Hilary Robbins, Founder and Senior strategy Consultant
Hilary Robbins has spent the last twenty years working with nonprofits and arts organizations to develop strategies for fiscal success and sustainability. Hilary has worked to strengthen nonprofits and the arts since her first internship in 1987 with the Maine Arts Commission while studying at Colby College. She was an early advocate of the social entrepreneurship movement, and obtained her M.B.A. in 2007 with the intention of merging her commitment to mission driven work, her business experience and creative thinking together to help non-profits more effectively attain their goals and sustain their organizations. She works with nonprofits in the areas of strategic and business planning, earned revenue analysis and development, audience development, feasibility studies, organizational assessment and fundraising. Hilary was a co-founder of The Contemporaries, at the Portland Museum of Art, and has served as a Trustee of the Portland Museum of Art 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