Help for Nonprofits

If your nonprofit needs advice in either of two areas I may be able to help you make decisions about:

• Buildings - "needs definition", design management, operations evaluation,maintenance plans, renovation planning
  
• I am not offering design services - I can help the administration and board with the evaluation and decision processes.
• See my resources page for recommendations of other sites that may be helpful.
  
• Computer Use - Especially the effective use of free or low-cost software to improve your operations.
  
• I use computers extensively in my teaching and nonprofit work and am fascinated by them.
• See my resources page for recommendations of other sites that may be helpful.

About Me

• Associate Professor and Architectural Engineering Program Director at Drexel University
• Note that this consulting service is neither offered by nor endorsed in any manner by Drexel University.  My services are entirely independent.
  
• Registered Architect (Emeritus AIA)
• Principal in the firm of Jordan, Mitchell Inc.Architects and Planners in Philadelphia until I joined Drexel in 1988
• Long-Time board Member of multiple nonprofits - educational and arts-related primarily
• I'm particularly interested in assisting arts or primary education groups
• My wife is a musician and visual artist as well as a former 1st & 2nd grade teacher
  
• All of my board experience has been in those worlds
  
• To learn more see my Drexel Website and my complete Curriculum Vitae
• Here's my Contact Information
  

Service Area

• I live and work in Center-City Philadelphia.  I can readily work with organizations in Philadelphia and the surrounding communities.
• Occasionally I might be able to help a group via the web, but I find face-to-face meetings are really important.

Costs - The first step is free

• I'd be glad to sit down with you at no charge for up to two hours to understand your needs.
• Thereafter my fees are scaled to the size of your organization.