Vivien Hoexter is a co-founder and principal of H2Growth Strategies, which provides counsel on planning, development and governance to mission-driven organizations—nonprofits, foundations and corporations—for improved performance, increased revenues and lasting social impact for a more enlightened world. Through strategic planning, campaigns and board building the H2 team has partnered with over 100 nonprofits to raise more than $1.5 billion. Prior to co-founding H2Growth Strategies LLC, Vivien Hoexter was for four years sole proprietor of Hoexter Executive Consulting, offering a broad range of services – from strategic planning to fundraising, marketing and project management – to nonprofit organizations. Hoexter works with nonprofits and foundations to develop and refine their strategies, market more effectively and increase both contributed and earned revenues. She also coaches executives currently in leadership roles and/or transitioning to new ones. Clients include American Geriatrics Society, Community Mainstreaming Associates, EngenderHealth, Heritage Management Organization, Mental Health Association of New York City, New York City Opera, New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Pardes Institute, The ZAC Foundation, Workmen's Circle and Young Judaea. Hoexter’s work includes: • Coaching the CEO of a Long Island health-related nonprofit to articulate her vision for the organization more clearly, improve her presentation skills and work more smoothly with her Board of Directors. • Facilitating EngenderHealth, a leading global women’s health organization, to create a new vision and rallying cry focused on its family planning roots. • Developing a three-year business plan for the Workmen’s Circle to transform from a Jewish fraternal benefits organization to a cultural, progressive learning movement. She brings 20 years experience in nonprofit leadership roles. As CEO of Gilda's Club Worldwide, Hoexter and her team created a vision and strategic plan for the organization as a leader in the field of emotional and social support for people with cancer, their families, and friends. The organization increased its income by 55% from 2005 to 2006 and by 40% from 2006 to 2007. Hoexter has served as Vice President for Marketing and Development at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Vice President at AFS-USA, Inc. (the leading high school student exchange organization) and as Director of Development at The Hunger Project. She has also worked as a product manager at CPC International, Inc., a Fortune 100 multinational, and as an assistant buyer at Lord & Taylor. Vivien graduated magna cum laude with a BA in History from Yale University and has an MBA in Marketing from the Wharton School. She lives in New York City with her husband and is an active volunteer with the Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance.