Meet the Team

The team at Forty-One Consulting LLC brings decades of experience in leading and advising nonprofits throughout the nation. We are uniquely qualified to help your nonprofit meet its goals and fulfill its mission.

We have walked in your shoes. Both John and Joe have been Vice President’s of Advancement, Directors of Development – and have faced the same challenges you face every day, our coaching model is based is on this experience and partnering with you to achieve goals and objectives.

John brings more than 33 years of higher education experience including over 20 years of direct resource development experience and as a community college president. He has raised over $50 million and his expertise is in nonprofit leadership, strategic planning, and capital campaigns. John is a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) and is a graduate of Southern New Hampshire University and Nova Southeastern University. He is a frequent conference speaker on topics related to economic & workforce development, and fundraising, and teaches nonprofit workshops and courses.

Joe has more than 30 years of experience in resource-development programs and has personally raised more than $350M. His professional expertise includes major gifts, planned giving, and capital campaigns. Joe has worked with over 150 community colleges and non-profit organizations in his career and has participated in more than 75 feasibility studies, development audits, strategic plans, community summits, industry forums, and strategic-planning efforts. He specializes in developing and implementing planned-giving programs. Joe has served as lead consultant on numerous major gift/capital campaigns, which have raised significant gifts in support of vision initiatives. Joe is a graduate of St. Petersburg Junior College and the University of South Florida.