Deborah Alvarez-Rodriguez, CEO Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin Counties

“What I tell people is, if you want to have a really, really smart thinking partner that can help you figure and think through the connection between strategy and impact, and how to really think through how to ultimately develop metrics and benchmarks against this, talk to SVT.”

“I had met Sara of SVT Group at one of these things, and so I just sat and talked with her. I don’t really believe in the notion that you have to sort out what your business costs are and you add social costs and benefits as an add-on. And I didn’t want a methodology that was going to, essentially, do that. And Sara asked really smart questions. Really, really great questions.”

“My impression of Sara is that she has a command of the technical and expert, expertise around metrics and impact. And it went well beyond working with philanthropies. The for-profit side of her work was really important to me. It was important that she’s worked with clients beyond the non-profit world. She was exceptionally intelligent. What really got me was her thinking process. The questions that she asked were so good, and to the point, and that forced me to challenge my assumptions.”