Hilary Robbins, Founder and Senior strategy Consultant

Hilary Robbins is a strategy and finance consultant with more than twenty years of experience helping nonprofits and arts organizations build sustainable, mission-aligned futures. An early advocate of social entrepreneurship, she earned her M.B.A. in 2007 to intentionally merge business rigor, creative thinking, and mission-driven work.

Hilary partners with organizations on strategic and business planning, financial modeling, earned-revenue strategy, organizational assessment, and fundraising—bringing clarity, alignment, and momentum to complex challenges. She is a co-founder of The Contemporaries at the Portland Museum of Art and has served as a Trustee since 2008. 

Education

MBA, University of Southern Maine, 2008

BA, Colby College, 1991

Civic Engagement

  • Trustee Emeritus, Portland Museum of Art, 2018-present

  • Executive Committee Member, Portland Museum of Art, Aug 2016 - 2018

  • Trustee, Portland Museum of Art, Jan. 2008 - 2018

  • Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, Portland Museum of Art 2009-10

  • Founder and co-Chair, The Contemporaries, Portland Museum of Art, 2006 - 10

  • Member, Director Search Committee, Portland Museum of Art 2008-09

  • Trustee, Portland Trails, September 2000 - 2003

  • Visual Arts Curator, The Maine Festival, August 2000

  • Project Manager, Eastern Prom Trail Sculpture, Portland Trails, Spring 2000

  • Development Coordinator, WPA: Will Power Arts, San Francisco CA 1997

  • “Percent for Art” Program Intern, Maine Arts Commission, 1990-91

  • Education Department Intern, Wadsworth Atheneum, January 1987