Canopy Strategic Partners

Canopy Strategic Partners is a full-service planning and consulting firm dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations — including zoos, aquariums, and conservation organizations — create a better future for the planet. We are champions of leaders, community builders, and collaborative experts.

At Canopy, we strive to balance your mission with the need for continued growth and long-term financial sustainability. We are proven thought leaders with the experience and expertise to help you and your organization succeed on both fronts.

Our team of distinguished yet down-to-earth industry experts has extensive experience collaborating with mission-based organizations of all sizes, in all types of communities, all across the globe.

Led by President and Chief Advisor David Walsh and supported by over a dozen industry professionals, we have completed over 250 consulting projects in the last decade, including strategic, master, and business plans; feasibility and economic impact studies; and executive search and leadership engagements.

We Balance Mission and Margin. Canopy’s philosophy is to create an optimized balance between the client’s mission and need for fiscal sustainability. We have helped many of your colleagues create high-performing organizations and can leverage that expertise for you. Our team has developed innovative and ground-breaking plans for institutions across the globe, and we regularly provide expert counsel to organizational leaders across a wide breadth of industries. 

We Bring the Data. Canopy was built on the principle of strengthening your impact by maximizing your financial margins. We have an innate ability to assess financials, numbers, and metrics; analyze trends; and uncover opportunities that can help your organization realize its vision. This data-driven expertise will lend itself to conducting an engagement that encompasses all aspects of the operation. 

We Unite People and Build Bridges. One of Canopy’s strengths is our ability to bring together a diverse group of stakeholders, unite them behind a common vision, and develop an actionable plan to achieve success. We listen to many voices, analyze a broad array of data, and then identify focused solutions that work for everyone. Our work is based in understanding, not assumptions. 

Our comprehensive suite of services:

• Planning: Strategic and integrated planning
• Economics: Business planning, feasibility studies, market analyses, economic impact research
• Leadership: Organizational and culture assessments, interim staffing
• Executive Search: C-Suite, Director, and VP searches for cultural and conservation organizations