ABOUT US

Jim Radford, Founder & President

Jim has steadily honed his fundraising and management skills for nonprofit organizations in a career that began in the 1970s. Following an extended tour of combat duty in Vietnam as a member of the 5th Special Forces Group, the Green Berets (Airborne), Jim created an Outward Bound-style program wherein returning Vietnam veterans worked with juvenile delinquents. He successfully led the Providence Program (working with juvenile offenders) which ultimately became a U.S. Justice Department National Exemplary Program.

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While teaching Anthropology and Sociology on the university level, Jim consulted frequently on issues regarding fundraising organizational development and strategic planning. Working as Executive Vice President for a national firm in New Jersey, Jim provided counsel for a number of nonprofit organizations on various fundraising initiatives.

Jim formerly served as Executive Director of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (New York City) as well as the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Foundation (Springfield). For more than 40 years he has provided fundraising direction for educational institutions, religious organizations, theaters, hospitals, social service organizations, and many other nonprofit groups. In addition to fundraising, he consults frequently on issues regarding organizational development, leadership, and strategic planning.

Jim earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Anthropology and Sociology from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. He and his wife, Sharon, who have been married for many years, have five children and nine grandchildren. In his free time Jim has coached youth soccer, loves sailing, and studying history.

Amy Johnson, Senior Consultant

Amy is a fund development, marketing, and communications manager with over 40 years of diversified experience in not-for-profit and for-profit organizations. Her experience includes an extensive background in administrative and management positions, as well as feasibility studies, capital campaigns, marketing, promotions, public relations, advertising, and special event and conference planning. While she has led her organizations in raising more than $20 million collectively, one of her personal accomplishments is initiating a fundraising campaign to build the first public playground in Bayside, WI. That playground has been improved and expanded over the years with new equipment, but remains a vital resource for area families and their children.

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Amy spent a number of years in the field as the Director of Philanthropy and Planned Giving Advisor for a Wisconsin nonprofit, where she was directly involved with healthcare administration, fund development, marketing planning and execution, program design and implementation, and media relations.

Amy earned a Bachelor's of Science degree from University of Wisconsin - Stout.

Amy Radford, Senior Consultant

Amy is a driven consultant who brings more than fifteen years of fundraising experience to BSCG. Focusing on strategic planning, pre-campaign planning and feasibility studies, execution of major fundraising campaigns, and endowment building, she has worked closely with leadership, staff, and volunteers at a wide variety of organizations.

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Amy is a hard worker who thrives on building client relationships with her non-profit partners and is highly adept at foundation research and proposal development, and has created numerous giving and annual fund programs for a broad spectrum of nonprofit organizations.

Amy earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin. In her free time, Amy loves coaching her three children in soccer and lacrosse.

Zach Radford, Senior Consultant and Director of Marketing

Zach's work with Baker Street Consulting as a consultant includes writing, marketing, grantmaker research, and general consulting. He is proficient at designing Cases for Support and grant proposals and has even designed web pages for our nonprofit clients. He has collaborated with our nonprofit partners on a number of planning and feasibility studies and campaigns, strategic planning initiatives, and fund development plans.

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Additionally, Zach specializes in conducting background research on companies and foundations, as well as working with analytical tools, interpreting wealth screening results for individual donor prospects, and assisting organizations with donor cultivation and approach strategies.

In addition to a master’s degree in English Literature, Zach holds bachelor’s degrees in Literature, Anthropology, and Liberal Studies. He spends his evenings and weekends reading, trail-running, canoeing, and fly fishing.

Carol Staszkiewicz, Senior Consultant

Carol has incorporated her love for teaching and writing into her 40-year management career in fundraising. Many years as development director for private schools were followed as foundation advancement vice president for a northeast Wisconsin senior life community. She has been with Baker Street Consulting Group since 2020.

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Carol’s expertise has been acquired through successful experiences in areas of student recruitment, alumni efforts, and special events for private schools, in addition to senior community resident admission, volunteer, and life enrichment programs. Her involvement in both the schools and senior community also included marketing and public relations, annual and special project appeals, capital campaigns and grants, and estate-giving programs. Carol has helped various other organizations establish development departments and boost existing programs to greater heights. Throughout her years of working in the field of philanthropy, Carol has continued her love for teaching by tutoring elementary through college-level students who require special attention to realize their success in education.

Carol earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Loyola University (Chicago) and a master’s degree in Guidance and Counseling from Roosevelt University (Chicago). Carol and her husband, Bob, have three children and eight grandchildren. Carol enjoys playing the piano, reading and rereading her favorites, sewing, and teaching however she can.

Adam Radford, Senior Consultant

Adam offers over two decades of consulting, fundraising, and project management experience. He has led or assisted with fundraising initiatives for a special needs school, environmental protection programs, and a variety of other philanthropic endeavors. Mainly, he has managed soft-funded University of Hawaiՙi environmental protection projects for 18 years, raising, or helping to raise, ~$3.5 million per year while also consulting on other projects.

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Adam has demonstrated his leadership prowess as the chair of the Maui Conservation Alliance (MCA), a collective of conservation leaders united to address critical environmental issues. He has also helmed the Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species (CGAPS), a diverse coalition of state, federal, and county representatives tackling significant legislative and general environmental concerns. His work has spanned across Hawai‘i, Guam, the Republic of Palau, and other parts of the Pacific.

