Victoria Thurlow is the principal consultant for Thurlow/Associates. For more than 15 years, she has provided development counsel, planning and grantwriting services to many agencies including Para Los Niños, Huntington Hospital, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Covenant House California, Los Angeles Unified School District and Sunny Hills Children's Garden among others. Her firm has provided counsel to numerous organizations engaged in annual and capital campaigns, and has assisted in implementing both direct-mail campaigns and special events. In the area of constituent relations, Ms. Thurlow has directed a variety of campaigns, and has experience in campaign planning, newsletter and annual-report production, public service announcements and media relations. In this regard, she has assisted such clients as Methodist Hospital of Southern California, Don Bosco Technical Institute, Huntington Hospital, Eisner Pediatric and Family Medical Center, Para Los Niños and others.

Ms. Thurlow regularly trains board members, executive staff and internal development staff to improve performance in a competitive funding environment. She has also been involved in conducting development audits and in creating comprehensive fund-development plans for a variety of organizations. Clients in this regard have included People In Progress, Eisner Pediatric & Family Medical Center, Sunny Hills Children's Garden and UMMA Community Clinic, for example.

Before opening her firm, Ms. Thurlow served as director of development and marketing for The Greater Los Angeles Partnership for the Homeless. Prior to that, she was director of fund development and public relations for Assistance League of Southern California. In both positions, Ms. Thurlow oversaw all aspects of development research, planning, fund solicitation and recognition, as well as public relations.

Ms. Thurlow has a master's degree in English from The University of Texas at Austin. An award-winning writer, she has taught English composition at both The University of Texas and at California State University, Northridge. She is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, a former president of the International Association of Business Communicators/Los Angeles and a former director of the Greater Los Angeles Press Club. She is also a member of MENSA.

Ms. Thurlow is known for her creativity, tenacious commitment to quality and determination to succeed. Her background and experience, along with unexcelled communication skills, make her firm a natural choice for nonprofit organizations that seek to take their fund-development efforts to the next level. She leads a staff of fund-development professionals with significant expertise in donor relations, stakeholder communications, board development, volunteer relations, finance and law. All associates of the firm have superior written and verbal communication skills and the ability to manage and implement complex projects on deadline.

Recognizing the high quality of our team's work, several nonprofit organizations have relied on our counsel and support for more than a decade. We are particularly proud of these long-term affiliations and invite you to contact us for references.

 
We employ several full-time staff associates, most with advanced degrees, including JD's. All associates have exceptional written communications skills, and are responsible for managing client relations and meeting client project deadlines. Several senior associates have been with us for several years, and bring a wealth of development experience in serving our clients.