Towns Consulting Group is here to help you turn your ideas into a reality, reach your goals, and scale your impact. We have over twenty years of diverse yet deep experience in developing and leading programs, partnerships and initiatives across nonprofit, philanthropy and government sectors.
Meet Our Founder
Suzanne Towns is an accomplished executive with over two decades of multi-sector leadership. She has a straightforward approach and believes in working collaboratively and with intentionality to get things done.
Suzanne has significant professional achievements in the areas of: designing, implementing and scaling city, state and national programming; strategic partnership and resource development; capacity building and grant-making. Her work has focused in the areas of community-based economic and workforce development, advancing gender equity, developing anti-sexual and domestic violence programs and serving those in highest need. Additionally, she has served as a career coach and mentor, working directly with those seeking to advance themselves professionally.
Suzanne is deeply committed to service. She volunteered as a team leader for NY Cares from 1998 to 2015, was a volunteer domestic violence and sexual assault counselor for five years, served as the Vice Chair of the Board for the NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault, and provided disaster response services following September 11th and to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
She is currently a member and past Vice President of the alumni board for Columbia University’s Graduate School of Social Work, and is a founding member of Higher Heights for America which promotes Black women’s civic and political leadership.
Suzanne has a Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She is an alumna of the American Express Leadership Academy and was a 2016-2017 FUSE Executive Fellow.