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