Accessiō Strategies
Our Team
Accessiō Strategies is a woman-owned consultancy based in New Hampshire. We serve nonprofits across New England. Our team members are passionate about and invested in their communities and are committed to helping you to enhance your communities.
Erica de Vries
President
Erica de Vries established Accessiō Strategies in 2019. She offers more than 20 years of experience in consulting with nonprofits across New England, the Midwest, and in Europe and the Middle East.
Erica works with major gift donors, trustees, and executive leaders. In addition to her years in consulting, she also worked in-house at a complex, multi-tiered academic medical center, which complements her appreciation of the importance of developing tailored solutions to reflect each organization’s unique culture.
She is a proud University of Maine Black Bear. She attended Vanderbilt Law School, where she has volunteered as Co-Chair and Social Chair of her last two reunions. Erica serves on her town’s Zoning Board of Adjustments, Master Planning Committee, and its Heritage Commission. She was a delegate to the 2020 Democratic National Convention for Senator Amy Klobuchar. She is also active on the state and local level with the Democratic Party, serving on the State Committee, the Rockingham County Executive Committee, and as Treasurer of the Hampton Committee. Erica lives in an 1850 Gothic Revival farmhouse that neighborhood children believe is haunted. She loves to garden, read, surf, and bake specialty cheesecakes.
Marc Mendoza
Campaign Director
Marc Mendoza is a seasoned development professional with more than 15 years of experience in fundraising, volunteer management, and strategic planning. His experience includes working in higher education, independent schools, public media, and academic medical centers.
With a foundation in annual funds and major and principal gift work, Marc enjoys learning about stakeholders’ affinities for the organizations they support while aligning their ambitions with an institution’s mission.
He is a proud alumnus of Bowdoin College where he continues to serve as a lead Class Agent for the Alumni Fund. Marc lives in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, where he enjoys training for marathons, playing music, planning travel adventures, and spending time with the family’s dogs: Ernie and Gerald.
Brian Bennici
Mike Grace
Senior Consultant
Mike Grace is a development professional with more than 15 years of experience in non-profit fundraising and management. His expertise includes direct response fundraising, grant and appeal writing, digital fundraising, event management, and project management.
During his time at the Museum of Science in Boston, Mike held key roles as the Senior Director of Internal Operations and the Director of Annual Giving. Previously, he was the Director of Development for the New England Center and Home for Veterans in downtown Boston. Mike enjoys helping clients design and implement effective fundraising plans to increase revenue.
Mike is a graduate of Dickinson College. He lives in Dorchester, Massachusetts. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, running, visiting new breweries, and cheering on the Boston Celtics.
Alexander-Wahl
Alexander Wahl brings a strong foundation in volunteer management, fundraising, and strategic communications. He has advised various organizations on development planning, led donor engagement initiatives, and managed prospect prioritization and sequencing. Alex focuses on supporting volunteers from introducing them to fundraising best practices to providing one-on-one coaching.
Alex is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Political Science at Tufts University, where he has served as a staff editor for Hemispheres, an international relations journal, and has led statewide political organizations. He has worked in government and community relations.
In his spare time, Alex enjoys hiking, golfing, and running.
Our Approach
‘Accessiō’ is Latin, meaning an increase or addition. The word captures our team’s focus on prioritizing strategies that foster your organizational and financial growth.
Accessiō Strategies, LLC is a full-service consulting firm. We tailor our offerings and share our expertise to help you make the most consequential decisions given your unique circumstances. We put your mission first in everything we do. We aim to be your most trusted partner and commit to standing with you to make your organization strong and resilient. Accessiō Strategies adds value, anticipates obstacles, and finds opportunities. We are deliberate in approach, direct in communication, and accountable in results – all with an eye toward making development enjoyable.
Our work focuses on achieving sustainable growth. We can help you create sophisticated donor engagement strategies through:
- Creating long-term strategic advancement plans
- Structuring holistic fundraising programs
- Marshaling volunteer resources
- Strengthening executive leaders’ skills
- Organizing principal and major gift initiatives
- Building transformational capital, endowment, and comprehensive campaigns
