Bloomingdale Management Advisors

Our Practice

Two aspects of our approach set us apart from other management consulting firms.

We have a unique combination of strengths

Critical thinking. We engage in a lively intellectual exchange with our clients until the logical and factual basis for a strategy, an initiative, or a finding in an evaluation is clear and meaningful.

Sophisticated understanding of organizational dynamics. At the same time, we see psychological/behavioral dynamics most others miss. Each of the links in the chain of strategic action — strategy, initiative, and evaluation — brings the prospect of dramatic change. Because of this, strategic action often sparks complex organizational dynamics that can distort thinking, stimulate resistance, and challenge a focus on the task at hand. We understand these dynamics and know how to maximize task-focus.

We put clients in charge

Clients lead our projects, even as we infuse engagements with our professional skills and judgment. Client leadership builds in-house intellectual capital, grows the leadership ability of key managers, and produces grounded, longer-lasting outcomes.

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Our Team

Peter Szabo is founder and Principal of Bloomingdale Management Advisors. For two decades, Peter has counseled CEOs and senior managers of private foundations, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and corporations on strategy and change. Often working at moments of organizational transition, he helps clients understand context, craft effective strategies, plan and implement new initiatives, assess performance, and manage change.
Serving as Deputy Commissioner of a large pubic agency and helping design and launch a number of social ventures has given Peter the benefit of management experience to inform his consulting practice. His consulting background also includes experience formulating manufacturing strategy and guiding cost reduction efforts for consumer products companies. While his advisory work has encompassed a range of settings, he maintains ongoing relationships in philanthropy and the environment.

Peter received a Masters in Public and Private Management from the Yale School of Management and an M.A. in International Affairs from Yale University. He holds a B.A. in History and Political Science from the University of Rochester. Peter is a part-time lecturer at The Milano School for Management and Urban Policy at The New School, and a member of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations.

As needed, the firm brings tailored expertise to an engagement by drawing upon a network of professionals experienced in a range of disciplines, including:

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Our Clients

Selected clients include:

Cedar Tree Foundation
Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Ford Foundation
Island Press
Kohlberg Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
Land Trust Alliance
Merritt Parkway Conservancy
National Commission on Science and Sustainable Forestry
The Nature Conservancy
NatureServe
New York City Department of Environmental Protection
New York Geographic Alliance
Open Space Institute
The William Penn Foundation
Resources Legacy Fund
Saratoga P.L.A.N/National Park Foundation
Surdna Foundation
World Wildlife Fund

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