"Dr. Barrett helped us identify foundations and potential funders to support our cannabis policy research and advocacy work at the Public Health Institute. She provided a clear and organized framework for outreach to a wide range of funders we had previously not worked with or identified, while bringing personal passion and commitment to the effort." - Lynn Silver, Director Prevention Policy Institute

"Susan Barrett has been an incredible asset to our development work for the Population Health Innovation Lab. Her in-depth knowledge of philanthropy and all it entails has been invaluable. " Sue Grinnell, Director, Population Innovation Health Lab

"Highly recommend Susan for her exceptional stakeholder engagement, timely communications, and impactful contributions to intervention design. A dynamic teammate and passionate advocate for beneficiaries!" - Halimah Sadya Ouedraogo, MAS, CGHP, CEO Ne Taba International 

" As a research institute, stepping into the realm of development was completely daunting. We had no idea where to turn for help, but as soon as we found Susan, we knew we were in good hands.

Susan has been instrumental in supporting our organization's development work, in particular fundraising and growing our donor list, and helped guide and encourage us to embrace this new venture. She did so with compassion, understanding and wisdom. We cannot thank Susan enough for listening to our concerns, providing solutions to issues as they came up, and cheering us on.

Susan also has an incredible wealth of information and experience to tap so no matter what we threw at her, she was able to provide guidance and knowledge beyond our expectations.

Thank you, Susan, for continuing to support us as we continue to grow." -  

Diane Schmidt, COO for tech start-up

" I’ve had the pleasure of working with Susan Barrett over the past couple of years as she’s supported our work at Building H as part of our fiscal sponsorship arrangement with the Public Health Institute. Susan has been consistently thoughtful and helpful, both on a tactical level, such as identifying useful tools and targets for development, and on a strategic level, where she’s given us good advice for longer term approaches to organization building and stewardship. " - Steve Downs, Co-Founder at Building H 

" Few people have the opportunity to work with someone with such resourceful talent as Susan. During our time together at Harcum, Susan and I took on the task of restructuring the development office, including developing a new policies and procedure manual and converting the database online. With Susan's leadership, donations increased, trustee participation increased, and we secured a number of grants. Susan’s ability to handle multiple projects made a dramatic increase in the productivity level of our department. " - Kathleen Elsmore, Executive Director of Annual Giving