Tripi Consulting partners with the very best writers, designers, list service providers, printers, lettershops and service bureaus to get your job done right, on time, every time.
Amy Tripi – President
Amy Tripi has been helping non-profits raise funds for nearly 25 years. Amy wrote her first direct mail piece while serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras, and since then has dedicated her professional life to direct marketing fundraising, working with many international, national, and local non-profits. Amy recently completed eight years of service as a member of the Board of Directors of the Direct Marketing Fundraisers Association (DMFA), an alliance of more than 400 non-profit organizations, consultants, and industry suppliers. She served as DMFA’s President from 2002-2003. Amy co-chairs the Direct Response Track of Fundraising Day in New York, America’s largest one-day conference on philanthropy. She served on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Unison Arts Center in New Paltz, NY from 2010-2011. She frequently writes articles and speaks at workshops and seminars about direct marketing fundraising.
Susan Sena – Senior Account Manager
Prior to joining Tripi Consulting in 2007, Sue worked for 15 years as a fund-raising and communications executive in the non-profit sector. Ten of those years were spent as the Director of Individual Giving and Communications for Fountain House and the Development and Communications Manager for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). She also served as the Associate Director of Major Gifts for Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Early in her career she managed a diverse team of youth volunteers with the inaugural NJ Youth Corps/AmeriCorps program. In 2002, Sue and a group of New York City activists founded the award-winning, non-profit organization Swish, which creates opportunities for straight allies to make a difference in the global LGBT rights movement. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Swish and the Communications Committee of the NYC Anti-Violence Project. She is a member of DMFA, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Women in Financial Development NY, and the Non-Profit Technology Network, and is a graduate of the leadership training and development programs of Landmark Education.
Rayna Puglisi Clarke – Executive Assistant
As the newest member of the Tripi Consulting team, Rayna brings a deep commitment to helping her fellow citizens. She has gutted and rebuilt homes after Hurricane Katrina, interned with Planned Parenthood of the Mid-Hudson Valley, and taught English at a public school in Costa Rica. She graduated magna cum laude from Wheaton College in Massachusetts, where she was also a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.
Arvin Concepcion – Graphic Designer
Arvin Concepcion is a print and web graphic design consultant with more than 10 years of experience producing creative work, mostly for non-profits. His clients include Rehabilitation International, Interschool Orchestras of New York, and the Children of Armenia Fund, among others. He has collaborated with Tripi Consulting on numerous direct mail projects for Helen Keller International, The Legal Aid Society, PCI Media Impact, CUCS, SAGE, and Project Renewal. He is currently Web Development Manager for the Montefiore Medical Center Marketing Department, where he has consistently designed print pieces that have won awards, including two Golds from the healthcare industry’s Aster Awards. In addition to print, Arvin also specializes in multimedia development for the web.