Meet the Staff

 

Deanna Moody-Linzmeier

Consultant, Founder of Activist Consulting

Direct: (503) 360-6113

Email: Deanna@activist-consulting.com

Deanna founded Activist Consulting 22 years ago in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has since lived up and down the west coast finally settling with her husband and three kids in a small town in central Wisconsin. She has worked with many clients including private schools, higher ed, animal rescues, social services, arts, camps, and religious institutions. Over two decades of helping nonprofits maximize their donor databases, she has transitioned Activist from a firm focusing solely on project-based consulting to specializing in staffing highly qualified professionals in the very niche area of donor database management and gift processing.

For a sample client listing, click here. Previous project types include:

  • Database Mergers and Conversions
  • Mass Constituent De-Duplication
  • Database Clean Up and Overhaul
  • New Raiser’s Edge™ Database Set Up
  • Interim and Long-Term Database Management
  • Process Streamlining
  • Training
  • Importing New Data
  • Writing Customized Best Practice Guides

 

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Xep Campbell

Senior Consultant & Database Manager

xep@activist-consulting.com

Xep comes to us with 20 years of experience with the Internet and UNIX systems. Her skill set runs the gamut from administering enterprise-wide systems for national telecommunication companies to web hosting for small non-profits. She has been an Activist Database Manager for over 10 years, tackling ongoing and as-needed gift and data entry projects, data clean-up projects, routine maintenance, reporting, importing, and conducting trainings. In recent years, she has taken the lead on our most high-level consulting projects as well as training and supporting other Activist consultants.

 

Adam Platka

Data Manager & Consultant

adam@activist-consulting.com

Adam has more than 18 years of experience as a non-profit database administrator and proven fundraiser.  He is a Raiser’s Edge™ expert with management and administrative experience with a variety of non-profit organizations of all scopes and sizes.  In addition to data, he has worked on capital campaigns and targeted annual appeals using direct mail and social media.

 

Teri Gardella

Data Manager & Consultant

teri@activist-consulting.com

Teri joined the Activist team as a Raiser’s Edge NXT Consultant in 2022 and has been working with nonprofits for over 20 years. With experience in database management, gift and data entry, and data clean-up, Teri ensures her clients’ fundraising activities are supported by a healthy database.

Teri is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and currently resides at the Jersey Shore with her family. In her free time, Teri can be found at the beach, in her vegetable garden, or cheering on her UConn Huskies.