Our Staff

 

"I can attest to DSA's skills, drive and efficiency. But what has always separated them from other consultants is their commitment to our work. They are very involved in making us a better organization for the sake of the kids we serve."

Diane Auger
Director
Friends For Tomorrow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


"Dynamic, I'll say they are."

Jack Bopp
Board Member
Henniker, NH-
San Ramon Nicaragua
Sister Cities Program

Theodore Trevens, MBA, Senior Consultant and Co-Founder - Mr. Trevens has over 15 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, including senior management positions with foundations and direct service organizations. He holds an MBA from Boston College and is specifically interested helping nonprofits to adapt private sector methods to improve their effectiveness. Mr. Trevens is an expert in strategic planning, financial management, board development, business plan development, fundraising and grants administration, and has trained nonprofit professionals in all of these areas. He has helped to design or improve the managerial structure and systems of over 30 organizations that continue to grow as a result of his initial input. Mr. Trevens has specifically served as the lead financial administrator on over 10 state and federal grants, and trained nonprofit organizations working with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in efficient and proper billing procedures. As Operations Manager for MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, a national grantmaker, Mr. Trevens provided oversight and leadership for fundraising efforts, including management of a $2 million annual individual donation campaign which involved recruiting, processing and acknowledging over 50,000 individual contributions per year. At MAZON Mr. Trevens also implemented critical upgrades to the request for proposal (RFP) process, evaluated nonprofit programs for funding, and managed fiscal operations including management and distribution of funds, accounting and financial reporting. During Mr. Trevens' tenure MAZON's operating expenses were lowered by over 9% and grants distribution grew from $1.2 million to $1.75 million. His direct service and management experience includes extensive work in the areas of AIDS/HIV, homelessness, addiction, domestic violence, youth and children's services and emergency relief operations including coordination of emergency responses to the Los Angeles riots of 1992, and to the Somalian famine and Rwandan massacres in the early 1990s. Mr. Trevens currently serves on the board of several Boston-based nonprofits and foundations. view resume
Liliana Riva Clement, MPH, Senior Consultant - Ms. Clement has over 15 years experience working for public health and nonprofit organizations. She holds an MPH from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Ms. Clement is expert in the areas of program design and evaluation, grantwriting with particular expertise in writing state and federal government grants, business plan development, and community mobilization. Ms. Clement's work has included serving as an outside evaluator to government-sponsored health programs with multi-million dollar budgets. She has developed and implemented health programs targeted to underserved minority populations, including work in the inner cities, and internationally in urban and remote, rural areas of Africa and Latin America. Ms. Clement's work has focused on the leading public health issues that are faced globally, including HIV/AIDS, diabetes, nutrition, primary health care, maternal health, and cancer. She has worked successfully with Deans, Department Chairs, and well-known scientific and community leaders. She is recognized for her skill in building national, regional and local partnerships of health organizations and across the public- private sector divide. Ms. Clement served as part of a national panel of experts convened by the federal Office of Community Service for their "21st Century Model for Addressing Poverty" working group. Ms. Clement's work has also included basic science research: she served as Director of a laboratory for an NIH-funded HIV/AIDS research program, and established the quality of an international system of vitamin A laboratories for Johns Hopkins. Ms. Clement is fluent in Spanish, serves on the board of several nonprofits and is advocate for the Latino population in her Jamaica Plain neighborhood. view resume
Jeffrey Portnoy, Director of Technology Services and Co-Founder - Mr. Portnoy has over 10 years of experience providing computer and technical support and training to nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and has served as the Vice President of a for-profit technology business. Mr. Portnoy has provided services to over 100 organizations. He has an engineering degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and is certified as a Novell, Microsoft and Cisco Network Engineer.
Erin Trahan, Staff Consultant - Ms. Trahan has more than eight years experience working with nonprofit organizations at the local, state and national level. Her work has included management of grantmaking as Program Director at the Nokomis Foundation, a private foundation focused on women and girls. Ms. Trahan has specific expertise in youth and women's programs. She has designed, implemented and evaluated over a dozen youth and women's programs, including having led a multi-year program evaluation for a middle school girls' program and having served as a expert reviewer on a state-wide panel evaluating Title IX and high school sports in Michigan. She has worked for The Girls Coalition of Greater Boston and as a Youth Engaged in Service Ambassador for the Points of Light Foundation. Ms. Trahan's work included capacity building, including management of a technology upgrade effort across 13 nonprofits and the development of evaluation tools for youth programs. Ms. Trahan also has expertise in the area of communication and media and film, having worked in film and video production and programming events for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Boston Public Library, and Women in Film & Video/New England. She is a frequent contributor to local film publications and edits a resource journal for the Girls' Coalition of Greater Boston. She has served on Boards of Directors, including serving as the President of the Board of Women in Film & Video/New England. Her volunteer work includes serving as a coach for the Special Olympics and as a lay counselor to families from Columbine High School in 1999.
Robert Hsiung, Staff Consultant - Mr. Hsiung is a Staff Consultant for DSA. He has over 12 years experience providing technical support in the areas of multimedia/web design, technology support and software development. He has worked in the area of education in the for-profit sector, utilizing technology as a language and cultural training tool for children with the Disney Corporation. His engineering degree is from Carnegie Mellon University. Mr. Hsiung is an expert in website design and maintenance, and development of logos and graphics; he speaks Mandarin Chinese.
Amy Beth McClellan, Esq., Legal Expert - Ms. McClellan is a practicing attorney whose work focuses on nonprofit organizations. She has served as a director for several nonprofits and has provided direct services to the elder, welfare, and domestic violence populations. Ms. McClellan has assisted nonprofits with every aspect of their legal services including 501(C)(3) filings, for over 15 years.
Tracie Lee , Staff Consultant - Tracie Lee has a BA in Studio Art from Wellesley College and has expertise in most design programs. She honed her skills in all aspects of web-building, from the design process to production and testing at the MIT Media Lab and Myriad Inc. and as a freelance consultant. She constantly seeks out and studies new techniques and trends to put them into practice. Her abilities in other mediums and capacities, such as print and editing, help her to extend clients brand and improve the visibility of their websites. She is an expert at identifying viable, affordable solutions for web needs and has an intricate knowledge of web standards that will keep future redesigns of your site at a lower cost. Ms. Lee is fluent in Italian and Cantonese.
Lee Ann Gun, Staff Consultant - Lee Ann Gun graduated with a Mastersí degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is an award-winning freelance graphic designer and artist.
 

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