About us
Tanya Swain, Project Consultant
I partner with organizations committed to triple bottom line results. My first task with every client is to understand your needs. I also assess how my skills and resources can best be applied. This helps you achieve your goals.
Project consulting is my passion and I enjoy working with groups to design and manage projects that solve a problem. I also work with groups on strategic planning, funding and project evaluation.
What colleagues and clients say
“Mentor, strategic thinker and proven collaborator.”
Tanya is known by colleagues and allies both in Maine and throughout New England as a mentor, strategic thinker and proven collaborator.
— Leah
Director, New England Food System Planners Partnership
“Thankful to have been part of this project”
I can’t say enough how much I have learned from you and been inspired by you and I am so thankful to have been part of this project!
— Darcy
Maine Network of Community Food Councils
“Extreme Professionalism”
SmallFish Consulting Group exhibited extreme professionalism and were capable of hearing our unique situation and working with us… I would highly recommend you to any group who needed your services. Thank you for all that you were able to accomplish with us in a professional and kind way.
— Eco Task Force Member
Deaconess Community of the evangelical Lutheran Church of America
“Willing to do the hard work”
(Tanya) brings wisdom, humor, curiosity and authenticity into her work in a way that was new to me in the professional world.
She is willing to do the hard work, the number crunching, the drafting that keeps the ships running on time.
— Becca, Coordinator
Healthy Androscoggin
“Can-do Approach”
For our organization, the most important factor we consider when working with someone is whether they share our vision and will act as our partners in realizing that vision. Their can-do approach has been instrumental in helping to move Harvest to Market forward.
— Andrew Walters
Founder and CEO, Harvest to Market
Career Experience
- Executive Director of a regional Maine nonprofit focused on community economic development.
- Community Foundation staff working with regional grantmaking committees.
- Project Director for a statewide initiative to promote and coordinate organizations working on food system related issues.
- Public Relations Consultant working with nonprofit organizations, institutions and policy campaigns
- Journalist
- Masters in Public Policy and Management, University of Southern Maine
Nonprofit & Public Sector
