Gary Romano

Gary Romano is an award-winning strategist and experienced adviser for nonprofit leaders and entrepreneurs, driven by the vision that no child will grow up in poverty. In 2009, Gary founded Civitas Strategies to provide mission-driven organizations with the high-quality, cost-effective consulting services needed to improve outcomes for families and children.

Gary personally oversees the design and execution of every engagement. He also leads Civitas Strategies innovation projects, including the three hallmarks of our work: Lean Recruitment, Finding Your North Star, and Luminary Evaluation Group, Civitas Strategies’ program evaluation spin-off. Gary designed and led the Our City project, a civic planning and engagement effort in a rapidly growing and changing city north of Boston. This project received the 2014 Kenneth E. Pickard Municipal Innovation Award from the Massachusetts Municipal Association as the most innovative approach in the state. Gary continually strives to increase the impact of mission-driven organizations’ work, without increasing their costs.