Francine has been instrumental in developing and pursuing grant opportunities for our Evanston-based non-profit. Francine is always creative and thorough when assessing funding options and writing grants for our organization. She is highly organized and, thus, able to manage multiple projects and deadlines. Importantly, Francine is also a valued collaborative partner who works well with everyone from staff to board members. Any organization would be lucky to have her on its consulting team! 

- Lynn Blaustein Weiss, Executive Director at Evanston Work Ethic (WE) Program

During her tenure at Schechter, Francine helped to build our alumni relations program from the ground up. She forged genuine relationships with alumni donors and community members and made them feel valued and appreciated. She engaged alumni at all donor levels and stewarded them on the “pipeline” to become leaders and higher level donors. She coordinated large and small projects and events and managed numerous people in the process. She always looked for opportunities to advance Schechter and was always willing to step up and help even if it was outside the scope of her job. She was a strong collaborator and a team player, she was conscientious and dependable, and was a valuable member of the advancement team.

-Tami Warshawsky, Director of Advancement at Solomon Schechter Day School of Metropolitan Chicago

 Francine is a talented professional with expertise in the non-profit sector. I highly recommend her as someone who can help create a new or strengthen an existing marketing initiative, fundraising campaign or program project. Her ability to organize and manage volunteers, lay leaders and staff to achieve goals is one of her many strengths. Francine is also creative, fun and enjoyable to work with!

- Michelle Maer, Director of Individual Giving at Jewish Children & Family Services

Francine is a dedicated, focused and strategic thinker. Her ability to pay attention to the big picture while also keeping track of the details enables her to keep projects moving forward on time and on budget. Francine's enthusiasm for her work and those she works with, combined with her passion for the cause, are the underpinnings for her success in building engagement, creating community, and empowering emerging leaders. Her strategic planning abilities are enhanced by her knowledge of fundraising and event-planning. She is a team player who knows when to lead, and when to seek out input from key stakeholders. Francine is a pleasure to work with, and I hope we have the opportunity to collaborate again.

- Erin Kuhn-Krueger, Freelance Marketer & Writer

I have had the opportunity to work with Francine for nearly 10 years in her role as a volunteer leader of Hadassah. Over that time, she has held multiple strategic positions on our board and brought her skills and competencies to a myriad of projects, fundraising initiatives and organizational challenges. “Francine is a strategic thinker, planner and producer who is comfortable engaging with donors and volunteers of varied levels of experience and demographics. Our organization has undertaken plans to engage a new demographic as members, leaders and donors. Francine’s energy and strategic skills have helped lead us to several successes, given us a statistical base to develop, and teased out nuances of this target to help improve future engagement. “Francine Ephraim will be an asset to any organization or company looking for a relevant, thoughtful and extremely capable addition to any organizational team.

- Ronna Ash, Managing Director at Hadassah Midwest