Miriam Abrams has more than twenty five years of senior level experience and consulting with
non-profit organizations and public agencies. She has had her own consulting practice for the
past fifteen years, focusing primarily on strategic planning, team coaching, organizational
development, and meeting and retreat facilitation. Organizations of all sizes have been re-
energized, achieved renewed focus and direction, and developed concrete action plans,
working with Miriam. She has developed award-winning programs with proven effectiveness,
regarded as national models in their field and also provides training in communication, board
development and role, and institutionalizing multiculturalism. Her article “A Community
Dimension: The Clash of Class” was published in Arts Boards: Creating a New Community
Equation, published by ARTS Action Issues. Her many clients have included Alameda County
Behavioral Health Care Services, Cal Performances, Alameda County Office of Education, Davis
Street Family Resource Center, University of California Library, Arts Council Silicon Valley, and
Lawrence Hall of Science.
Formerly the Executive Director and co-founder of The Women's Philharmonic, Ms. Abrams is an
affiliate consultant with the University of California’s Workforce Effectiveness Program, former
affiliate consultant with The Management Center and former planning consultant with the
National Endowment for the Arts and the American Symphony Orchestra League. She has led
multicultural strategic planning processes, was a consultant with Diversity Matters, and is a
resource consultant with VISIONS, Inc., training and integrating multiculturalism into
organizations.
Miriam is the recipient of the “Local Hero” Award from KQED and The Women’s Foundation of
California; American Symphony Orchestra League’s Helen M. Thompson Award for outstanding
orchestra leadership; and the Koret Israel Prize; and was selected to lead a delegation of
artists to the former Soviet Union as part of the American Center for International Leadership.
Ms. Abrams holds a B.A. from Oberlin College and has extensive additional training in team
coaching, strategic planning, facilitation, management, multicultural training, staff relations and
fundraising.
non-profit organizations and public agencies. She has had her own consulting practice for the
past fifteen years, focusing primarily on strategic planning, team coaching, organizational
development, and meeting and retreat facilitation. Organizations of all sizes have been re-
energized, achieved renewed focus and direction, and developed concrete action plans,
working with Miriam. She has developed award-winning programs with proven effectiveness,
regarded as national models in their field and also provides training in communication, board
development and role, and institutionalizing multiculturalism. Her article “A Community
Dimension: The Clash of Class” was published in Arts Boards: Creating a New Community
Equation, published by ARTS Action Issues. Her many clients have included Alameda County
Behavioral Health Care Services, Cal Performances, Alameda County Office of Education, Davis
Street Family Resource Center, University of California Library, Arts Council Silicon Valley, and
Lawrence Hall of Science.
Formerly the Executive Director and co-founder of The Women's Philharmonic, Ms. Abrams is an
affiliate consultant with the University of California’s Workforce Effectiveness Program, former
affiliate consultant with The Management Center and former planning consultant with the
National Endowment for the Arts and the American Symphony Orchestra League. She has led
multicultural strategic planning processes, was a consultant with Diversity Matters, and is a
resource consultant with VISIONS, Inc., training and integrating multiculturalism into
organizations.
Miriam is the recipient of the “Local Hero” Award from KQED and The Women’s Foundation of
California; American Symphony Orchestra League’s Helen M. Thompson Award for outstanding
orchestra leadership; and the Koret Israel Prize; and was selected to lead a delegation of
artists to the former Soviet Union as part of the American Center for International Leadership.
Ms. Abrams holds a B.A. from Oberlin College and has extensive additional training in team
coaching, strategic planning, facilitation, management, multicultural training, staff relations and
fundraising.
| Miriam Abrams |
| WEBSITE: www.miriamabrams.com |
