Expertise
Aileen Gleizer is a social impact, management, and public health consultant with over 15 years of experience in the private, nonprofit and governmental sectors across domestic, international, and humanitarian contexts. She founded Mountain Strategies & Operations, LLC to offer consulting support to Montana-based and international organizations on strategy development, management and operations, communications/media, policy/advocacy, fundraising, and financial oversight.
Strategic Vision
Result-oriented strategies and workplans to achieve organizational priorities.
- Save the Children Humanitarian Health Strategy
- Save the Children Emergency Health & Nutrition Portfolio
- Gates Foundation’s global HIV prevention strategy
- FP2030’s global plans on advocacy, communications, and thought leadership for integrated family planning and maternal health
- Blue Mountain Clinic’s communications and policy initiatives around legislation, litigation and marketing
Communications & Media
Create and deliver compelling communications including external materials for partners and donors, organizational rebrands and website launches, case study creation and photo/video content development, and media.
- Blue Mountain Clinic Impact Report
- Blue Mountain Clinic Rebrand and Website Launch
- Montana Access Rebrand and Website Launch
- Over 100 press placements for Blue Mountain Clinic across state and national outlets including Ms. Magazine, Jezebel, NPR, Missoulian, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Helena Independent Record, Montana Free Press, Daily Montanan and Reuters photojournalism report.
Policy & Advocacy
Lead policy and advocacy portfolio including outreach and education with Congress, the Obama Administration, federal agencies, and the Montana Legislature.
- Represented Marie Stopes International and Merck for Mothers to decision-makers across the United States, East/South Africa and South/Southeast Asia on family planning, maternal health, and appropriations.
- Testified for Blue Mountain Clinic, Montana Abortion Access Program, and Planned Parenthood over a dozen times on abortion access and LGBTQ issues to the Montana Legislature.
Operations & Management
Leadership roles with domestic and global matrixed organizations including overseeing operations and financial management, supervising staff, leading strategic planning and communications, and fundraising.
- Served as the Senior Director of Programs and Operations Management with Save the Children, serving as deputy of a $230+ million health portfolio on a 35-person cross-functional team.
- Serves on the board and executive committee of the Montana Abortion Access Program providing leadership and oversight on operations, compliance, fundraising, and branding/communications.
Aileen Gleizer
In her past position as the Senior Director of Programs and Operations Management with Save the Children (global organization focusing on child health and humanitarian response), she served as the deputy and operations, finance, and communications lead of an over $230 million humanitarian health portfolio on a remote 35-person cross-functional team. She also worked at Marie Stopes International (family planning organization in 120+ countries) and Merck for Mothers (Fortune 50 corporate social responsibility program on maternal health) on advocacy, communications, and grant management and country office support. Her experience working across both domestic and international contexts including humanitarian response provides a unique perspective and technical expertise in nonprofit management, operations, health access and equity.
She currently serves as Vice Chair on the board of the Montana Abortion Access Program (Montana’s statewide abortion fund). As an independent consultant she provides services including strategy development, management and operations, communications/media, policy/advocacy, fundraising, and financial oversight. You can find a complete list of services here. Recent clients include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (largest private foundation focused on poverty and global health) and Missoula-based Blue Mountain Clinic (abortion clinic and state-wide reproductive health organization).
