About
EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT,
PHILANTHROPY STRATEGY &
ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT
FOUNDED IN 2017 in anticipation of the largest wealth transfer in history, MCW PROJECTS LLC IS AN ADVISORY FIRM SPECIALIZING IN NEXT ERA EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT coaching AND PHILANTHROPIC & ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY FOR LEADERS AND COLLECTIVES WHO WANT TO MAKE AN IMPACT.
Executive Development Coaching
Philanthropic Strategy and Organizational Impact
Advising rising leaders, philanthropists, and family office executives
Advocacy for more engaged leadership in the arts
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Founder Melissa Cowley Wolf is a trusted advisor, coach, strategist, author, speaker, and wellness practitioner who operates at the intersection of executive leadership, organizational impact, and philanthropic strategy—guiding leaders to align purpose, performance, and well-being.
She has 25 years of experience in philanthropy, leadership coaching, and strategic & campaign planning. Melissa has worked on campaigns up to $4 Billion alongside internationally renowned cultural, corporate, and academic leaders, philanthropists, collectors, and artists.
Her unique executive development coaching program incorporates wellness and somatic practices and complements the firm’s broader involvement in strategic planning, board development, organizational strategy, and next gen philanthropic advising. For her work, Melissa was named a Global Innovator Transforming the Art Industry.
Melissa is also the director of the Arts Funders Forum (AFF), an advocacy, media, convening, and research platform designed to increase private support for the arts and develop new models of impact-driven financial support for the cultural sector. AFF’s original research and convening programs are internationally regarded and implemented to upgrade cultural investment practices.
Her work and writing have been profiled in The New York Times, Financial Times, Inside Philanthropy, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Art Newspaper, Artnet News, Museum Magazine (AAM), the International Family Offices Journal, and more. She is a certified yoga, pranayama, and meditation instructor (RYT 200); a member of the World Economic Forum Arts & Culture Global Solidarity Network; a consultant for IPM Advancement and Wolf Management Consultants, LLC; and a frequent international speaker on cultural philanthropy and strategy, individual/organizational wellness, and next gen trends. Melissa has lived, studied, practiced, and worked across the U.S., EU, and Africa.
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