David Rivel

David Rivel

David Rivel

Consultant, Interim ED, Navigator

Practice Areas: Advocacy/Lobbying; Board Governance; Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Evaluation/Outcome Measurement; Executive Coaching; Executive Transition and Succession Planning; Financial Management and Planning; Fundraising/Fundraising Support; General Management; Human Resources Management; Leadership Development; Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Collateral Design; Mergers and Sustained Collaborations; Strategic Planning; Volunteer Recruitment and Management.

Experience: Advocacy, civil rights, social justice; Aging, seniors, retirement issues; Arts, culture, humanities; Children and youth services; Disabilities; Environment; Food, hunger; Health - mental/crisis intervention; Health - general; Housing and homelessness; Human services or multi-service; Philanthropy/grant making; Professional association or network; Recreation, sports, leisure; Religious or spiritual; Voluntarism, community services

David has been an executive director for nearly 30 years at a wide range of mission-driven nonprofit organizations. Recent consulting assignments have included mergers/acquisitions, organizational growth plans, strategic planning, and fundraising strategy. David has directed strategic planning at Lincoln Center, where his work led to the creation of Jazz at Lincoln Center, and he has led numerous successful strategic planning processes both at organizations he has run and with several nonprofit organizations.

Certifications: Professional Mediation (Cornell University); Basic Mediation Training (New York Peace Institute)