Melanie Cecarelli

Harvest Development Group

100 Riverview Center Suite 292, Middletown, CT 06457 | (888) 586-1103 | mcecarelli@harvestdevelopmentgrp.com
Works in: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont

Last updated:
Wednesday, Aug 06, 2025

Harvest Development Group specializes in board development and leadership, fund development and strategy, interim C-Suite leadership, and recruitment for nonprofit organizations. Our approach of 'root cause analysis' allows us to examine an organization's strengths and opportunities to create strategic imperatives that provide nonprofits insights and a road map on building a stronger organization to advance their mission. We create strategies unique to each client that leads to their successes and ongoing sustainability.

Areas of Expertise:

Board assessment, structure, training, performance

Executive search, Interim directorship, Succession / transition planning

Capital campaigns / feasibility, Fundraising / fund development planning, Individual giving / major gifts, Sponsorships and corporate partnerships

Job descriptions, Leadership training and development, Employee recruitment and hiring, Executive coaching

Past Clients:

  • Organization: Hartford Youth Scholars
    Name: Roxanna Booth Miller
    Description of services provided: Audit and Assessment, Strategy, Major Gifts
    Year services provided: 2
  • Organization: HARC
    Name: Andrea Barton Reeves
    Description of services provided: Audit and Assessment, Strategy, Major Gifts, Interim Development Director
    Year services provided: 3
  • Organization: YWCA; Hartford
    Name: Adrienne Cochran
    Description of services provided: Interim Development
    Year services provided: 3.5
  • Organization: Virginia Air and Space
    Description of services provided: Coaching, Strategy, Feasibility Study, Recruitment
    Year services provided: 3
  • Organization: CT Public
    Name: Deidre Travera
    Description of services provided: Fesability STudy
    Year services provided: 1
  • Organization: Goodspeed Musicals
    Name: Nancy Altschuler
    Description of services provided: Capital Campaign
    Year services provided: 1
    Contact Info: (860) 615-0367 | naltschuler@goodspeed.org
  • Organization: Middlesex United Way
    Name: Shawonda Swain
    Description of services provided: Recruitment
    Year services provided: 1
  • Organization: The Health Collective/Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective
    Name: Anthony Dilizia
    Description of services provided: Executive Recruitment, Philanthropic Strategy
    Year services provided: 2
  • Organization: The Diaper Bank
    Name: Janet Stolfi
    Description of services provided: Philanthropic Strategy
    Year services provided: 1
  • Organization: Bushnell Park Conservancy
    Name: Morgan Fippinger
    Description of services provided: Executive Recruitement
    Year services provided: 1
    Contact Info: | mfippinger@bushnellpark.org


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