Experienced leadership and strategic support, exactly when you need it.

The name, StellaFirma, incorporates the latin words for star and firm.

We want to transform your goals that may feel as unattainable as a star in the sky into solid, practical, and realistic steps.

StellaFirma Strategies provides interim executive leadership and organizational consulting to nonprofits. We work alongside boards, executive teams, and leaders to stabilize operations, solve complex problems, and build what comes next.

Our founder brings more than twelve years of nonprofit leadership experience, including nine years at the ASPCA in progressively senior roles, and a track record of stepping into complex organizations and making them work better.

What makes us different is how we show up. We come in without an agenda, listen before we act, and focus on what the organization actually needs rather than what's easiest to deliver. We leave every engagement having built something that lasts.

We offer two areas of expertise:

  • Interim Executive Leadership

    When a nonprofit loses its Executive Director, the board faces two urgent challenges at once: keeping the organization running and finding the right permanent leader. StellaFirma Strategies steps in as Interim Executive Director and provides experienced, impartial leadership during the transition period, conducts an organizational assessment, and helps the board prepare for a successful permanent hire.

    Engagements typically run three to six months. We serve nonprofits nationally and across mission areas.

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  • Organizational Consulting

    For nonprofits that don't need an interim ED but do need outside expertise, StellaFirma Strategies offers targeted consulting in change management, organizational development, people management, and operational design. We work with executive teams and boards to diagnose what's not working and build practical, sustainable solutions.

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  • "We had been toying with the idea of starting a film festival. With Christina's help, we brought [it] to the dream level we didn't even envision at the inception of the idea. I got out of my comfort zone of thinking too small, and into building a platform and community I am proud of. Christina's encouragement and actionable steps throughout were instrumental."

    Nancy, Film festival founder

  • "I have worked directly under Christina in three different professional roles; she brought me onto what I believe to be the most diverse group of animal behavior professionals in the field. She is the epitome of respectful, effective, and compassionate leadership. She is as innovative in her goals of improving overarching department goals as she is in her interpersonal skills. She seems to have mastered the skill of maximizing teams' strength while also honing in on and developing their weaknesses. Christina brings a fresh perspective to management, especially for diverse teams, and a true intrinsic drive to meet people where they are. Now that I am in a management position, I frequently try to channel Christina because I've seen firsthand how teams flourish under her leadership!"

    MD