"The Barrow Mansion Development Corporation was awarded a grant from the New Jersey Historic Trust for a New Jersey Historic Trust Site Management project.The board reached out to Donna Ann Harris from Heritage Consulting Inc. and Dr. Emily Cooperman for help in implementing the grant award. The knowledge and expertise they have shared with the Barrow Mansion Development Corporation has proved to be invaluable! We could not have navigated this process without them! I highly recommend them and feel certain anyone who retains their services will be glad they did. They are a joy to work with and will be missed when this project is finished."
"Donna did extensive work for the Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House, of which I am President, and I could not be more satisfied with the results of her work.
Donna has an extensive knowledge of history and planning, and combines that with practical experience in what works. Over the course of the project, Donna provided excellent advice and specific work plans. She spent a considerable amount of time learning about the organization, its role in the community, mission, and background. Based on that, she developed custom reports, recommendations, and programs. Her recommendations are detailed, specific, and thoughtful.
Donna also took the time to train our core volunteers so they would be more effective and welcoming to our visitors. Her recommendations were practical, immediately useful, and made for a better experience both for everyone involved.
Her written work products are invariably outstanding, not just showing the results of her work, but presenting the research that goes into her work.
I can't recommend her highly enough!"
“Donna helped us in the planning stages and also facilitated our two day workshop for the directors of open and accessible Frank Lloyd Wright sites across the country. Because of her broad experience in many different roles in the preservation field she understood well the diversity of experiences offered by house museums, both large and small, as well as the concerns of historic sites with broader missions. Throughout she kept the discussions focused, useful and lively."