ABOUT SYLLABI COMMUNICATIONS
Syllabi helps brands, nonprofits, and NGO's on their paths to social impact by helping with communications, branding, fundraising, marketing, operational development, and board development.
PRESIDENT, PRINCIPAL & WRITER - Brenda Stewart is a professional organizational development, fundraising, and communications consultant for nonprofits, NGO’s, businesses, and corporate social impact programs. While able to adapt to any organization’s focus, Brenda’s primary experience has been education, youth development, human services, women and girls issues, human rights, workforce development, and animal welfare and conservation - especially within marginalized communities. She’s held leadership roles at nonprofits and NGO’s, including Founder & Executive Director for HERE & NOW working in Bosnia and Croatia, Director of Development & Marketing for Girls Inc. Metro Denver, Business Program Manager and Youth Training Program Manager for East Cascades Works Workforce Investment Board, and Program Manager at Girl Scouts Southwest Texas.
A former journalist and humanitarian aid worker in conflict zones, with 20 years of leadership experience in nonprofits and NGO’s, Brenda has the depth to bring compassion, strategy, and professional expertise to your impact projects. She’s raised over $150 million, including more than $60 million from grants, and has served on the Board of Directors for 6 organizations.
Brenda has a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology/Journalism, a Master’s degree in Communications, a Master’s degree in Nonprofit Management, and a range of life experience. She’s the former driver of the Hershey’s Kissmobile – a 26-foot-long, 13-foot-tall giant car shaped like Hershey’s Kisses. She drove this marketing tour across the US for nearly a year and yes, she can parallel park this chocolate beast.
PARTNERS - Syllabi Communications has a robust team of subject matter experts who can partner with Brenda when needed to ensure that your project receives the attention and expertise it deserves. Having professionally worked with all consultants in previous roles, Brenda knows that her collective of experts can deliver - from writing, fundraising, capacity building and brand strategy - our expertise is proven.
Brenda Stewart, President of Syllabi Communications
“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say, ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need and respond...those people are my heroes.”