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We believe that the individuals within an organization are what make an organization succeed. Our senior associates make our unique approach work for our clients; bringing our experience, knowledge, and professionalism to each and every client we serve.
Meet our senior associates:
Elayne B. Howard, President and Founder, EH&A
Anna Doering, Principal, ADConsulting
Michelle M. Brennan, Principal, Brennan Consulting
ELAYNE B. HOWARD
Elayne Howard is the President and Founder of Elayne Howard & Associates, Inc. Ms. Howard has over 20 years of experience in the not-for-profit and health care industries. Prior to forming Elayne Howard & Associates, she served as Managing Director of a consulting firm in Princeton. Her previous experience includes strategic marketing, competitive analysis, business planning, product management, and sales support for Shared Medical Systems (now Siemens Medical) and operations, grants management, and planning as Assistant Vice President of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.
Ms. Howard has expertise in astutely assessing strategies, markets and fundraising needs. Elayne Howard has helped the country’s oldest and largest women’s funding federation establish a strong and effective fundraising program by developing an innovative strategy to increase corporate donations. She has analyzed, planned, introduced, and/or managed services such as complementary and alternative medicine, a children's burn center, a diagnostic and treatment center for children with disabilities, and health care information systems. Elayne has consulted on many marketing and strategic engagements including strategy development related to fundraising from corporations, managed care, strategic development for behavioral health and human service organizations, development of professional relations and plans, marketing and implementation planning of women's health services, creation of identity programs, implementation of market research analyses, product development and packaging, planning for marketing management and marketing communications, and development of competitive strategies.
Throughout her career, Ms. Howard has presented on keys to successful fundraising and development as well as strategic business planning and health care management methods.
Ms. Howard has been active in professional and community organizations including serving as Board Chair of WOMEN’S WAY, former treasurer of the Greater Philadelphia Health Assembly, former board member of the Lighthouse (a Philadelphia settlement house), and an advisory board member of the Senior Market Report. She is also a recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award from the Health Care Management Alumni Association of the Wharton School, and Women of Distinction award. Her other memberships include the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the American Hospital Association's Society for Healthcare Planning and Marketing. Ms. Howard holds a BA degree in psychology and an MBA degree from The Wharton School.
ANNA DOERING
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Ms. Doering has more than 20 years of diverse fundraising (paid and volunteer) experience working with not-for-profit organizations that range from an all-volunteer grassroots organization to an international membership organization to a higher education institution. A professional perspective informed by experiences as staff, executive, board member and consultant. During her tenure as Vice President of Development and Alumni Affairs at Chatham University, Ms. Doering served as the executive director of a comprehensive $32 million campaign that included capital projects, endowment and the growth of the institution’s annual giving program. In addition, she led the fundraising for two major capital projects – the construction of a new Athletic and Fitness Center and the creation of a new Art and Design Center – totaling $20 Million. She served on the President’s Council and worked directly with the Board of Trustees. While at Chatham, Ms. Doering helped to strengthen the university’s connection to its alumnae with strategic improvements in the Alumni Affairs program which resulted in marked improvement in alumni giving, assistance to recruiting efforts, and overall participation in the life of the institution.
Ms. Doering supplemented her work at Chatham with rewarding experiences in the community serving on the Boards of many Pittsburgh organizations. Always active in supporting their development and marketing efforts, she helped to establish annual giving programs, create and enhance successful fundraising events and to develop lasting and mutually beneficial philanthropic relationships.
As owner of ADConsulting, Ms. Doering provides clients the guidance, tools, and creative collaboration they deserve to build, maintain and grow mission-minded and results-oriented fundraising programs. Working with EH&A, clients meet their immediate financial needs, realize strategic priorities and achieve long-term sustainability. Solutions are tailored to each organization with a hands-on response to an organization’s unique situation.
In all capacities, Ms. Doering feels lucky to be helping institutions and organizations to find positive and creative solutions to improve the quality of life and quantity of opportunity in their communities and beyond.
MICHELLE M. BRENNAN
With 18 years of strategic marketing, planning, communications and media experience, Ms. Brennan has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the health care arena. During her tenure as Director of Marketing at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Ms. Brennan managed a $6 million dollar marketing budget to develop campaigns, plans and communications projects for major service areas such as neurosurgery, cardiology, cancer, women’s health as well as a primary care network and satellite facilities. Ms. Brennan has developed hospital-based and community-based strategic marketing plans, conducted marketing assessments, created innovative television programs, and managed multi-level advertising campaigns.
Ms. Brennan’s expertise has been recognized in numerous forums including American Association of Medical Colleges, Public Relations Society of America and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, where she won three Emmy awards.
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