Meet Our Team
The ZIM Consulting Team
Whatever your project, the ZIM Consulting team has the expertise and capacity to help you reach your goals!
Shira brings more than 15 years of experience in the non-profit sector managing, supervising and empowering staff and volunteers to achieve shared goals in endowments, development and community and organizational planning. She is also an accomplished grant writer and was the successful manager of 32 supporting foundations which distributed over $200,000,000 in grants.
Shira has a Masters of Social Work from Yeshiva University and a Bachelors of Business Administration from Emory University.
Shira has received several prestigious awards as a result of her outstanding leadership capabilities. These awards include the Federation Executive Recruitment and Educational Program full fellowship. She was also selected as a participant in the Brandeis University Sherman Seminar for Emerging Professionals.
Priscilla received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban Planning & Public Affairs from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has more than four years’ experience working with non-profit organizations in the U.S. and abroad focusing on community development and social and environmental change in Costa Rica.
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Most recently, Priscilla spent time working for an economic development non-profit the Women’s Business Development Center before deciding it was time to make a move.
She left her home state of Illinois for Denver in the summer of 2016, following her love for the outdoors, and she can't imagine living anywhere else. She enjoys hiking, camping, star gazing, cycling, painting, and practicing yoga.
Marty, a Denver native, has more than 20 years of experience in non-profit development, facilitations and trainings, internal and external communications, project management, human resources and general business management.
Marty has a Master of Social Work and Nonprofit Management from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science in Public Relations from Syracuse University.
Marty has received numerous awards as a result of his outstanding work in the nonprofit field. These awards include the Federation Executive Recruitment and Educational Program Fellowship, the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta’s first ever Master’s Award, and the Joshua L. Liebman national award for service to the community.
Marty is an alum of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Denver program, served three years as a mayoral appointee on the Denver Mayor’s Youth Commission (two of which he was the chair), and has participated in many other significant volunteer leadership positions.
Rebecca has been a fundraiser for both nonprofits and political campaigns since she was in college. She holds experience in major gifts, grant management, community organizing, digital marketing, and other fundraising strategies. She received her Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude in Political Science and English Literature from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Rebecca is actively involved in local politics and with other nonprofits. She volunteers with Denver Democrats, New Era Colorado, and is a fundraising committee member for Denver Food Rescue.
Emily graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a minor in Business Innovation and Analytics. While attaining her degree, she developed a profound interest in using qualitative and quantitative research to develop insights and help others. She has worked and volunteered with nonprofits for the past eight years and is dedicated to incorporating nonprofit work into her career. Most recently, Emily worked at a small, mission-based startup doing business development, communications, and market research.
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Passionate about criminal justice, the environment, and arts education, in her spare time Emily enjoys exploring Colorado’s beautiful outdoors, reading, live music, traveling and learning about new cultures, eating good food, and playing with her pets.
Leah graduated in 2012 from the University of Colorado at Boulder where she received her bachelor’s degree in Spanish Literature and Film Studies. She comes to Zim after a 5-year career working in the financial services industry for a major brokerage firm, where she specialized in inheritance and estate matters. She has been involved with nonprofits ever since college- most notably with the Colorado Mountain Club, where she currently serves as an elected council member for the Denver chapter.
Outside of work, Leah is an accomplished alpinist with extensive mountaineering experience on routes throughout Colorado, the Pacific Northwest, and the Andes. She has also enjoyed traveling around the world to remote areas of Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and South America.
Alexandra has 20 years of experience working in the nonprofit sector, 12 of which in various leadership capacities. Her experience includes program development and oversight, organizational operations and strategy, grant-writing, research and evaluation, professional development, and more. Before moving to the Denver area and starting with ZIM, she provided consulting services, technical assistance and training to afterschool programs with the Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership. Previously, she was the Director of Programming and Evaluation at the Elizabeth Peabody House in Somerville, MA, and before that the Director of Programs and Operations at the Greenwich Village Youth Council in New York City. She holds an MBA in nonprofit management from the Heller School of Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, a Masters of Psychology from Boston University and a BA in Psychology from Hamilton College.
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As a recent transplant from the Northeast, Alex is enjoying exploring Denver and learning about the local nonprofit community. In her spare time, she likes to ski, hike, travel, discover good restaurants (especially sushi), and spend time with her rescue pup.
Matt has 10 years of experience working in nonprofit resource development, including grant management, individual giving and stewardship, and special events. An accomplished grant writer, Matt has successfully developed grants for small and large nonprofit organizations in Denver and Saint Louis, Missouri, writing for mental health, youth development, senior services, refugees, informal education, and STEM. He received his Bachelor of Science in English, Professional Writing, from Brigham Young University–Idaho. A Denver native, Matt recently returned to Denver to pursue a Master of Arts degree in International Development from the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies.
Matt enjoys volunteering, traveling, and spending time outdoors, camping and hiking with his wife and border collie.
Madeline graduated from Willamette University in May of 2019 with an MBA focused on nonprofit management and marketing. She is committed to strengthening the nonprofit sector and dispelling the common stigma that mission-driven organizations are not as effectively run as private enterprise. Over the years, Madeline has fostered a passion for creating safe and supportive spaces for women and children and championing community-led innovations that lie at the intersection of environmental and social benefit. Madeline has held numerous internships and consulting roles with nonprofit and public entities in Oregon and is excited to be bringing her experiences to the ZIM team.
She is a lover of fresh air, a good read, animals (especially pigs), dancing, and experimenting with new recipes
Erin graduated from Arizona State University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts in Justice Studies and a minor in Sustainability. From there, she spent nearly 4 years working in substance abuse treatment, which eventually brought her to Denver. She graduated with a Master’s in Social Work with a concentration in Sustainable Development and Global Practice in June of 2018, where she developed her love of working with nonprofits. Her experience includes direct clinical practice, case management and nonprofit evaluation and fundraising.
Erin loves the outdoors, and when she isn’t traveling the world, she spends her free time in the beautiful Colorado mountains trail running, hiking and snowboarding.
Kai graduated from the University of Denver in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree with honors in Gender and Women's Studies, with minors in Theatre and English. They spent their time in college cultivating a passion for combining these three areas of study, which cumulated in a combination academic research paper and theatrical experience. This led them down a path of developing their own nonprofit theatre group in Denver. They have experience in research, education and outreach in the LGBTQUIA+ community, and social media management.
When they’re not at work, Kai can be found volunteering at The Center on Colfax, putting on pop-up shows around Denver, podcasting about video games, blogging about queer theory, or rollerblading around Wash Park.
Shannon recently graduated from the University of Colorado Denver summa cum laude with a Bachelor's in Political Science. She has several years of experience in progressive politics in Colorado through advocacy, campaigning, and working at the state capitol. Most recently, she worked at a nonprofit recruiting and training women to run for office.
Outside of work, Shannon loves reading, baking, theater, playing the ukulele, and petting every dog she can.
Sam brings nine years of experience in strategic planning, grant writing, and organizational learning to the ZIM team. He has worked with global foundations, local governments, social enterprises, and community nonprofits across North and South America. He is passionate about building the capacity of social impact organizations to make audacious plans, assemble the resources and support necessary for success, and engage stakeholders and staff in continuous learning.
Sam holds an MA in International Development and Social Change from Clark University in Worcester, MA. A native New Englander, Sam has fallen for friendly, sunny Colorado, and is happiest building new community around a kitchen table, or on a muddy hiking trail. His love of photography, gardens and biking feed back into his work, as opportunities to practice awareness of how others see, grow, and move through the world.
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