Project Profiles
Sachar Solutions supports organizations with compelling missions throughout the country.
In addition to the project profiles below, please go to the Services tab to read about case studies in the following areas: goal setting and strategic planning; candidate search; coaching; developing and facilitating retreats, and operations assessment.
National Alliance for Caregiving
For the National Alliance of Caregiving (NAC), Sachar Solutions is facilitating the 2025-2028 strategic planning process, including leading two staff meetings to hone in on central inputs to guide the plan, conducting a SWOT analysis, interviewing and surveying nearly 50 stakeholders and partners, and building in partnership with the staff and board the core plan elements of vision, mission, values, strategies, priorities, and goals. We also led a foundational 'Plan the Plan' discussion with the non-profit's board of directors to delineate the goals and benchmarks for this strategic planning process.
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS)
For the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS), we helped to structure, align, build out, and on-board their team during a time of staff transition. The goal, working with NCCS leadership, was to help the organization maximize the impact of its team in support of quality care for all people touched by cancer. In addition to conducting 7 staff searches, we developed and facilitated two annual staff retreats, and drafted a strategic planning framework.
The Center for Couples Therapy
For a California-based multi-therapist practice focused on couples therapy, work with the Center's Founder and Director on a range of leadership and operational challenges, including helping her to understand - and address related issues regarding - the dynamics around income ebbs and flows; team dynamics; prioritization and goals; and assessing other challenges and opportunities.
Girls in the Game Chicago
For Girls in the Game, we recently completed a project focused on developing strategies for expanding revenue from individual giving. This included recommendations around messaging, targeting, and new revenue generation tools, as well as approaches to maximize Board engagement. The project included interviews and surveys with donors, board members, program alums, staff and partners.
Forward Focus Concierge Medicine
Sachar Solutions is working with a vibrant and very dedicated concierge medical practice in Lake Forest, IL. We are partnering with the practice's leadership and team as they preserve their "secret sauce" and deep commitment to patient care amidst exciting growth. Learn more about that project here. We also led the search for a new Forward Focus COO, resulting in the successful hiring a multi-talented leader in finance, operations, and human resources.
Couples Institute
As the fractional Chief Operating Officer at the Couples Institute, a prominent global training enterprise with a presence in 70 countries, Sally assumed a multifaceted role that encompassed a wide range of responsibilities. This included leading strategic planning efforts, overseeing financial management, managing contracts, and helping to lead team operations and human resources. Additionally, the engagement included coaching a diversity of therapists relating to their goal setting and operational challenges and opportunities, as well as providing strategic direction and management for two pivotal facets of CI's operations, including the high-touch mentor program and nurturing valuable affiliate marketing partnerships.
UsAgainstAlzheimer’s (UsA2)
Our consulting team led the start-up and growth of UsAgainstAlzheimer’s (UsA2), an education and research advocacy non-profit dedicated to endingAlzheimer’s disease. We hired the staff and consulting team with expertise in policy, communications, finance, and program; developed goal driven interdisciplinary teams and designed a quarterly dashboard reporting system; revamped with Board of Directors; built financial and operations systems that continue to result annually in clean unqualified independent financial audits; led branding and narrative overhauls; and built the full development and communications platforms.
Jubilee JumpStart
We served as consulting Interim Executive Director for early childhood program, during a leadership transition. Jubilee JumpStart is a family-centered, bilingual child- care and education program located in a Jubilee Housing apartment building in Adams Morgan, DC. As Interim consulting E.D., we led an assessment of a full range of the organization’s needs, from communications and media relations; marketing and sales materials; to school management to fundraising to financial management.
U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
For the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), a federal agency established to implement the 2002 Help America Vote Act (HAVA), we developed tools for states and U.S. territories to maximize the effective use and ease of management of federal funds granted for the improvement of elections. Our team also advised the EAC on the development of customer service and communication improvements to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and guidance critical to states' success.
