Vivian M. Linderman, founder and principal of Blue Lotus Consulting, is a strategic thinker, fundraiser and organizational development specialist. Vivian has worked professionally in the nonprofit arena in the areas of administration, fundraising and special event planning and coordination. She also has held several nonprofit administrative level positions and has served on several nonprofit boards of directors.

Vivian is currently working on a master’s degree in library and information science and will graduate in August 2010. The research skills acquired and education in libraries and the issues affecting them adds another facet to Blue Lotus Consulting services. Vivian also holds a master’s degree in public administration with an emphasis in health care administration from California State University, Long Beach and a bachelor’s degree in social ecology with an emphasis in criminal justice from the University of California at Irvine. In addition, Vivian continues to hone her administrative and consulting skills through advanced education in nonprofit management and fundraising strategies.

She is trained in implementing the Raising More Money approach to developing a sustainable funding base of individual donors and the Peter F. Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool for Nonprofit Organizations. Vivian is one of only 60 consultants nationwide qualified to facilitate and implement nonprofit mergers and partnerships through the Strategic Solutions/LaPiana Associates model. She is one of two in-state consultants trained to present Grant Writing: Developing and Maintaining Prevention Programs through the Community Prevention Initiative.