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Gabby Maybelle Consulting
When you know what your community needs, but the funding, capacity, or plan isn't there yet.
I work with Indigenous organizations and non-profits at turning points. The ones with big goals, but real gaps in funding, in staff, in structure, and who need someone who can look at the whole picture and help build what's missing. I bring fund development, program building, strategic planning, public relations, and communications together in one place, so you're not managing multiple consultants to solve one problem.
What I Do
Fund Development
I research and identify funding that fits where your organization is actually headed, then write the grants to bring it in. The work is targeted and strategic, built around your priorities and what funders in your space are looking to support.
Program Development
​I take an idea from concept to launch. That means putting the plan on paper, securing the funding, filling the roles, and seeing it through to a running program.
Strategic Planning
When an organization is at a turning point and can’t see the path forward clearly, I come in and help map it. That might mean identifying revenue gaps, restructuring how capacity is used, or bringing enough outside perspective to see what’s been hard to name from the inside.
PR & Communications
​I help organizations communicate clearly and with intention, whether that means building long-term communications capacity, supporting community engagement, or navigating something urgent or sensitive when it comes up.
What That Looks Like
At a previous organization, I tripled the revenue within three years, grew the team, and built three entirely new departments. That happened because I came in, looked at what was possible, and built toward it systematically.
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I understand the world that Indigenous organizations and non-profits operate in. The funding and capacity constraints and complexity of communities. That understanding shapes everything about how I work.
About Gabby
I am Gabby Hillis, an Indigenous woman with over 20 years of experience in leadership, and a lifelong commitment to serving Indigenous children, youth, families, and Elders. That commitment has been the thread running through everything I’ve done, across business and non-profit sectors, across communities throughout British Columbia, and across every role I’ve held. The organization is the client. The community is always the reason.​
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My own experiences have shaped a deeply empathetic, resilient, and grounded approach to this work. I understand the world Indigenous organizations and non-profits operate in, not just professionally but personally, and I bring a trauma-informed lens to every engagement. That understanding, combined with a background in psychology and two decades of hands-on leadership, informs how I work with people, how I think about organizations, and how I help them move forward.
​My career has included Indigenous organizations delivering infant and child development, youth, housing, Elders, and women’s programs, as well as Truth and Reconciliation engagements that took me into communities across the province. Board and committee experience in fund development, finance, and Indigenous advisory roles has deepened my understanding of how organizations grow, govern, and sustain themselves. I’ve seen the gaps firsthand, I know what works and what doesn’t, and I’ve spent my career being creative and innovative in filling those gaps. I am also a highly persuasive communicator, in the grants I write and in building the leadership buy-in that makes programs happen.