Based in Toronto, Jennifer Bizzarri draws on more than 30 years experience in fundraising and communications in the not-for-profit sector, including health care, higher education, independent schools, social services and the arts. As a writer and strategist, Jenn offers a unique combination of fundraising experience and communications expertise. She works independently and with partners like Ahead Consulting and Hambly & Woolley.
Jenn began consulting with Offord Group (now Marts & Lundy) in 2011. She has worked with a variety of Canadian and international clients such as VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation (Vancouver), North York General Foundation, La Trobe University (Melbourne), Western University, University of Guelph, Kids Help Phone, Havergal College, Upper Canada College, University of Toronto Schools and Rugby Canada. She was a member of the editorial team of Perspectives in Philanthropy, Offord’s annual magazine, serving as the magazine’s editor-in-chief of from 2017 to 2020. Jenn is a past faculty member of the Canadian Association for Independent Schools Leadership Institute, having taught the Marketing and Communications module there in 2018.
Prior to becoming a consultant, Jenn was a founding staff member of Greenwood College School in Toronto. She has also held positions at the University of Toronto and the National Ballet of Canada. Jenn began her fundraising career in 1994 as a McConnell Fellow at McMaster University.
Jenn is an active volunteer, sitting on the boards of Breakthrough T1D (formerly the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) and the Hazelview Cares Foundation. Her freelance writing has appeared in The Globe & Mail.
