We believe that nonprofit organizations deserve nonprofit specialists.
We believe that nonprofit organizations deserve nonprofit specialists.
At The Rome Group, we’ve assembled a multi-generational team of nonprofit professionals who understand the unique challenges that nonprofit organizations face because they have lived them. With over 200 years of combined experience in the nonprofit sector, our team offers insights, strategies and solutions to help organizations address big opportunities and day-to-day operations.
Dayna M. Stock, PhD
CEO | Planning, Program Evaluation, and Organizational Effectiveness
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Rachel Broom, MPA
Consultant | Fundraising, Major Gifts
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LeeAnn Harris
Consultant | Major Gift & Capital Fundraising and Fundraising Strategy
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Ellen Howe, CFRE
Senior Consultant | Fundraising, Team-building, Coaching
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Monique Levy
Consultant | Operations, Organizational Performance, Employee Development/Retention
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Mary Pat O’Gorman, MS
Consultant | Grant writing, Fundraising
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Elizabeth Pickard, MA
Consultant | Board & Staff Facilitation, Planning, Program Development and Effectiveness
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Sarah Plumb
Consultant | Grant Writing, Communications, Special Projects
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Amy Rome, MSW, CFRE
Founder/ Principal| Fundraising, Planning, and Organizational Learning
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Alice Squires
Client Services Manager
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THE ROME GROUP: A BRIEF HISTORY
The Rome Group was founded in 1995 by Amy Rome and the late Claudia Daugherty. Amy had been consulting for a few years when she and Claudia talked about joining forces to expand into several new arenas, including the arts. With a mutual appreciation for the importance of the nonprofit sector, they decided to work together.
What started as two nonprofit professionals seeking to help organizations build capacity and raise funds for their mission soon became an expanded team that today totals 10 consultants, and counting. Over the years, the firm has evolved its service offerings to include planning and operations as well as fundraising.
From its origins in Claudia’s backyard, to its first office on Newstead, and now its current residency in Midtown, The Rome Group has always stayed focused on a vision of stronger nonprofits and stronger communities. We have remained focused on the St. Louis Region because it’s our home and the philanthropic community we know best. While we’ve occasionally taken work outside the area 99% of our work is local, by design.
When Claudia passed away in 2006, Amy assumed full ownership of the firm. In 2022, when Amy decided to retire (really retire) she hired Dayna Stock to lead the firm as CEO, beginning a new chapter in The Rome Group story.
