Compass Pro Bono
Greater Philadelphia
This year, by the numbers
34
consulting projects
246
volunteers
16K
volunteer hours
$3.5M
in pro bono services
Pro Bono Consulting Projects
We help nonprofits scope their business strategy challenges into actionable consulting projects. Then we recruit, train, and support teams of volunteer business professionals to deliver custom-made recommendations - all free of charge to the nonprofits.
Classic Projects
Volunteer teams of 8-10. Projects run from late September to May and are valued at approximately $200,000.
^Denotes Project Leader^^Denotes Deputy Project Leader
Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools (ADVIS)
Josh Hardt^
Andrew Lopez^^
Roland Beard
Steven Gardner
Bhavna Kanapuram
Drew Miller
Wendy Ney Manley
Lucero Pizano Ortiz
David Stratton
Stephen Zipf
Bringing Hope Home
Edwin Mongan^
Suzanne Li^^
Jessica Brackett
Marcelo Godinho
Kenneth Listwak
Vijayakumar Rathinavel
Paula Stillman
Brian Thomas
Center in the Park
Jason Fisher^
Jeffrey Shaffer^^
Tajuana Brooks-Lane
Benita John William
Deni Kasrel
Frank Perras
Kevin Tavolaro
Khalisha Wilson
The Common Place
Elizabeth Brien^
Naisha Mendez^^
Gabrielle Ator
Blair Ballin
Brianna Blefko
Kwame Edwards
Joe Fricker
Douglas Hammond
Yusef O'Bannon
Vamsi Vuppala
Family Support Line of Delaware County
Chetna Johri^
James McLoughlin^
Emily Baturka
Sanchita Jain
Taurance Robnett
Catherine Starrs
Kelly Swanick
Dave To
The Food Trust
Raef Lee^
Allen Beebe^^
Edward Bohn
Dimple Kothari
Jennifer Long
Prathmesh Patel
Erika Peterson
Perry Stein
Health Promotion Council of Southeastern Pennsylvania
TK Kobayashi^
Michael Hammer^^
Kevin Bailey
Valerie Francillon
Marcus Heilner
Conor Hirsch
Concetta Migliarese
Ian O'Hara
Nicola Watson
Junior Achievement of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Gary Bockol^
Supriya Nair^
James Connolly
A'Yanna Eley
Dare Henry-Moss
Shemeka Johnson
Andreas Papadourakis
Brennan Preine
Aimee Smith
North Light Community Center
Jim Pruitt^
Shaila Kapur^^
Zachary Cox
Vasil Hlinka
Dorian Owens
Carrie Sayers
Claudia Springer
Brian Sullivan
Philadelphia Youth Sports Collaborative
Tom O'Brien^
Ari Borthakur^^
Andrea Becker-Arnold
Victoria Cartagena
Mackenzie Kaiser
Francis Lawall
Lori Lombardo
Dev Misra
The Rock School for Dance Education
Melanie Wright^
Adrienne Taylor^^
Kelechi Akabogu
Laura Daley
Dayna Finkelstein
Ralph Harris
Nkhosinathi Moyo
David Othmer
Emma Pachon
TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image
Erika Fiest^
Eric Zelinski^
Felix Agosto
Youngho Kwon
David Prensky
Lauren Spinelli
Arti Suri
Michael Wehrman
Micro Projects
Volunteer teams of 4-6. Projects last four months and are valued at approximately $75,000.
