Veronica Borgonovi
Overview
With over 9 years of for-profit and social sector consulting experience, Veronica brings strong skills in research, strategy development, evaluation, and change management to a variety of clients at FSG. She is currently working in FSG’s Mumbai office.
Role at FSG
Veronica has served FSG clients in research, strategy development, and learning and evaluation initiatives within the community philanthropy, education, health, and environment sectors. She recently led development of a whitepaper examining shared value creation within India, to be released in November 2011. Veronica co-authored “Gaining Perspective: Lessons Learned From One Foundation’s Exploratory Decade,” a paper examining fourteen specific lessons learned by the Northwest Area Foundation over a ten-year period of grantmaking. She is also a co-author of “From Crisis to Opportunity: Learning from One Region’s Response to the Economic Downturn,” a report examining how Pacific Northwest funders engaged with grantees and with each other in response to the recent economic crisis.
Before FSG
Prior to joining FSG, Veronica spent one year living in rural Kenya while serving as Director of Program Innovation for One Acre Fund, a nonprofit that helps East African farmers grow their way out of hunger. She began her career as a consultant, first with Arthur Andersen and then with Bain and Company, where she recommended actions for a nonprofit focused on cancer education and research to best allocate funding toward activities with the highest potential impact and mission alignment. Veronica has also served as a volunteer and Board member for Inside Out Community Arts, a youth-focused organization based in Los Angeles.
Education
- B.A. in Communications and a minor in Business Administration, the University of California at Berkeley
- Masters in Business Administration, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
On Working at FSG
"When I joined FSG, I was excited at the prospect of working with passionate, intelligent people on tough social challenges. I haven’t been disappointed! Hearing from a reader that one of our white papers “will be very useful for all foundations,” and hearing from clients that our work is “inspiring” and will make their own organization “stronger in the long-term,” gives me hope that we are achieving our mission to accelerate the pace of social progress by supporting our clients and the field in best achieving their goals. I enjoy collaborating with colleagues and clients — at the end of a project I often feel the same as I did when graduating from college or business school. You look forward to keeping in touch, but also know you’ll miss the level of interaction that working closely together creates."