Dr. Byron Harrell, Managing Partner at Philoptima Consulting serves as an adviser to numerous private and health legacy foundations about the design and implementation of strategic approaches to boost mission-related grant-making impact. The Philoptima Consulting team installs sophisticated but easy-to-use responsive and strategic grant systems. We guide board members and senior management through functionality assessments to measure outcomes and adjust for greater enterprise effectiveness. Dr. Harrell is a retired Fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives and assists hospitals, insurers and other nonprofit organizations emerge as effective grant-makers following successful conversion of nonprofit assets to private foundation status. Our team frequently facilitates board and management retreats as part of the development of effective strategic grant-making systems tied closely to community need. On a limited basis, Dr. Harrell also serves as executive coach to foundation CEOs and boards.