Heathcliff & Company, LLC was founded in 2009 to provide expert professional services to individuals and organizations. Our clients have included nonprofit organizations, foundations, and individuals working on important issues such as:
- Children and youth
- Environmental
- Disaster relief
- Education
- Homelessness
- Human relations
- International development
- Museums
- Performing arts
- Philanthropy
- Political reform
- Public policy/advocacy
- Scholarships
- Workforce development
- Zoos
The firm’s principal consultant is John N. Heathcliff who has over thirty years of experience working with a wide variety of clients and projects.
The firm’s founder and Managing Principal is John N. Heathcliff. Since 1989, John has worked with leaders from business, philanthropy, law, entertainment, education, government, and the nonprofit sector to develop and manage a variety of national, state, and local projects. In California, John is a licensed real estate salesperson (DRE #02010007) and a licensed mortgage loan originator (NMLS ID #2696207).
Prior to founding Heathcliff & Company, LLC, John worked for Public Counsel, the nation’s largest pro bono public interest law firm. He worked with managing partners of the world’s largest law firms and general counsel from major corporations, recruited distinguished honorees such as Marian Wright Edelman, Madeleine Albright, Bill Richardson, and William H. Gates, Sr., as well as celebrities including Robin Williams and Jay Leno. He developed partnerships with Microsoft, Best Buy, Intel, and DIRECTV and, working with Northrop Grumman and Safeway, he helped create the Center for Veterans Advancement to assist veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Prior to joining Public Counsel, John was Associate Executive Director for the Los Angeles Region of the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ), formerly known as the National Conference of Christians and Jews, which was the leading provider of human relations training and education for government agencies, businesses, schools, and communities.
John was founding CEO of Workplace Hollywood, a multi-million initiative funded by the entertainment Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, David Geffen, and private foundations to increase workforce diversity.
John served as Executive Vice President of Fulfillment Fund, a nationally recognized model mentoring and scholarship program in Los Angeles, where he oversaw strategic planning, organizational development, fundraising, and external communications.
As Director of Development, Marketing and Public Relations for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, John worked on issues of homelessness, youth delinquency, welfare and poverty. He began his career in the nonprofit sector with the American Red Cross, serving as Director of Corporate Relations and working on disaster relief campaigns.
