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Arkady AdvisingFounder and Principal Consultant
Oct. 2025Houston, TXMost organizational roadblocks run deeper than they appear. A revenue challenge that's really a staffing gap. A productivity problem that's really a mission-alignment issue. Smart people solving the wrong thing — not for lack of effort, but for lack of a holistic view.
Arkady Advising exists because organizations deserve better.
I work in lockstep with clients — not as a vendor dropping in with a templated plan, but as a strategic partner who examines the full picture: revenue history, staff capacity, board engagement, mission clarity, and leadership alignment. From that foundation, we build strategies that move the needle today and create momentum that lasts.
Services include:
Organizational assessment · Revenue history analysis · Staff capacity and structuring · Board engagement strategy · Campaign design and launch · Feasibility and readiness studies · Major gifts program design · Donor stewardship architecture · Development training · Case for support development · Volunteer program strategy · Event strategy · Process/systems design and evaluation · Strategic planning
We take nothing at face value — because the challenge in front of you is rarely the only one worth solving.
Congressional SchoolDirector of Advancement and External Affairs
Mar. 2023 - Aug. 2025Falls Church, Virginia, United StatesServed as the institution's embedded organizational strategist — redesigned the entire advancement infrastructure from a
transactional, event-driven model to a high-impact, relationship-centered architecture.
· Overhauled the annual giving program through data-driven constituent segmentation, significantly increasing participation rates
and per-constituent revenue.
· Led full CRM assessment and overhaul; built executive performance dashboards for the Board of Trustees and Advancement
Committee.
· Restructured the parent organization to align community engagement with institutional strategic goals.
· Served on the Strategic Planning Committee during the institution's first visioning year.
· Increased annual event attendance 25% and net proceeds 19% through strategic redesign of the event experience.
· Led and developed a team of 5 direct reports across communications, community engagement, data services, and annual
strategy.
Presentation High SchoolDirector of Development & Engagement
Jul. 2021 - Sep. 2022San Jose, California, United StatesServed as embedded organizational strategist for a single-gender independent secondary school — redesigned the institution's
advancement infrastructure from transactional to a high-impact major gifts model.
· Designed and launched a Major Gifts Program from inception; personally managed a portfolio of 125 leadership-level
stakeholders.
· Led and developed a team of 5 direct reports.
· Increased Foundation grant revenue 30% through targeted strategy design.
· Created and filled a new operational role; mentored hire to full autonomy.
CCS FundraisingSenior Director
Jul. 2016 - Dec. 2020TexasNational management consulting firm specializing in large-scale organizational strategy and initiative management.
Over 7 years I delivered strategic consulting engagements for 17 client organizations across education, healthcare, faith-based,
and community sectors — functioning as senior advisor from organizational diagnostic through full execution.
· Designed and executed a $42.5M initiative across 148 locations engaging 15,437 stakeholders — exceeded goal in 24 months.
· Built complete strategic infrastructure for a $50M Public Health System Foundation: strategic plan, communications framework,
governance policy, stakeholder engagement model.
· Trained and managed a team of 5 consulting directors and 1 project associate executing concurrent large-scale client
engagements.
· Conducted executive interviews, peer benchmarking, and organizational diagnostics to guide C-suite and board-level strategic
decisions.
· Redesigned a $5M initiative mid-execution during COVID-19 — retained client and delivered against reconfigured priorities under
compressed timeline.
CCS FundraisingExecutive Director
Sep. 2014 - Jul. 2016
CCS FundraisingAssociate Director
Sep. 2013 - Sep. 2014Greater New York City Area
The New York Junior LeagueMembership and Program Manager
Sep. 2011 - Sep. 2013New York City Metropolitan AreaStaff leadership role for a nonprofit women's membership organization with ~3,000 members.
· Built the organization's first standardized metrics tracking system across 50+ committees — capturing activity data, program
results, and impact for strategic reporting.
· Developed a comprehensive membership analytics framework to support board-level strategic planning.
· Streamlined membership application and committee selection processes, resulting in measurable increases in membership rates.
· Served as primary point of contact for 3,000+ volunteers.
· Led full CRM migration from Raiser's Edge to Digital Cheetah.
The New York Junior LeagueMembership Associate
Jan. 2010 - Aug. 2011
Susan Ulin AssociatesJunior Account Executive
Sep. 2007 - Jun. 2009New York City Metropolitan AreaBoutique organizational consulting firm — New York, NY
Supported multi-client consulting engagements spanning strategy, stakeholder management, and event architecture. Served as
liaison between client boards of directors, event chairs, and external vendors across concurrent engagements.
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