Our Team
Angela R. Rudolph
Founder & Principal
Angela has been working to impact the nonprofit, philanthropic and civic sectors by developing expertise in public policy in the education, criminal and juvenile justice sectors, resource development, strategic planning, leadership development and program management since 1998. She most recently served as Vice President of Programs & Strategy at the Grand Victoria Foundation and previously, she served as president of Think. Plan. Do. Consulting (TPD), a firm focused on helping its clients with their storytelling, development, community engagement, and policy analysis needs.
Leveraging a deep understanding of systems change, strategic planning, and donor engagement, Angela relaunched Think Plan Do Consulting, LLC in 2025 to deliver customized, transformative solutions to assist her clients in navigating today’s complex challenges and advance their missions effectively.
As Vice President of Programs and Strategy she worked to ensure the Foundation’s programs and organizational activities were fully aligned with its mission, vision, and values centering racial equity and racial justice focused grantmaking that was reflective of the Foundation’s desire to be purposeful in working to remedy philanthropy’s history of unjust practices, policies, and outcomes.
Angela played a pivotal role in the organization's first strategic planning process, crafting a theory of action that anchored the Foundation’s vision in racial equity, justice, and community power building, cultivating donor relationships statewide and playing a leadership role in the creation of Illinois' first philanthropy and labor donor table, the Illinois Community Power Fund, to amplify investments in grassroots leadership and power building. Her work emphasized strategic innovation, donor engagement, and amplifying underrepresented voices in the Foundation’s decision-making processes.
Prior to joining Grand Victoria, Angela led the Youth Services Division in the City of Chicago’s Department of Family and Support Services as Deputy Commissioner where she set the strategic vision for youth services in the City of Chicago and was a driver of strategy and impact to provide greater opportunities to the city’s underserved youth between the ages of 5 to 24. She previously served as the President of Think. Plan. Do. Consulting (TPD), where she worked with a variety of nonprofits, political and governmental entities providing them with short and long-term support in the areas of strategic planning, fundraising/grant writing, policy analysis/development and project management.
Prior to TPD, Angela served as a Program Officer with The Joyce Foundation’s Education Program, spearheading their portfolio targeted at supporting teacher quality, quality charter schools, early childhood education and the engagement of teachers, students, parents, and the community in education reform. She also worked for Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley as a Special Assistant, where she led strategic initiatives around Ex-Offender reentry and spearheaded outreach to community-based groups and individuals to encourage their involvement in the policy process.
Angela has a strong commitment to public service and is a 2018 Fellow of the University of Chicago’s Civic Leadership Academy and has previously served as Vice-Chair of the Illinois State Charter Commission, a Commissioner on the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission, a board member of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, and the Illinois Department of Corrections’ Advisory Board.
She is currently participating in the 10th cohort of the Justice Funders Harmony Initiative. A leadership program and community of practice for Grantmakers working to advance a thriving & just world.
Angela holds a master’s degree in education policy studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Bachelor’s Degree in History from Union College in Schenectady, NY.