Meet the Team
Janet Hansel, M.P.A.
Founder and Managing Consultant
Contact: Janet@GrantStConsulting.com
Janet Hansel brings more than three decades of experience in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors to her role as Founder and Managing Consultant of Grant Street Consulting, LLC. Her work sits at the intersection of strategy, evaluation, facilitation, and learning, helping mission-driven organizations navigate complexity, strengthen partnerships, and translate insight into action.
Janet specializes in Ripple Effects Mapping (REM) and other participatory, qualitative approaches to evaluation and strategic planning. Her practice integrates storytelling, appreciative inquiry, and systems thinking to surface meaningful outcomes, deepen shared understanding, and support adaptive decision-making.
Prior to founding Grant Street Consulting, Janet served for 15 years as Chief Impact Officer at the Community Foundation of Tompkins County, where she led grantmaking, impact reporting, community engagement, and collective impact initiatives. She advised the Board on grantmaking strategy and learning, and played a key role in strengthening nonprofit capacity and advancing multi-sector collaboration.
Throughout her career, Janet has been a strong advocate for building social capital, particularly for organizations and communities with limited access to it, and for the role funders play as culture creators in the philanthropic ecosystem. Her consulting clients include community foundations, private foundations, higher education institutions, nonprofit organizations, and international entities.
Janet holds a Master of Public Administration with a concentration in nonprofit administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and a Bachelor of Science in Social Work from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
She is based in Tucson, Arizona, where she enjoys the beautiful Catalina Mountains.
Greg Foster, JD
Senior Consultant - Strategic Planning & Philanthropic Partnerships
Contact: Greg@GrantStConsulting.com
Greg Foster is a senior strategist and consultant with a three-decade career spanning strategic planning, institutional philanthropy, public–private partnership, legal advocacy, entrepreneurship, and organizational leadership. At Grant Street Consulting, Greg supports and deepens the firm’s strategic planning and program development work while expanding its capacity to help organizations align strong strategies with foundation funding opportunities.
Most recently, Greg served as Senior Director of Development for Foundation Relations at the University of Arizona, where he led a team of fundraisers seeking support from private foundations for faculty, research, programs, and projects at the University of Arizona. The foundation relations team supported campus partners in securing numerous multi-million dollar grants from a wide range of regional and national funders. Funding supports organizations and projects focused on community resilience, astronomy, workforce development, health care, climate, agriculture and other University of Arizona priority areas.
For twenty years Greg practiced law as a trial attorney and law firm partner, serving as lead counsel in complex criminal and civil matters. This work shaped a commitment to justice, equity, and effective advocacy, and continues to inform his approach to strategy, risk, and decision-making.
In parallel, Greg founded and led FC Tucson and Major League Soccer Preseason in Tucson, establishing a nationally recognized public–private partnership with Pima County, the City of Tucson, and private sector organizations. This work produced lasting economic impact and infrastructure development and continues to inform his approach to systems change, cross-sector collaboration, and place-based strategic planning.
Greg has also served as Interim Executive Director of Cornell Career Services, a senior leadership role supporting institutional strategy and stakeholder engagement at Cornell University.
Greg received his Juris Doctor from Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, and his Bachelor's Degree in New Venture Initiation and Real Estate from University of Arizona.
At Grant Street Consulting, Greg works alongside clients and colleagues to strengthen strategic planning, clarify priorities in complex systems, and design programs that are both mission-driven and fundable.
Anna Sims Bartel Ph.D.
Consultant
Dr. Anna Sims Bartel brings 20 years of experience in higher education leadership and six in nonprofit consulting, all with a focus on democratically-engaged assessment; partnership development; network-weaving; institution-building; and engaged learning systems. Her work centers on weaving together learning, culture and action to make higher education, humanities, and public work more useful in the world. She is focused on building capacity in the public sector, institutionalizing civic values, and growing stronger generations of leaders; she has built centers and programs within and across sectors; designed and lead strategic planning and implementation processes; and undertaken comprehensive and collaborative initiatives for program, coalition, and institutional development. Her facilitation is anti-supremacist and centers human relationship, drawing from a range of approaches including Liberating Structures, Art of Hosting, Circles of Trust, and Story Circles.
Once described as “part administrator, part academic, and part activist,” Dr. Bartel earned her Ph.D. from Cornell University and her B.A. from Princeton, both in Comparative Literature.
Dr. Bartel is also a published poet, organic gardener, and ecosystem steward; she belongs to a 72-acre forest of the Northern Allegheny Plateau.
Amanda Barrett Wittman, Ph.D.
Consultant
As the kid of academics, I grew up in an environment where reading was the best way to get time alone and data could get me out of trouble. From that, my entire career has been about data-driven storytelling. Today, I am a learning design and evaluation expert who creates innovative curricula, designs program assessments, analyzes data and communicates findings to affect social change.
As a 20-year veteran of higher education and nonprofits, I have come to believe that wide and inclusive research design demands that we utilize non-colonial methodologies and facilitative leadership styles. I am especially excited about the possibilities of Ripple Effect Mapping for helping us answer questions like: How does my organization make meaning out of data? How might we leverage evaluation and strategic thinking to tell new and previously invisible stories? How do we remain asset-based and future-focused? These questions excite me and the organizations I work with.
My scholarly work examines the (im)possibilities of radical change agendas in organizations. Learnings about how change happens deepens my own facilitation and partnership work, and this perspective colors my consulting. We will learn together about the interactions of systems and individuals, action and inertia.
Dr. Wittman received her Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in political science and international relations.
Sophia Cotraccia B.A.
Consulting Associate
As a Consulting Associate at Grant Street Consulting, I leverage my diverse background in humanities and management to deliver comprehensive analysis that drives client success. Drawing from my experience overseeing teams and projects, I provide strategic insights using mapping techniques to visually organize and analyze data.
I am a graduate of Oberlin College and Conservatory, where I developed expertise in storytelling, data visualization, and navigating complex topics with an analytical mindset. My academic focus on global religious traditions honed my ability to synthesize diverse perspectives and approach challenges with nuance – skills that prove invaluable in our client engagements.
My leadership experience also supports two Philadelphia-based percussion ensembles, where I provide musical leadership, support audience engagement initiatives and foster an inclusive environment. This combination of artistic discipline and team leadership enhances my collaborative approach at Grant Street Consulting.
With a unique blend of humanities expertise, management experience, and technical proficiency, I am excited to continue supporting the innovative work of Grant Street Consulting.
Sidhya Peddinti
Consulting Associate
As a student in my final year at Cornell University, I am pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Information Science, double concentrating in Data Science and Interactive Technologies, with a minor in Business, while completing courses for my Master's in Information Science as an early-credit admit. Hailing from Plano, Texas, I have always been driven by a curiosity to understand and solve complex problems through technology. At Cornell, I am involved in an AI-based research lab, engineering project teams, and the Milstein Program for Technology and Humanity. As a patent holder and aspiring data scientist, my passions revolve around leveraging data to drive innovation and enhance client experiences.
I am thrilled to join Grant Street Consulting as a Consulting Associate, where I aim to expand my skill set to include Ripple Effects Mapping. At GSC, I am eager to bring my unique blend of analytical and creative talents to support their mission of empowering community organizations and nonprofits.
Carter Koranda
Consulting Associate
Carter Koranda is a Consulting Associate with Grant Street Consulting, supporting evaluation, mapping, and qualitative analysis for select client engagements. He brings a strong foundation in business economics, client relationship management, and collaborative project support.
Carter contributes to Ripple Effects Mapping (REM), strategic planning, and other participatory learning processes, providing facilitation support, visual mapping, synthesis, and follow-up analysis. His work helps translate stakeholder input into clear themes, strategic insights, and practical considerations that inform planning and decision-making. He supports Grant Street Consulting’s commitment to thoughtful storytelling, actionable insight, and respectful engagement with diverse stakeholders.
In addition to his consulting work, Carter is employed full-time as a Financial Advisor, bringing analytical expertise and a client-focused perspective to his project-based work with Grant Street Consulting.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Economics from the University of Arizona.
Why “Grant Street?”
I grew up on Grant Street in Utica, NY during the 70’s and early 80’s. Utica’s economy was suffering and the city was shrinking like many rustbelt cities of that era. My neighborhood was predominantly lower to middle income, and my neighbors and friends at school came from across the socio-economic spectrum. My mother worked with Southeast Asian refugees and my father was in the clergy, serving an economically diverse faith community. Creating environments where new and unexpected relationships could flourish was one of my parents’ many superpowers.
Inspired by my childhood experiences and my parents’ legacy, I have had the honor of developing and growing grant opportunities for many communities over the last two decades. At Grant Street Consulting, we’re excited to hear your stories, and to support the important work of building philanthropy and making an impact in your community.
“Janet Hansel is able to draw out the strengths and expertise of the people she works with, allowing them to arrive at strong, locally workable solutions. As an evaluation consultant, she engages her expertise with the REM process and her organizational experience to help clients use evaluation as a learning tool and a means to foster reflection among staff.”
Ann W. Martin
Former Associate Dean of the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations