Kemp Whitfield includes a great team of senior consultants with deep expertise in community engagement, evaluation, organizational assessment, strategic planning, project design, and technical assistance to learning communities.
Lisa d. Mcgill, pH.D.
Lisa D. McGill is the founder of LM Strategies Consulting and the managing director of Kemp Whitfield, Inc. Over the years, McGill has consulted on projects for foundations, nonprofits, and public/private partnerships to drive social change. Her content expertise includes leadership and pipeline development, racial equity, youth-to-adult transitions, and increasing opportunities for historically resilient communities.
With her tactical approach to community building, McGill is known for helping clients design initiatives that work at the intersection of strategic planning, analysis, stakeholder engagement, and the realities of on-the-ground implementation.
Her clients have included the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Charles S. Mott Foundation, and the Kresge Foundation, among others. She has also worked with associations and networks such as Grantmakers for Education, Independent Sector, Youth Transition Funders Group (YTFG), the Association of Black Foundation Executives, Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE), PR Council, and CFLeads.
McGill received her B.A., in English modified with Latin American and Caribbean Studies, from Dartmouth College, and a Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University.
Tuan P. Do
Tuan P. Do is an established graphic designer with over 25 years of experience creating a wide range of work including logos, annual reports, brochures, and illustrations.
He has partnered with organizations of every size – from large foundations to small local brands – to create engaging, results-driven print campaigns. His clients have included the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Chicago Foundation for Women, National Wildlife Federation, Dunkin’ Donuts, Home Depot, Town and Country Bank, and the City of Springfield, Illinois.
Tuan’s award-winning work is a testament to his belief in a collaborative process and beautiful, effective design.
noah temaner jenkins
Noah Temaner Jenkins has worked as a nonprofit organizational development consultant since 2001, with a specialization in fundraising strategy and writing grant proposals. She has helped clients to raise more than $10 million in grant awards from federal, state, county, and city government and private foundations and corporations.
Clients include community-based organizations, universities, and citywide nonprofits providing human services, advocacy, arts, housing, and health. Other services in her portfolio include program design and evaluation, board development, strategic planning, research, and technical writing.
She teaches online, workshops, and academic courses in program design and evaluation and grant writing, and is adjunct faculty at UIC’s College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs. She is published by Sage Publications and holds a Master of Urban Planning and Policy.
JENNY JOHNSTON
Jenny Johnston is an expert in helping organizations find innovative and “sticky” ways to communicate their visions and their stories to the wider public. Part journalist, part anthropologist, her recent clients include the Levi Strauss Foundation, Skoll Global Threat Fund, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, and the Presidio Trust. She also served as developmental editor on a handful of recent books, including a Wall Street Journal bestseller.
Before starting her own practice in the Bay Area, Johnston served as senior editor at Global Business Network, a scenario planning consultancy and futurist think tank based in San Francisco, and as a writer and editor for Monitor Institute, an organization known for its groundbreaking work with social impact leaders to surface and pioneer “next” practices. Prior to that, she was copy chief for a major consulting firm and an arts and culture editor in Boston.
She holds an AB in cultural anthropology from Princeton University, an MA in the same from UC Boulder, and an MS in journalism from Boston University.