Adam earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Hawai‘i Mānoa and holds a master’s degree in Natural Resources Management from Chico State University, California. In his leisure time, Adam enjoys rock climbing and guiding others as a certified guide under the American Mountain Guides Association, as well as hiking and any ocean, lake, or river activity.

Daniel R. Shasserre, Senior Consultant

Dan is an experienced marketing and fundraising professional who has developed a positive reputation in both the non-profit and for-profit communities. Over the last twenty years Dan has built a reputation for creating effective fundraising strategies in the non-profit arena, first as the Vice President Development for Catholic Charities then as Director of Development for the Nine Network of Public Media where he led their “Igniting the Spirit of Possibility” capacity building campaign. Under his leadership, Nine Network raised more money from private funding than any time in the organization's sixty-year history.

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Prior to working in the nonprofit world, he spent ten years in the sports marketing world, serving as Director of Marketing for the St. Louis Blues of the NHL, Director of Sales of the St. Louis Stars of the NASL, and Assistant Athletic Director at St. Louis University. Later, he was Vice President of a St. Louis-based advertising agency, working on branding and marketing strategies with major clients such as Ralston Purina, John Deere, and Lennox Industries.

Dan is a former Board President of the St Louis Planned Giving Council, former Board Member of the Direct Marketing Association, former Advisory Board Member of NFTE, current Advisory Board Member of Camp Jump Start, and current Board Member of YouthBridge Community Foundation. He and his wife, Sandy, have six children and ten grandchildren.

Karen Goller, Senior Consultant

Karen brings more than 16 years of fundraising experience in a variety of development areas including grant writing, major gifts, annual fund, sponsorships and event planning to Bakers Street Consulting Group. She began her career at the Milwaukee Chamber Theater as a grant writer and annual fund manager, as well as group ticket sales and publications coordinator.

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Karen spent five years at St. Joseph Hospital as a Development Associate where she continued her success as a grant writer and annual fund manager, in addition to conducting special-project fundraising for health care initiatives and coordinating an annual golf outing as well as an annual motorcycle ride.

Most recently, Karen worked at the Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center as Associate Director of Development. There she expanded her professional experience by working with major donors and serving as liaison to a dozen third party fundraising groups including the Wisconsin Breast Cancer Showhouse and the Rock River Harley Davidson Owners Group Ridin’ to a Cure.

Originally from Downers Grove, IL, Karen is a graduate of Marquette University with a degree in history and philosophy. She and her husband John live in the Milwaukee area and have two children. Karen enjoys spending time with her family, volunteering at her children’s school, vacationing in Door County, WI, watching college basketball and reading.

Dennis Chaptman, Writer and Storyteller

Dennis Chaptman, the principal of ChaptmanConnect, LLC, is a skilled communicator, with extensive experience in daily journalism and strategic public relations. With decades of daily journalism and strategic public relations experience, Dennis creates memorable messages that resonate with stakeholders and tell stories effectively.

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An award-winning reporter and editor during a 27-year newspaper career, Dennis spent 11 years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison – one of the world's pre-eminent public research institutions – telling the stories of the university as a university relations specialist and later as director of news and media relations. He went on to found ChaptmanConnect, LLC to bring that expertise to clients in the public and private sectors to convey their stories in compelling ways.

He and his wife, Margaret Collins, enjoy outdoor activities, travel and have three grown children and eight grandchildren.

Bob Head, Senior Graphic Designer

Bob has been designing professionally for 28-years and his passion for delivering quality creative solutions has only increased in that time. In 2014, after many successful years working at print & marketing firms, Bob launched his own company, Orange Whip Design.

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Since then he's built tremendous partnerships with a wide range of clients, from small farms, to large corporations and even a few celebrities. He prides himself on being reliable, efficient, and engaging with clients. The most valuable tool in his creative bag is the ability to connect with people, listen to their ideas and turn them into reality.

When he's not designing you'll usually find him working on his baseball card collection, on the golf course with his teenage sons, Tyler and Alec, or enjoying time with his wife, Ali and their two dogs, Clyde and Baxter.

Dan Dreyfus, Photographer

Dan Dreyfus is a St. Louis-based professional photographer whose work spans fine art to advertising. His work has been featured in numerous national and international publications. His first book, "Reflections of Shaker Spirit," won national awards. Dan’s second book, "Morning Glories," was completed in 2015, and his recent book, "Stillness In Light and Shadow," was released in the fall of 2020.

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Over the past 35 years, Dan has operated his commercial photography business, Dreyfus + Associates Photography, Inc., out of a historic building in midtown St. Louis. His clients include advertising agencies, corporations, design firms, hospitals, foundations, universities, and not-for-profit organizations.

In addition to working throughout the United States, his assignments have taken him to South America, Europe, and in May 2014, to China. Dan was one of ten American photographers invited by the Nanjing Photographic Association in association with the Sister Cities exchange program, and the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum (IPHF), to participate in a trip to China where their photography was exhibited in the Nanjing Hall of Science.

Dan is also an adjunct professor of photography at Webster University and in 2015, he founded Light + Discovery Photo Workshops.