Profile

Awakening the potential of non-profit organizations through organizational, fund and leadership development.

Suzanne Gibson has been “awakening the potential” of Canadian non-profit organizations for over 20 years. As a gifted consultant with a deep personal commitment to social innovation and the creation of a better world, she:

	Inspires new and established organizations to “dream big” and unite around an idea, strategy or plan to turn those dreams into reality
	Applies her entrepreneurial flair to help organizations start up innovative new ventures that make the most of new trends and opportunities
	Rallies diverse groups to coalesce into strong teams of leaders, community members, staff and volunteers
	Animates discussion to help organizations uncover creative solutions to complex social and organizational problems
	Facilitates leaders, staff and volunteers to achieve their personal potential
	Motivates organizations to secure much-needed resources

Suzanne has worked with grass-root, city, municipal, provincial, national and international organizations as well as universities and larger federations and associations in many sectors, including poverty, homelessness, community services, the environment, health, children’s and youth programming, immigrant and refugee services, and women’s issues.

She is an instructor at York University’s Schulich School of Business in the Non-profit Management and Leadership Program for executive education. She has also taken a leadership role on seven volunteer boards and trains and speaks nation-wide on organizational capacity building, fund development, leadership building, social innovation and other issues of importance to the non-profit sector. Resume

“Whatever Suzanne has worked on has been really fabulous. She always gives 110% and is delightful, responsive, and enthusiastic. Adhering to her own high standards of conduct and integrity, she always delivers a superb service. She works from the heart, relates personally to what our organizations do and brings tremendous resonance to her work. Inherently lively and engaging, she makes it effortless to work with her and you do better than you ever expected in terms of the end product.” Jo Ferris-Davies Director, Member Development and Education ONPHA (Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association)