Advance Your Mission & Reach New Heights with Canopy Strategic Partners

We’re Canopy—a full-service planning and consulting firm dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations, including zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, conservation organizations, and other public green spaces, create a better future for the planet.

We are champions of leaders, community builders, and collaborative experts.

What We Do

Planning

Strategic Planning, Master Planning, Conservation Planning

We create plans for growth. We’re partners in laying the foundation for the success of your entire organization, helping you imagine the future, and delivering actionable insights to reach new heights.

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Leadership

Executive Search, Succession Planning, Diversity Strategy

Success demands visionary leadership. We are expert advisors, skilled recruiters, and compassionate mentors with 20 years of proven experience helping organizations identify exceptional talent capable of taking their mission to the next level.

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Economics

Business Planning, Feasibility Study, Market Analysis, & Economic Impact Research

We work to balance your mission with your margin. By leveraging proprietary industry data, we develop comprehensive financial models, feasibility studies, and expert operational and market analyses to provide you with the data and direction you need to achieve sustainable, long-term growth.

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Insights

Living Up to Your Mission: The Living Building Challenge

Living Up to Your Mission: The Living Building Challenge

As mission-driven organizations, we talk a lot about sustainability and ‘green’ buildings, but are we really up for a challenge? Unlike other building certifications, the Living Building Challenge doesn’t stop at energy efficiency. It demands sustainability from the ground up, generating surplus energy and benefiting communities and environments in extraordinary ways.

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Trends in People & Culture

Trends in People & Culture

Canopy was honored to present an invited keynote address at the WAZA 78th annual conference in San Diego. Vice President Lori Perkins and Senior Consultant Jackie Ogden, PhD, were joined by Kyle Lundby, PhD, of Global Aspect Human Capital Advisors in a presentation titled “Trends in People and Culture: What the Research Tells Us.” The WAZA conference offered a wonderful opportunity for networking and social connection, and we were fortunate to be able to connect with partners, colleagues, clients, and friends throughout the week.

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Central Florida Zoo master plan

Case Study

The Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens new CEO desired to conduct an integrated planning process to build on the organization’s 100 year history of success. Despite two damaging hurricanes interrupting the project, we’re pleased to say we delivered a bold vision plus financial sustainability for the Zoo and Gardens, its team, and community. 

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