About

BWB Solutions is a national consulting firm with expertise in planning, governance, organizational assessment, and finance. We’re known for our pragmatic, thoughtful approach to building new programs, creating strategic plans, and helping clients navigate crises and structural changes.

Every project is assigned to a senior partner at the firm. Our partners each have unique strengths in core nonprofit disciplines, organizational theory, and business competencies. Everyone at BWB Solutions understands how to translate needs and expectations between nonprofits, businesses, and government agencies. Find out more about our skills and experience.

Here’s what you can expect from us:

  • A commitment. Everyone at BWB Solutions is deeply and personally dedicated to strengthening social impact.

  • A proactive approach. We consider the short and long term implications to resolving issues, and are willing to move quickly and decisively to meet our client’s needs.

  • Honesty. We’re candid and direct.

  • A reality check. When an organization or a community is dealing with immediate urgent issues, we address those matters first, before engaging in longer term planning.

  • Collaboration. We ask questions, listen, and engage our clients.

  • Creativity. For us, creative means finding the most direct, simple and effective solutions to clients’ problems.

We work with foundation program officers and board members, key corporate executives and government officials, as well as senior staff and board members from nonprofit organizations. We often work with project teams, board-staff committees, and cross-organizational collaboratives to create outcomes which are fully informed, inclusive, and owned by a broad range of organizational stakeholders.

Our Team

Mike Burns

Partner

Mike has been a nonprofit capacity builder and pracademic for more than forty years.  In his roles as consultant, author and educator he has facilitated common sense solutions to ongoing challenges in the pursuit of mission with an emphasis on governance, strategic and business planning and preparing for mergers. 

Kevin McQueen

Partner

Kevin brings extensive experience in corporate finance with a deep commitment to facilitating social change through mission-driven organizations. He joined BWB Solutions in 2001 and focuses on developing a broad range of impact investing and organizational strategies for development finance institutions, foundations, and other ventures.

John Weiser

Partner

John is passionate about building better lives and opportunities for low income people and communities.  For the past 35 years, he has enabled organizations serving these communities to better achieve mission and to improve their financial health. 

Ariel Weiser

Event Coordinator &
Administrative Assistant