SPARK has worked with Group Victory extensively and couldn’t be more pleased with our partnership. Working with their team has consistently been coupled with enthusiasm, professionalism, integrity, and flexibility. From the onset, they have worked diligently to not only understand our organization and our work but have brought forth the most efficient and effective ways to highlight our results in a comprehensive, proficient, and tangible manner.

Brooke Wheeldon-Reece, CEO, The SPARK Initiative

Group Victory has been a lifesaver, helping with major successful grant applications, providing professional staff coverage in a pinch, and conducting expert training in a variety of evidence-based models. Dr. Ferrante and his team are responsive and reliable in addressing our agency’s needs. Group Victory comes beside organizations and adds value.

Steve Werthman, COO, HOPE South Florida

Group Victory facilitated an effective, educational, and effortless board retreat with Broward Housing Solutions. The consultants not only provided informative and expeditious guidance, but they infused enthusiasm and joy among our board members. As a result, our board is on a path to successful governance. We look forward to a continued partnership that will propel our organization to the next level. It is refreshing to work with them.

Lisa Vecchi, President/CEO, Broward Housing Solutions

Stephen Ferrante has led Gilda’s Club’s strategic planning process several times over the last 10 years with expertise, leadership, and efficiency. He has a mastery of the nonprofit and government sectors. In addition to strategic planning, Stephen successfully completed program evaluation, grant evaluation, and stakeholder feedback analysis for Gilda’s Club. Stephen is decisive, analytical, thorough, and results-driven. He has truly helped Gilda’s Club grow and prosper towards sustainability.

— Kim Praitano, CEO, Gilda’s Club South Florida

Stephen Ferrante is a highly effective and well respected leader in our community and provides excellent consulting services in a variety of areas. His knowledge of strategic planning is outstanding and his ability to lead an organization through this process is invaluable. He has been instrumental in assisting my organization with this process for several years and as a result the organization has seen success in many areas as a result. Any organization that chooses to work with Stephen and Group Victory is making a great choice and will most certainly realize great results.

— Jillian Smath, CEO, SOS Children’s Villages Florida

Stephen and Group Victory have been and continue to be tremendous thought partners in our collective impact work. Through his facilitation of a community conversation, Stephen was instrumental in helping us assess the need for Mission United in Northeast Florida and achieving community consensus to move forward with the initiative. We look forward to continuing our work with Group Victory to help us build out our strategic plan for Mission United.

Jeff Winkler, Head of Basic Needs, United Way Northeast Florida

Our board retreat was a major success because of Group Victory. The consultants inspired, unified, and equipped board members with purpose, direction, and strategies to advance our collective board performance and our organization’s mission.

Alex Duran, Executive Director, Fitwize4Kids Academy

The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling (FCCG) has relied on the expertise and professionalism of Group Victory and has worked with Stephen Ferrante for over 20 years in increasing awareness about gambling addiction across South Florida among the older adult, veteran, and general adult populations as well as in schools and on college campuses. The company’s guidance in identifying inroads and partnerships in addition to their insights and creative approaches to programming are innovative, results-focused, and outcome-oriented. Stephen is a recipient of more than one award by the FCCG for his work and performance over the years, and we look forward to Group Victory’s ideas as we forge forward through new terrain.

Jennifer Kruse, Executive Director, Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling