Michelle Eisenberg, Consultant – Michelle Eisenberg devotes her wide-ranging skills and background in fundraising, program development and strategic planning to Schultz & Williams clients. Her professional interests include helping organizations cultivate a culture of philanthropy, define the case for support, address nonprofit governance concerns and elevate nascent development programs.

Since joining Schultz & Williams, Michelle has worked with organizations in the arts and culture, education, environmental and social service sectors on projects in each of S&W’s integrated lines of service: development, management and marketing. Whether working on strategic development plans or campaign planning studies or providing interim staffing, she helps clients move forward and better serve their constituents. Michelle’s recent clients include: Lower Merion Library Foundation, Friends of Valley Forge Park, Delaware County Community College, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Rodale Institute and Freire Charter School.

Prior to joining S&W, Michelle was part of the development team at the National Constitution Center (NCC), helping that organization progress from a start-up staff into the major museum now on Philadelphia’s Independence Mall. As Director of Foundation and Corporate Support for the Center, she cultivated, solicited and stewarded donors for the $77 million private capital campaign. She also wrote grant proposals that achieved significant awards from highly competitive government and private grant-funders. Following her tenure at the NCC, Michelle was Associate Director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, where she built cross-disciplinary academic collaborations and partnerships with the business community.

Michelle holds an MBA from Temple University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She has been a volunteer leader with several community and women’s organizations and lives in Paoli with her husband and son.