Thurman Consulting

Thurman Consulting is committed to providing contemporary capacity building support for nonprofit organizations.  We have a passion for  finding the very best, innovative ideas and solutions to your leadership development and management needs so that you can free up time to do the real work of your mission.

Who We Are

Rosetta Thurman is the Principal Consultant of Thurman Consulting, working with nonprofits to increase their leadership and management capacity.  She is a creative, dynamic management professional who has been working in the nonprofit community for over six years with extensive training and experience in fundraising, human resources, financial management, writing and communications, strategic planning, and education/training for nonprofit managers and staff. She has worked in nonprofits within the fields of historic preservation, youth development, technical assistance and associations including:  Landmark Resource Center, Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods, United Way of America, Fair Chance, and the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington.   In addition to her work as a nonprofit practitioner, Rosetta serves as an Adjunct Professor teaching nonprofit leadership and  management in the School of Professional Studies at Trinity University in DC. 

Rosetta's hands-on experience combined with a solid background in organizational development allows her to see the “big picture” in connecting mission with effective leadership, outreach, and financial sustainability. Rosetta holds a Master's Degree in Nonprofit Management from Trinity University and a Bachelor’s Degree in English from Virginia Commonwealth University.  She has also completed advanced training programs at The Fundraising School at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University and the Institute for Nonprofit Management at Columbia Business School.  Rosetta is an active member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and currently serves on three nonprofit boards – the DC Young Nonprofit Professionals Network, DC Central Kitchen and the DC Creative Writing Workshop.

A prolific writer, speaker, trainer, and consultant, Rosetta has been quoted in articles about the nonprofit sector in the Washington Post, Nonprofit Quarterly, the Chronicle of Philanthropy, and WAMU 88.5FM. She writes about nonprofit management and leadership at Perspectives From the Pipeline, the Stanford Social Innovation Review, and WorkforNonprofits.org.