Our Story
Momentem’s mission is to support purpose-driven organizations as they strengthen their impact in a world that has fundamentally changed and is rapidly evolving. Launched in 2021, our value lies in our expertise as both for-profit and not-for-profit leaders and practitioners. As you navigate a new landscape, we can be your experienced thought partners to help you yield better outcomes and accelerate momentum.
Why Choose Us
Our Services
At Momentem, we partner with purpose-driven organizations, corporations, and philanthropists to help them achieve greater impact. Whether you're scaling a nonprofit, refining corporate social responsibility, or shaping a philanthropic vision, our services are designed to meet you where you are and accelerate meaningful, sustainable progress.
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Step 1
EVALUATE
Momentem Consulting Group will work with you to prioritize your core assets and vulnerabilities, and to name and address both internal and external challenges.
We will facilitate work between staff and Board to align principles and core values that will serve as guideposts to forward decision making.
Step 2
ENVISION
We will collaboratively identify opportunities to clarify and advance your purpose and mission.
Momentem Consulting Group will assist your Staff and Board to develop criteria to pursue these opportunities. Together, we will find what is possible and what excites.
Step 3
EVOLVE
Momentem will work closely with your leadership and staff to identify opportunities to operationalize your purpose, embedding measurable impact throughout your enterprise.
We can explore governance best practices to best position leadership volunteers as powerful catalysts for your ongoing momentum.
Step 4
EXECUTE
Momentem will deliver a written high level plan that provides a practical, implementable roadmap to execute in the near term, as well as serve as a foundation for longer term strategic planning.
How We Work
Our Team
We bring decades of proven leadership and executive skills, spanning the social and for profit sectors, to enhance your efforts to meet new challenges
Ann West
Figueredo
Ann has over 35 years experience as a strategy, marketing, new product development and fundraising expert in the higher education, financial services and pharmaceutical industries. She has held senior leadership positions to plan and execute successful comprehensive capital campaigns, launch new products and services domestically and internationally, and spearhead market research studies to open new market opportunities.
Ann is a graduate of Haverford College (BA) and Columbia University (MBA). She has held senior leadership roles at Haverford College, Germantown Friends School, SEI Investments, Spectrem Group, Visa International, Bankers Trust and Pfizer.
Marlene L.
Olshan
Marlene has over 35 years of experience in executive leadership with functional expertise in strategy, operations, and fund development. Marlene has led organizations in the human services, retail and financial services sectors, with particular expertise in positioning organizations to scale.
Marlene is a graduate of Temple University ( BA) and has received a Certificate in Public Policy Leadership from Harvard’s Kennedy School. She has held senior leadership positions at Vetri Community Partnership, Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern PA, The Department of Human Services for the City of Philadelphia, Spectrem Group, GIII Apparel Group and Macy Specialty Stores.
Select Client List
Select Client Testimonials
“MCG led a strategic planning process that challenged us, brought unity, and helped us to think about our growth path. There was incredible value to having things we took for granted pressure tested, refined and documented. The Jewish Relief Agency (JRA) now has a clear strategic lens through which to view our operating activities as we move towards multiplying our impact both for volunteers and recipients post-COVID."
Daniel Erlbaum
Board Member and Chair of Strategic Planning Committee JRA
“ I have a huge debt of gratitude to MCG - by guiding my senior team to build a Purpose Framework that we all embrace, Beckers has achieved alignment across divisions. As CEO, I am no longer carrying everything on my own two shoulders. Whenever we come up to a consequential or controversial decision, we reference the Purpose Framework that MCG helped us to develop.“
Louis Becker
CEO- Becker School Supplies
”MCG helped Reeds clarify its charitable purpose and put its house in order at an early and crucial stage in our development as a nonprofit. They were great thought partners, but also practitioners who rolled up their sleeves to get the job done when there was not yet staff to do it.”
Cookie Till
Co Founder and Interim Executive Director
Reeds Organic Farm
People who know our work
"Ann Figueredo is a proven business leader and an accomplished fundraiser for mission driven organizations. Her talents extend well beyond fundraising. As colleagues at Haverford College, I found her to be a highly valued thought partner in organizational strategy, board relations, and new program development. Ann always brings thoughtful insights and fresh perspectives and you can count on her to get the job done."
Daniel H. Weiss
Former President & CEO
Metropolitan Museum of Art
"Marlene Olshan is one of the most gifted executives that I had the pleasure of working with. She brings to every assignment strong leadership skills and vision. She is always “results-oriented” and is interested in bringing about fundamental and effective change. In the more than eleven years that I had the pleasure of working with her, I was amazed on a daily basis at her ability to get things done – she did so with great skill and humility. Marlene is a renaissance leader for such a time in history as this. "
The Honorable
Rev. Dr. W. Wilson Goode
President, Amachi, Inc.
Former Mayor, City of Philadelphia
"Marlene Olshan was a driving force for Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence and Hopeworks. She's an exceptional CEO, strategist and advisor. Ann Figueredo is the best development professional I've ever worked with. I look forward to any opportunity to collaborate with them."
Brad Aronson
Board Chair, Hopeworks
Former Board Chair,
Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence
