Prassede Calabi, PhD, is Principal and Owner of MindFire and Black Cat Consulting, and works out of the Boston (MA) area. For nearly 25 years, she has successfully developed, written, collaborated, and consulted on funded grants, including National Science Foundation grants for $1.4M, $2.6M, and $5M. She has taught numerous academic and professional workshops, served on funding committees, advisory boards, review and editorial boards; and has developed / led research and work teams of up to 45 people. In addition, she has taught at College of the Atlantic, Boston University, and Harvard University Continuing Education. She is the author of 2 dozen peer-review and other articles, and of the four-volume text Ecology: A Systems Approach.

Being first generation Swiss-Italian, and having lived abroad (Madagascar, Kenya, Australia, Costa Rica) she is particularly attuned to cultural subtlety and nuance.

She has degrees from Yale, the University of Chicago, and Boston University.

Past and Present Clients Include

• Harvard University
• DCR Health
• Lamont Doherty Observatory, Columbia University
• Franklin Park Zoo, ZNE
• Bolt, Beraneck, and Newman