Facilitation & Retreats
Board retreats, staff gatherings, and other convenings designed to surface alignment, build trust, and move groups to clarity and action.
Nonprofit Strategy & Consulting
Rooted in the Cultural Sector
Strategy that helps mission-driven organizations move from vision to action.
Michelle Grove Herzog brings 20+ years of experience as a nonprofit strategist, grantmaker, and university leader to nonprofits, foundations, and higher education institutions — with a deep specialty in the cultural sector.
What We Do
Engagements built around how your organization actually works.
Core Services
Learning Initiatives
Facilitated workshops and cohort-based programs for leaders and teams at any stage of their careers.
Board Development
Governing or advisory board consulting that strengthens organizational capacity, leadership structures, and board effectiveness.
Strategic Planning
Stakeholder-driven frameworks — from a full visioning process to a focused reset, or anything in between.
Specialty Services
Grantmaking Design & Evaluation
Program design and strategy for foundations and funders seeking to align their investments with community-centered impact.
Arts Administration Program Advisement
Consulting for academic institutions and other organizations seeking to design or strengthen Cultural Management and Arts Administration programs, both inside and outside the United States.
Customizable packages are available, as well as bespoke services.
Work with MichelleWhy ZA Consulting
Field fluency, paired with a willingness to question it.
Michelle Grove Herzog brings something uncommon to nonprofit consulting — a deep fluency in how the field works, including its structures, funding landscapes, and governance frameworks, paired with a genuine willingness to challenge those conventions when they're not serving an organization's mission. She is a BoardSource-certified nonprofit board consultant and a skilled facilitator who brings rigor and adaptability to every engagement, whether she's leading a board retreat, guiding an organization through strategic transition, or designing a leadership program. For organizations in Southern Arizona, few consultants combine national-level experience with the kind of local presence that understands community context — and fewer still bring that range to the cultural sector with real depth.
About ZA Consulting
Two decades across grantmaking, cultural strategy, and the academy.
ZA Consulting (ZogArts Consulting, LLC) is led by Michelle Grove Herzog, a nationally recognized arts leader with over twenty years of experience in grantmaking, cultural strategy, and program development, complemented by a background as a professional musician and university presenter. The firm specializes in nonprofit board development; strategic planning; the creation and facilitation of customized professional development initiatives; and philanthropy and grantmaking program design and evaluation.
In addition to her consulting practice, Michelle teaches arts administration at the University of Arizona and served five years as Director of the Arts Administration Program, where she provided strategic leadership for program growth and sustainability — growing the program over 600% and designing a new Master's in Arts Administration. She has taught undergraduate and graduate courses focused on nonprofit management, governance, financial management, fundraising, marketing, community engagement, and professional leadership development.
Previously, Michelle held leadership roles including Interim Associate Director for the Center for the Arts at Wesleyan University, Program Officer for Performing Arts at Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, and Director of Grants at the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (MD). These roles provided deep experience in national and regional funding landscapes, artist and organizational support structures, and the design of programs that respond to evolving field needs. Michelle holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance and French from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Master of Arts in Arts Management from American University and has basic French and Spanish communication skills.
Select Clients
- Arts Foundation for Tucson & Southern Arizona
- Association of Performing Arts Presenters
- Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
- Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
- SouthArts
Let's Work Together
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