Dr. Susanne Shavelson brings years of experience in strategic planning, grant writing and non-profit administration to her consulting work. She has a solid record of success working with funders and professionals in a wide variety of organizations. Her clients have included educational and medical institutions and social service agencies. As co-founder of the Institute for Informal Jewish Education (IJE) at Brandeis University, where she was assistant director, Susanne played a key role in the Institute’s strategic planning, fundraising and communications initiatives. Susanne wrote or co-wrote all the IJE’s grants from 1999 to 2006, beginning with startup funding from the Charles and Andrea Bronfman Philanthropies. From 2004 until 2006 she directed the IJE’s Community Hebrew High Schools Initiative, funded by Legacy Heritage Fund Limited.

Susanne assists clients in meeting a variety of resource development and communications needs. Her comprehensive approach to grant seeking includes thoughtful program planning, research to identify appropriate funding sources and development of the grant proposal package itself. Susanne’s clients also benefit from her strong skills in writing, editing and the organization of information, which she applies to e-newsletters, websites and other media.

Susanne earned her Ph.D. in American Culture at the University of Michigan, where she received a Mellon Fellowship, and has a B.A., magna cum laude, from Tufts University.