taught business communication at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University.

In the past year, Anne has worked extensively with an environmental organization on an initiative to build a major donor program.  Anne led the client through a board composition analysis and a board recruitment process that brought in several new members and set the stage for ongoing recruitment.  She also coached the executive director in donor relations, resulting in the largest gift the organization had yet received from an individual. 

Recently, Anne’s efforts culminated in an annual campaign, combined with a special event, which more than quadrupled the amount of funds the organization had raised from individual donors in a year.  She has improved her client’s understanding and use of their donor tracking software and database and improved their Web site as a marketing and fund-raising vehicle.

The organizational assessments cover all of the business aspects of nonprofit management.  Anne’s technical assistance assignments usually include board training and coaching for the senior executive of the organization. She has established positive relationships with the clients she has served.  Her current assignment from GCN is to provide a combination of executive coaching, strategic planning, board development, and fund-raising planning for a south Asian women’s organization.

Anne holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan and a B.A. magna cum laude from Smith College, Northampton, Mass.  She has completed the Directors’ College course given by the University of Georgia (Terry College of Business) and the National Association of Corporate Directors.