What Our Clients Say About Us
"We were so pleased with the 'magic' you worked for us that we sent you three of our favorite groups. . . . You worked the same 'magic' with them!"-- Lois Marie Gibbs, Executive Director, Center for Health Environment and Justice
"Their work has saved many organizations from self-destruction and propelled hundreds to more effective performance. No other organization can match MAG's record."
-- Pablo Eisenberg, Past President, Center for Community Change
"MAG has provided NRDC with key strategic management advice over nearly a decade. With MAG's help, we instituted a new management structure that has served us extremely well…. MAG is always available with keen insights on new structural or management issues that arise. Much of NRDC's current institutional health and well being can be attributed directly to our work with MAG."
-- Frances Beinecke, Executive Director, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
"We have undergone tumultuous and wrenching transition in the past three years. MAG's involvement in the process has helped us to survive as an organization and work together as a team."
-- Maggie DeSantis, Executive Director, Warren/Connor Development Coalition
"I like to think of MAG as the WD40 of it all. When an organization isn't functioning too well, all they have to do is call you in and you provide the oil and graphite to relieve the sticky parts of the operation. Your role is really crucial."
-- Frank Hatch, Chairman, John Merck Fund
"We sought MAG's assistance in structuring, hiring and mentoring a stable development department… MAG's assistance not only brought great stability to the Center by enabling the new development team to flourish, but also resulted in relieving senior managers from much of their day-to-day involvement in fund raising."
-- Marcia Greenberger and Nancy Duff Campbell, Co-Presidents, National Women's Law Center
"MAG has been a critical resource for EPI over the 12 years of its growth and development….At this point, I see MAG not so much as a consultant, but as a partner."
-- Jeff Faux, President, Economic Policy Institute
"MAG led us through our strategic planning process with rigor and honesty and love. . . . Your willingness to invest in us has encouraged others to invest in us and your faith in us has been reassuring and energizing."
-- Nadia Mortiz, Executive Director, Young Women's Project
"[MAG] contributed greatly to our ability to resolve problems rather than allow them to be swept under the rug."
-- Rodney Fernandez, Executive Director, Cabrillo Economic Development Corp.
"MAG is a wise and trusted guide….It's approach combines toughness and honesty with insight and sensitivity, always reinvigorating us with a sense of purpose and mission."
-- Nan Aaron, Executive Director, Alliance for Justice
"Because of our recent growth, we have shifted from being a small, informal and very cohesive operation to a considerably larger and more complex organization. Our structure, management style and organizational culture needed to be transformed….MAG has provided us with invaluable guidance…. that will enable a successful transformation.
-- Gay J. McDougall, Executive Director, International Human Rights Law Group
"MAG helped us put in place ….an effective strategy to strengthen our development efforts. We are now positioned to effectively grow with future demands.
-- Janet Longmore, Executive Director, Communities In Schools
"It gives me great comfort to know I can count on MAG to be there when needed."
-- Joy A. Tomchin, President, Gay Men's Health Crisis
