Two Five One, nonprofit consulting: Turn change into opportunity

Rachel has built a career as a fundraiser that is centered on listening, relationship building, and storytelling. Originally trained as a journalist, Rachel has translated her narrative-building skills into strategy for comprehensive capital campaigns and major giving programs at world-class institutions including Carnegie Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Hollywood Bowl.

Rachel is a specialist in major gifts coaching, board development, and donor cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship. She has helped organizations raise more than $1 billion and increase their impact overall by focusing on the strength and stories of their teams and the people they serve.

Rachel is a proud graduate of the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism and is a member of the College's inaugural Alumni Network Board.

Phil has spent more than 20 years working to build and scale nonprofit organizations, creating meaningful impact in communities around the world. With a track record of success as an innovative nonprofit arts leader at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, and the New England Conservatory, Phil has spearheaded national and international initiatives, including YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles), Carnegie Hall's PlayUSA grantmaking program, and Schmidt Futures' Rise Global Summit.

Phil's expertise in managing large-scale budgets, crafting and executing strategic plans, and leading organizational growth is grounded in a commitment to fostering positive change and building strong relationships.

As a consultant, Phil has applied his extensive nonprofit experience to a range of projects, from program operations with Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust to event management with the Gates Foundation's Goalkeepers initiative, the Federation of American Scientists, and The Pew Charitable Trusts.

With a strong dedication to service, Phil serves as Board Treasurer of BLUME Haïti (Building Leaders Using Music Education in Haiti) and as a national advisory board member for the 3C Data Collaborative, an initiative working to create accessible data management and program evaluation tools for the creative youth development sector.

Christophe brings 18 years of strategy and management consulting experience to nonprofit leaders navigating growth and change. His work centers on organizational effectiveness, mergers and partnerships, organization design and restructuring, and change management.

Before co-founding Two Five One, he worked across North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia at TotalEnergies, Equitable, Accenture, and most recently Vanguard, in sectors including financial services, higher education, telecommunications, utilities, and life sciences. He has led dozens of mergers and organizational redesigns for organizations ranging from 10 to more than 20,000 employees, always with an eye to connecting strategic goals with clear roles and processes that teams can sustain long after the project ends.

At Two Five One, Christophe works directly with nonprofit leaders and boards, and advises foundations that want to support their grantees through training and peer cohorts. As a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy®, he also partners with financial advisors to help their clients put charitable goals into practice, whether that means establishing a family foundation or launching a grant program.

At Vanguard, Christophe led the corporate volunteer program, connecting nonprofit organizations with volunteers from among the firm’s more than 20,000 employees. He is a graduate of ESCP Business School, founded in 1819 and the oldest business school in the world, and is fluent in French and English.

Hunter is passionate about strengthening mission-driven organizations through thoughtful donor engagement and efficient systems that support long-term growth. She brings experience in donor stewardship, fundraising strategy, and project management to her role at Two Five One.

Before joining the team, Hunter led stewardship and impact reporting at her alma mater, Gordon College, where she also advanced annual giving and alumni engagement initiatives. She played a key role in strategic planning and development for the College's newly launched School of Music and the Arts, partnering with the dean to shape fundraising priorities and engage new donors. At the Peabody Essex Museum, Hunter served as the primary support for the museum's leadership giving and stewardship programs, while also contributing to events, prospect research, and donor communications.

She holds a bachelor's degree in music from Gordon College and is currently pursuing a master's in management with a specialization in business value and project management from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Based in Greater Boston, Hunter is energized by opportunities to connect people, strategy, and systems to drive meaningful change.