^Denotes Project Leader
All Together Now Pennsylvania
Jonathan Sappey^
Nathaniel Leung
Patti Pfeiffer
Jennifer Powell
Ryan Schmidt
Allens Lane Art Center
Choni Brinkley^
Blair Ballin
Zachary Bauer
Inez Markovich
Lindsey Smith
Camden County Historical Society
BJ Glenn^
Matt Cuddy
Cynthia DeLisi
Daniel Salomone
Mahima Sharma
Center for Families and Relationships
Drew Stahl^
Jose Buitrago
Astrid Ferguson
Alex Moore
Claudia Springer
Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project
Kelly Barbour^
Anne Andres
Michael Byrne
Adam Sansweet
Shiven Shah
Esperanza Immigration Legal Services
Christopher Leonard^
Emma Xu^
Megan Bouquet
Matthew Brune
Luke Nichols
Anand Venkataraman
Fighting Back Scholarship Program
Stephanie Prevost^
Akua Aning
Paul Bennett
Nancy Kurtzman
Carly LePore
Gloucester County Habitat for Humanity
Jack Alotto^
Rebecca LeBow
Austin Meo
Jessica Perna-Elias
Sweta Sonulkar
Zach Zeelander
League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania
Katie Law^
Jason Hirsch
David Merrell
Winslow Roche
Ester Tang
Mattie N. Dixon Community Cupboard
Steven Klein^
Ky Ferguson
Brian Gunn
Breann Howell
Kyle Lampeter
Michelle Liang
Neighbors Helping Neighbors on the Main Line
Nancy Katz^
Marcus Bontrager
Christine LaRoche
Tameka Sumter
Jacob Thorwart
Nathan Wilson
Reading Allowed
Sally Weinberg^
Connor Baechler
Anand Desai
Mali Skotheim
Sanctuary Farm Philadelphia
Linda John Abraham^
Maria Laura Russo Pignocchi^
Cris Jin
Laura Osorno
Danielle Reid
Savage Sisters Recovery
Michelle Montilluer-Housel^
Jayati Dev
Anne Geckle
Danielle Herlund
Gabriella Patton
Small Things
Jennifer Heller^
Soumee Bhattacharya
Beth Lipson
Julie Moore
Seth Shriner
The ECO Foundation
Baseemah Ismail^
Benjamin Brownstein
Emilia Maia
Andrew Master
Morris Scott
Uplift Solutions
Holly Humphrey^
Hallie Morgan-Rodriguez
Sydney Nelson
Shantan Sawa
Stanley Wong
Youth Action
Brian Balduzzi^
Christina Barrett
Sharaine Eldafrawy
Steven Serino
Taylor Williams
On Demand Program
One-to-one volunteer to nonprofit match. Projects last up to eight weeks.
Chester Community Coalition - Michael Huggins
Fab Youth Philly - Arthur Block
Philly Truce - Katie Law
Sharing Excess - Drew Stahl
Special Recognition
We are grateful for the additional time and effort the following volunteers put in to make our programs a success.
Client Selection Committee
Marcus Bontrager
Megan Bouquet
Jason Fisher
Danielle Haakmat
Francis Humann
Melinda Johnson
Nancy Katz
TK Kobayashi
Bob Kuehl
Katie Law
Valerie Lenz
Robb Muse
Tom O’Brien
John Owens
Brian Sullivan
Megan Tomey
Melanie Wright
Lucy Zhu
Project Advisors and
Service Line Trainers
Char Beales
David Bear
Gus Bessalel
Doug Bloom
Allan Brown
Debbie Buchwald
Lawana Dumas
Larry Garfield
Paul Hashemi
Eric Heisler
Angela Hu
Francis Humann
Holly Humphrey
Melinda Johnson
Colin Jones
Mike Kane
Nancy Katz
Ken Kido
Valerie Lenz
Wes Payne
Dusty Riddle
Jay Rose
Our Sponsors
Corporate Sponsors
Foundation Sponsors
Melissa and Paul Anderson Family Foundation
Eagles Charitable Foundation
Patricia Kind Family Foundation
Exelon Foundation
Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation
Samuel L. Tabas Family Foundation
Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Foundation
Greater Philadelphia Board 2022-2023
Ed DeLussey, Chair
Marcus Bontrager
Jacqulynn Broughton Hugee
Dre Collier
Jarrod Combs-Harris, DMgt
Jacques Fu
Amanda Giordano
Eric Heisler
Holly Humphrey
Amy Loftus
Carlos S. Montoya
Judit Nagy-Eichelberger
Heather Sonnenberg
Elizabeth Tabas
Ian Waxman
Stephen A. Zipf, Jr.