Our Approach
We believe in a unique and customized consulting experience for every client.
Each organization is unique. One size fits all approaches will never help your business reach its full potential. We deliver custom solutions tailored to you, your industry, your culture, your one-of-a-kind challenges. Our consulting engagements are successful because:
Our approach is fact-based and analytical. We are good at listening. We ensure that the right questions are asked and that they are analyzed open and honestly.
We know that the process is as important as outcomes. We tailor our work to the culture, personality and dynamics of each organization.
For us, relationships are very important. We know how to work effectively with new and seasoned staff and Board members in ways that take into account individuals perspectives and organizational needs.
We work in a transparent and engaging manner.
We make sure that we assemble the right team of consultants who have the right interpersonal skills, professional abilities and substantive knowledge and experience.
Our Team
Ivy Fairchild, CFRE, MPH, MA — President
Ever since she can remember, Ivy has wanted to change the world. She found a way to do so when she began working with nonprofits. Armed with a degree in organizational development, she founded Landmark Consultants, a boutique consulting firm that works to strengthen communities across the country by enabling nonprofits to build and sustain their infrastructure, raise funds, develop the leaders of tomorrow, and affect change. Together, Ivy and the nonprofits she works with are impacting millions of individuals and families.
Before she founded Landmark, Ivy was the Vice President for Resource Development and Integrated Marketing & Events at UNIDOSUS (formerly NCLR), the largest civil rights and advocacy organization for Latinos in the United States. While there, she built the Resource Development Department from the ground up, increased the organization’s individual donor base, diversified its funding sources, and coordinated its annual conference attended by more than 4000 individuals. Ivy was recruited by UNIDOSUS from her job as Chief Development and Communications Officer at Urban Health Plan (UHP), a network of community health centers in New York. At UHP, Ivy developed the organization’s first employee giving program, began its individual donor program, and diversified the Network’s funding streams. She also developed a comprehensive communications strategy that resulted in coverage in major print, television, and digital media.
Ivy spent 10 years as the Associate Vice President for Government and Community Affairs at the Columbia University Health Sciences campus. Under her guidance, Columbia oversaw the construction of the Audubon Research Park, one of the first biomedical parks in New York. Her infectious and engaging personality built critically important relationships with local communities and institutions, which saw the rise of a number of partnerships - school-based health programs, mentoring programs, academic enhancement programs, and the start of the community DentCare program. Working with community nonprofits, she raised more than $35M for institutional and community programs.
Recognizing education as the great equalizer, Ivy earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology at Queens College, a Master of Arts in organizational development from Teachers College at Columbia University, and a Master of Public Health from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, all while raising a family of four children, her proudest accomplishment. To ensure that she would be at the top of her game when it came to fundraising, Ivy obtained her certified fundraising executive certification (CFRE) in 2012, becoming one of only 6,300 fundraising professionals in 25 countries with this certification.
A consummate relationship manager, Ivy understands that having transparent and authentic relationships is important to working in communities. Her ability to build strong collaborations, her keen sense of community, her analytical approach, and her commitment to accountability make her an astute and effective partner. Passionate and authentic about strengthening nonprofits, Ivy is not afraid to ask the tough questions, help organizations take calculated risks, and develop strategies tailored to their needs.
Ivy is the proud mother of James, Tyler, Brandon and Bianca, as well as Gracie, her Shih Tzu. She loves to read and travel. Her superpower is finding the good in everyone she meets.
You can contact Ivy via email at ivy@landmarkchange.com or at 914-930-7622
The firm draws upon a wide range of experienced consultants and former nonprofit executives to meet the specific needs and interests of its clients. Their experience varies. Collectively, Landmark's principals have over 50 years experience in organizational development, strategic planning, fundraising, communications and finance. Expertise of consultants range from 10 to 15 years in communications, program development, public relations, government relations, coaching and organizational development. A principal is assigned to every consulting team, ensuring top-level access for all engagements.
