Shelly Kessler

Education: BA: Brown University, MA: Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in International Relations
Service Expertise: organizational assessment and strategic planning

Publications:

• Third World Women in Agriculture: An Annotated Bibliography
• "Funding for Impact"

Presentations & Speeches:

• Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER)
• Western New York Grantmakers' Grantmaker/Grantseeker conference
• "Charities That Planned Well to Survive Challenging Times," Pennsylvania Bar Institute
• Net Impact Conference, 2009
• Capacity Building and the Organizational Lifecycle, Alliance for Nonprofit Management
• Strategic Planning for Nonprofits, United Way
• Implementing Your Strategic Plan, Goldman Sachs Capacity Building Initiative Academy
• Earned Income Strategies for Nonprofits, Goldman Sachs Capacity Building Initiative Academy

Shelly Kessler joined TCC Group in 2000, taking on a number of organizational assessment and strategic planning assignments. She currently leads the firm's Nonprofit practice. With more than 20 years of experience in nonprofit management, international development, and consulting, she has had a major role in developing TCC's International practice. During her tenure at the firm, Kessler has led projects for the American Public Health Association, Feeding America, The Philadelphia Department of Public Health, The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, The International Red Cross, Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, World Neighbors, and the USO.

Prior to joining TCC Group, Kessler was Deputy Executive Director of the International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN, Inc.), an international nonprofit working with medical schools in 24 countries. She joined INCLEN after 11 years in international development, primarily with CARE, the international relief and development organization. She worked on CARE programs in small enterprise development, agriculture and natural resource management, and primary healthcare in Africa, Asia, and the Commonwealth of Independent States (formerly the USSR). She went on to become a long-term consultant to UNICEF.

Kessler received her Bachelor's degree from Brown University and her Master's in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Kessler authored Third World Women in Agriculture: An Annotated Bibliography (The National Council for Research on Women, 1985).

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