Boston University

Colgate University

Founding Director & Creative Communications Consultant at Music2Life

Greater Boston Area

Founded by Noel Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul & Mary) & daughter Liz, Music2Life began as a national social change songwriting contest in 2000, and has grown into a nonprofit creative and management group that works with social-mission driven organizations to build cause awareness and action through music.   

We believe that when a song moves listeners emotionally around an issue, it can build community and activism like no other medium.  Music2Life thrives on leveraging the power of music to activate socially conscious consumers and help them become a force for social good.  We are also witnessing an unprecedented confluence of online access & music sharing, consumer consciousness and social activism, making this the most opportune time in history to effect positive change through music.  

Our clients have included schools (Penn State, USC, Dartmouth College), associations (National Conference on Race & Ethnicity, FutureWork) and companies (Bloomberg News, OMEGA Institute).  Through a tailored visioning and development process, we produce staged entertainment, packaged inspirational productions and customized music-based experiences, aimed at moving hearts or minds around an issue or toward a common goal.   

Our current senior consulting team includes four professionals with a combined 100 years of experience in communications/media, nonprofit leadership, program development, project management, event production and entertainment.  Plus we have a global network of advisors and partners that extend our expertise into critical resource areas as needed.

Music2Life

Founding Director & Creative Communications Consultant

worked with nonprofits of all sizes through communications, fundraising and organizational development.

client have included:
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- AUSBON SARGENT LAND TRUST	New London, NH
- AMOS TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS	Hanover, NH 
- MORE THAN WHEELS (BONNIE CLAC)	Lebanon, NH
- CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER	Norwich, VT
- CENTER FOR SCHOOL SUCCESS	Lebanon, NH
- DARTMOUTH COLLEGE	Hanover, NH
- DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MED. CENTER	Lebanon, NH
- HANOVER AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE	Hanover, NH
- HIGH HORSES THERAPEUTIC RIDING 	Sharon, VT
- NEW HAMPSHIRE CENTER FOR NONPROFITS	Concord, NH
- OPERA NORTH	Lebanon, NH	
- RIVENDELL SCHOOL DISTRICT	Orford, NH
- TWIN PINES HOUSING TRUST	White River Jct, VT
- UPPER VALLEY HAVEN	White River Jct, VT
- UPPER VALLEY LAND TRUST	Hanover, NH
- VITAL COMMUNITIES/VALLEY QUEST	White River Jct, VT


Various Non Profit organizations

Nonprofit Management Consultant

United Way

Director, Human Service Information Management

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & LEADERSHIP: 
Coordinated business development & fundraising efforts for multiple clients
Initiated grant writing/program development for educational, health and arts groups
Facilitated transition of small nonprofits from paper to electronic processes 
Advanced organizational and programmatic strategies for national music initiative

TEAM FACILITATION & TRAINING
Trained nonprofit clients nation-wide for fundraising software company
Established training/orientation programs for staff, volunteers, workshop leaders
Organized board development activities  
Facilitated numerous planning and development meetings

FINANCIAL
Composed/coordinated multiple aspects of $500,000 budget for arts conference
Generated multiple scale fundraising, earned income and development plans  
Developed proposal budgets and maintained departmental cash flow analyses	
Raised more than $1 million in grant funds  

ANALYSIS & PLANNING
Identified/analyzed local/national models for research projects
Conducted extensive research for fundraising/development projects
Facilitated strategic planning processes for variety of organizations
Produced nonprofit case study best practices for business school orientation

COMMUNICATIONS
Developed/conducted marketing/educational presentations for groups of 10 - 200
Prepared and published professional articles  
Conceived and created publicity/marketing strategies & materials for multiple purposes
Produced stewardship/fundraising correspondence & grant applications
Coordinated all aspects of conferences/workshops for 300 - 600 participants


Liz Sunde

Liz Sunde