¨        Path With A Heart – Pathfinder Solutions is currently presenting a variety of training workshops and presentations for the Path With A Heart Initiative for a variety of organizations, including the Council on Foundations, Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy, Young Nonprofit Professionals Network, and groups of Colorado, Oklahoma, and New Mexico foundations. This initiative is focused on leadership succession challenges for foundations and nonprofits. Please see the direct link to Path With A Heart on this website for more information.

¨        Capacity Building and Organizational Learning for Foundations – Pathfinder Solutions provides training and technical assistance for organizational capacity and strategic learning for, e.g., the Conference of Southwest Foundations, Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, Council on Foundations, Grantmakers in Aging, Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy, and individual foundations such as The Colorado Trust, Anschutz Family Foundation, Caring for Colorado Foundation, the Telluride Foundation,the George Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Community Foundation of Boulder County. Pathfinder Solutions assists with needs assessment, program development, research and evaluation, provides technical assistance and training to foundations and their grantees, provides recommendations for educational activities, and writes comprehensive reports.

¨        Capacity Building and Organizational Learning for Government Agencies – Pathfinder Solutions consults on topics for government agencies such as the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the Colorado Department of Education English Acquisition Unit, the Boulder Police Department, Parks and Recreation, and the Youth Opportunity Board, etc. For example, Pathfinder Solutions conducted evaluation and provided recommendations for a HRSA social marketing campaign to reduce unintended pregnancies across a six state region. Pathfinder Solutions more recently worked with HRSA’s Office of Performance Review to increase their evaluation capacity.

¨        Capacity Building and Organizational Learning for Nonprofit Organizations – Pathfinder Solutions consults and provides training and technical assistance for multiple nonprofit agencies and community-based organizations such as the Colorado Dance Alliance, Nurses for Africa, the Center for African American Health, Crawford Family Resource Center, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Grand Futures, and the Partnership for Families and Children in Colorado; Wood River Ride Share in Idaho; and the Parent Child Center of Tulsa in Oklahoma. Pathfinder Solutions has presented workshops for conferences sponsored by,e.g., Colorado Nonprofit Association, Volunteers for America, and the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Southern Colorado. Pathfinder Solutions has also presented workshops for nonprofits and foundations at Colorado's Rural Philanthropy Days. Pathfinder Solutions is currently working with the the Tri-County Health Department under a grant from The Colorado Trust on a four-year effort to assist urban and rural nonprofit organizations with things like strategic planning, board development, communications, leadership and management, volunteer recruitment, service delivery, evaluation, and resource development. Pathfinder Solutions is also working in a similar capacity with the Parent Child Center of Tulsa under a longer-term contract supported by the George Kaiser Family Foundation in Oklahoma.

¨        National Training Library for Adult Protective Services – This project was funded by the National Center on Elder Abuse and the National Adult Protective Services Association (national, 2004 to 2006). As a member of the REFT Institute, Alex Mitchell led the development of a National Training Library for agencies protecting elders and adults with disabilities against abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Alex provided on-going technical assistance services to State Units on Aging, Adult Protective Services (APS) and related nonprofit agencies, conducted professional evaluation of training material, co-created an outline of APS Core Competencies, presented the project at multiple conferences, and reviewed for publication and presented distance learning training curriculum. 

¨        Restructuring Resources for Presbyterian Women’s Humanitarian Aid – This consultancy position was funded by the Presbyterian Church, USA (national, 2004 to 2005). Working with the REFT Institute, Alex supported this multi-stage program aimed at restructuring Presbyterian Women’s national organizational resources. Alex conducted multi-state discussion groups and assisted with report writing and providing recommendations.

¨        Summit and Organizational Retreat Assistance – (National, 2003 to present). Pathfinder Solutions contracts with organizations such as The Colorado Trust, the Colorado Department of Education and the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers to observe and record, conduct analysis and write reports on gatherings of local and/or national experts for programs and initiatives addressing topics such as immigrant integration, aging, school safety, the health care professional shortage, collaboration among coordinating agencies, and foundation governance and education.

¨       Collaborative Leadership Challenge – This project was coordinate by the Lundy Foundation and funded by other foundations such as the Gill Foundation and the Denver Foundation (Colorado, 2000 to 2001). As a member of the evaluation team with Dr. Dora Lodwick from the REFT Institute, Dr. Allan Wallis and Dr. Carl Larson, Alex observed and recorded a year’s worth of monthly 2-day collaborative leadership trainings for LGBT communities in Colorado, providing on-going feedback and recommendations the evaluation team, facilitators and program managers.