"I have had the privilege of working with Alison McNeil, she helped to rewrite our mission statement, objectives and outcomes to ensure that what we were attempting to convey was clear and actionable. She challenged us to think and discover our path forward and helped us communicate and share our goals and values confidently with potential clients. She is multi-talented and any organization will be exceptionally pleased if they choose to work with Alison."

"Working with MCE has been an absolute pleasure and a very fruitful learning experience for our entire team. Alison strikes a perfect balance of professionalism and personalized contact. She is responsive, understanding, patient, and incredibly insightful. She truly heard and internalized our needs, concerns, and limitations and was able to adeptly reflect them in the final strategic plan. Her fusion of quantitative and qualitative approaches means that the plan is not only grounded in solid data, but also reflective and respectful of the very unique nature of our organization."

"Alison’s dedication to the learning community brought the students’ experience to the next level. Not only did she give students’ insightful feedback on their assignments, she fostered rich discussions among the group. Alison brought all her experience to bear and, in doing so, she helped NAS shape the design of several of our programs."

"The consultation of Alison McNeil was instrumental in helping us work through the development of a robust evaluation process. She offered technical support as a thought partner to our after school program director that allowed us to develop a pre, midway and exit evaluation. These tools helped us conduct our first external evaluation of our program. This was a game changing process helping take our work to the next phase of its development. "

"Alison's insight was invaluable to my development in the National Arts Strategies/University of Pennsylvania Executive Program in Arts and Culture Strategy. Her pointed critique pushed me to challenge my assumptions based on the information presented while providing suggestions that were directly applicable to my work at Memphis Music Initiative."

"Your leadership throughout this learning experience has been unparalleled. I appreciate all that YOU did and continue to do in support of our collective success as compassionate and informed leaders in the arts."

"Alison McNeil is a Thought Provocateur! She shares her knowledge, stirs dialogue for contemplation and supports clients with their visions for programming. During the process of assessing our program, Alison’s feedback was invaluable. Her dual perspective of being an artist and an administrator provided a strategic advantage. RMHF highly recommends MCE to any organization interested in making smart and creative change."

"Working with Alison McNeil of MCE has been a great experience. Her expertise in the business side of the performing arts is invaluable. Ms. McNeil thoroughly familiarized herself with our company, helped us narrow our vision, and set attainable goals. Her guidance has helped us make significant steps towards improving our company’s identity, operations and internal structure. "

"Thank you again for leading such an informative and much-needed workshop! I think the ladies of the Vanguard really appreciated your knowledge and expertise but also your compassion and attentiveness to their stories and experiences. It’s a daunting world out there when it comes to finding funding for your art and you certainly made the challenge a lot easier to bare. You certainly are a woman of grace and integrity and we're so grateful and fortunate to have you as a part of our FRESHH tribe! "

"A huge thanks to you and your team for all of your work and insights. Darren and I were just remarking how impressed we are with your work on this project, and how your recommendations truly have set us on a much more productive path. We're very, very happy with your work."

"Thank you, again, for your critical reflection and thinking with me. The solutions we brainstormed are exciting, and I'm looking forward to putting them into place!"

"Alison-You were wise, grounded, smart and such a good teacher! Not many of my guest lecturers know how to do a prepared cold call! Your material was excellent! Thank you, thank you so much!"

"Thank you for meeting and generously sharing with Marýa Wethers, Rebecca Fitton and myself various ways to approach data collection that are organic and support the social and intellectual frameworks of a project, and not just the financial frameworks. The information you shared is incredibly helpful in understanding how to reframe data collection, so it becomes about creative storytelling and not just about the numbers. As Rebecca mentioned afterwards, the session was, "super enlightening and sparked many more ideas!""