Client Endorsements
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“Beaverton city leaders, pursuing the community’s dream to build a performing arts center, called on Dianna Smiley to conduct those all-important first conversations with major donors and funders in the metropolitan region through a Capital Campaign feasibility study. She continues to provide strategic support to us as Campaign Counsel. We’re making great progress on the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, and we are so happy to have Dianna as a guide and expert team member walking this exciting journey with us!”
— Lani Faith, Executive Director, Beaverton Arts Foundation https://centerfortheartscampaign.org/
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“Dianna Smiley provided the spark which elevated our organization’s fundraising efforts! Her personable, highly engaging style allowed her to work effectively with both management and members of the board. Her coaching helped us develop a fundraising strategy for our national Major Individual Giving Program. Ultimately, her input to our newly focused efforts helped increase our annual revenue this year by 22%. A significant piece of her work included board education and engagement and she also helped us create a 3-year Strategic Development Plan. We highly recommend Dianna. Her insights and professionalism are absolutely top tier.”
— Harvey Potts, CDO, Dogs for Better Lives
www.dogsforbetterlives.org
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“When the Hillsboro Community Foundation decided to take a new direction and establish a legacy endowment program, Dianna Smiley coached the Board through organizational redesign and helped create the road map for continued development and future growth. By effectively sharing her experience, thorough knowledge of philanthropy and fundraising best practices, Dianna helped set the stage for our success including a thriving partnership with the Hillsboro Arts and Culture Council to establish the first endowment. Her understanding of the needs and concerns of volunteer leaders during this period of substantial change, and her ability to teach while instilling confidence and enthusiasm contributed to our organization’s transformation.”
— Janel McKenna, Executive Director, Hillsboro Community Foundation www.hillsborocommunityfoundation.org
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“At Josephine Community Libraries, Dianna worked with us to rethink our approach to fundraising. She helped us design and implement new strategies that made it possible for us to survive (and begin to thrive) during a critical time when local government is unable to provide public funding for its libraries. Our fundraising results are up 25% over 3 years ago, in large part due to our own hard work, the caring patrons of JCL, and Dianna’s counsel. Knowing we will always struggle to operate a vibrant library system without public funding, Dianna stays in touch with us even though her consultancy was completed quite a while back. We still call on her sound advice and she’s always happy to give it along with her time. She’s on our team!”
— Kate Lasky, Executive Director, Josephine Community Libraries
www.josephinelibrary.org
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“Dianna’s guidance was invaluable to Caldera and extremely helpful to me as Executive Director. The opportunity to tap into her sound judgment, and her deep knowledge of best practice in fund raising and organizational management, has been profoundly enriching. As a result of Dianna’s work with us, we are aiming higher and thinking more clearly about our strategic challenges at Caldera.”
— Tricia Snell, Former Executive Director, Caldera
www.calderaarts.org