References

References

"Mary has been an invaluable partner to me in strategic planning, in developing and maintaining positive staff dynamics during a difficult period of organizational transition, and in building effective communications and learning systems in South Caucasus offices of Eurasia Foundation. She has designed and co-led three annual staff retreats, which helped me transform five disparate program units (spread across three countries in a conflict zone) from a disaggregated set of branch-offices into a strongly motivated international team pursuing a clear shared vision and concrete shared goals.
  
"One of Mary’s greatest skills is an innate diplomacy, and an ability to understand and work effectively in a variety of cultural contexts. She is extremely sensitive to (and skilled at) adapting her management and planning assistance to the needs of her clients; even in a multinational and multi-cultural context like the South Caucasus, she easily engaged and incorporated all participants and made their perspectives more easily heard, valued, and respected."

--Andrea Dee Harris
South Caucasus Regional Vice President
Eurasia Foundation
July, 2007

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"Cornerstone Consultants offers not only a wealth of skills, experience and sound judgment, but also a depth of understanding about the unique challenges facing nonprofit and philanthropic organizations.  Mary Virtue has helped us to design and facilitate strategic planning, program design and evaluation projects.  In each case, she has employed well-considered, yet flexible methods aimed at making our work more effective, inside and out.  She has engaged our stakeholders in ways that represented our program in a positive, thoughtful manner.  Her synthesis of varying perspectives, combined with succinct, action-oriented suggestions, has been invaluable.  Her commitment to organizational and collaborative learning is unmatched.  And, at the end of the day, Mary is a pleasure to work with because she produces—always on-time, always accountable, always results-oriented."

--Elizabeth Myrick
The Aspen Institute
September, 2007

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Creating Assets Savings & Hope - Oregon
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New Jersey State Council on the Arts
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South Jersey Cultural Alliance
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