Home			Site Map
Intercultural grantmaking	17 Key lessons for leaders	Nicaragua Ecuador Nepal Philippines Bolivia The Pasayten 15 years of travel	Links Clients

Overview:   Planning, Assessment, and Facilitation Services

Forman Consulting brings 21 years of management experience to the design and implementation of planning and board development processes for non-profit organizations, units of local government, foundations, hospitals, schools, federated bodies, professional service firms, and associations.

Forman's consulting practice is a sole proprietorship and is entirely referral-based. In an eleven year period, 500 separate pieces of work have been completed for 160 organizations.

• Consultant assignments have included designing and facilitating meetings/retreats of all kinds, managing merger processes, designing and conducting assessments, interviewing, synthesizing data, preparing narrative reports, preparing multi-day agendas, and directing strategic planning processes.
• Executive responsibilities between 1979 and 1987 include nine years as Executive Director or President of three non-profit agencies - The Municipal League of Seattle and King County, The Epilepsy Association of Western Washington, and Family Services of King County.
• Government work includes a year-long, full-time contract in 1988 as an Executive Assistant to the King County Executive working in the intergovernmental relations area.
• Foundation work includes a five-year contract to design and implement a targeted grant-making project for The Seattle Foundation.
• International work includes twelve trips to fourteen developing countries in Asia, Eastern Europe, Central and South America.

Forman holds a masters degree in public administration from the University of Washington.

Clients include:

Associations and Federated Bodies Community Health Council of Seattle and King County Community Health Plan of Washington Community Residential Services Association Executive Directors Coalition Executive Alliance King County Mental Health Providers Rehabilitation Enterprises of Washington Seattle and King County Master Builders State Assn. of Community Action Orgs. United Way of King County Washington State Bar Associationn WA. Child Care Resource and Referral Network Washington Technology Alliance WA. Assn. of Alcoholism & Addictions Programs WA. Society of Counseling Social Workers Youth and Family Service Alliance Arts Organizations Boise Art Museum Broadway Bound Center Stage (Baltimore) Intiman Theater Frye Art Museum KUOW public radio KPLU public radio La Jolla Playhouse (San Diego) League of Resident Theaters (NYC) Northwest Girls Choir Museum of Glass Richard Hugo House Seattle Arts and Lectures Seattle Opera Seattle Repertory Theater South Coast Repertory Theater (Costa Mesa) The Burke Museum The Henry Art Gallery Theater Communications Group (NYC) Medical Institutions Children's Hospital and Medical Center Overlake Hospital Medical Center Regence Blue Shield Skagit Medical Bureau Whatcom Medical Bureau Housing Organizations Common Ground Intercommunity Mercy Housing King County Housing Authority Habitat For Humanity (East King County) LATCH (Lutheran Housing) Local Initiatives Support Corporation Plymouth Housing Group AIDS/HIV AIDS Housing of Washington Bailey-Boushay House Chicken Soup Brigade Multifaith Works Northwest AIDS Foundation Rosehedge Community Health Clinics Community Health Center of Snohomish County Community Health Centers of King County Family Health Centers (Okanogan) International Community Health Services Pike Place Market Medical Clinic Puget Sound Neighborhood Health Centers Yakima Valley Community Health Clinic Municipal Organizations/Corporate Area Agency on Aging Bellevue Convention Center Briazz! City of Bellevue City of Mercer Island City of Seattle (many different departments) Clegg and Associates Gilmore Research Jacobson Jarvis and Company King County Department of Planning King County Developmental Disabilities Division King County Public Health Department Lorig Associates National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Nitze Stagen Port of Bellingham REI Regional Transit Authority Sea/KC Department of Public Health Uwajimaya WA Public Utility District #1 WA Dept. of Community, Trade, and Economic Development

Grantmaking Organizations and Foundations A Territory Resource Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Bullitt Foundation Brainerd Foundation Cleveland Foundation Consuelo Foundation (Manila) Council on Foundations Energy Foundation (San Francisco) Jewish Federation Leukemia Society of Washington Medina Foundation Millennium Fund Mott Foundation Moyer Foundation Multi-Care Foundation Nesholm Family Foundation Overlake Hospital Foundation Pacific Northwest Grantmakers Forum Philanthropy Northwest S. Puget Sound Com. College Foundation Safeco Contributions Department Samis Foundation Stuart Foundation Virginia Mason Foundation Western WA University Foundation Human Services AtWork! Big Brothers and Big Sisters Boys and Girls Clubs of King County Child Care Resources Children's Clinic at Harborview Coalition for a Jewish Voice Columbia Legal Services Community Enterprises of Issaquah Custom Industries Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation Eastside Housing Association Eastside Human Services Council Eastside Literacy Council Eastside Mental Health Elderhealth Northwest Evergreen Manor Facing the Future Family Resource Center Family Services of King County FareStart Fremont Public Association Friends of Youth Garlington Center (Portland) Hopelink Humane Society Indralaya Camp King County Sexual Assault Resource Center Lake Washington Youth Soccer Association Lutheran Family Service of Oregon Lutheran Social Services of Washington and Idaho Mercer Island Youth and Family Services Metrocenter YMCA Multi-Service Centers of North and East King County Neighborhood House NorthShore Youth and Family Services Okanogan County Community Action Council Parents Anonymous Project Lift-Off Public Access To Computing Project Pura Vida Coffee Company Renton Youth and Family Services Rural Development Institute Ruth Dykeman Center Ryther Child Center St. Lukes Parish Saint Marks Cathedral Saint Vincent dePaul Seattle Children's Home Seattle Counseling Services Senior Services of Seattle and King County Stroum Jewish Community Center Temple B'nai Torah Therapeutic Health Services Totem Girl Scout Council Valley Cities Counseling and Referral Vashon Community Care Center Washington Women in Need YouthCare Youth Advocates Youth Eastside Services Civic Organizations Cascade Land Conservancy Citizen's Education Center Northwest Municipal League World Affairs Council Pioneer Square Community Development Organization Puget Sound Alliance International Snow Leopard Trust National Council for Corporate Volunteerism Rural Development Institute Seattle Aquarium Seattle Aquarium Society WA Environmental Council WA League of Conservation Voters Woodland Park Zoo Education Alliance For Education Climate Solutions Everett Community College Jewish Day School Mercer Island School District Overlake School Partership for Learning Rainier Club Seattle Education Association Seattle Public Schools South Puget Sound Community College South Seattle Community College UW School of Social Work