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 and Integrated Planning
We help you imagine the future and create plans for growth. We are partners in laying the foundation for your success: bringing together new voices, uncovering innovative ideas and solutions, and delivering actionable insights to take your organization to new heights.
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.
Leadership
Organizational & Culture Assessments, Interim Staffing
We are expert advisors and compassionate mentors, offering virtual and on-site services to help strengthen your organizational structure, processes, and team dynamics. We are passionate about ensuring that established and emerging leaders alike have the tools and resources to flourish.
Executive Search
We find the ideal leadership fit for your team, your vision, and your path forward. With an unparalleled knowledge of the field and unique insights into the demands of cultural institutions, we have the right expertise and network to place the person best poised for success.
Insights
AMLAZ Spotlight: Meet Yasmine Gaudin
Meet Yasmine Gaudin: Assistant Supervisor of Day Camps & Family Programs at the Phoenix Zoo and one of Canopy’s sponsored participants in the 2026 Advancing Minority Leadership in Aquariums & Zoos Program.
The Benchmarking Trap: Why Cultural Organizations Need to Experiment More
Benchmarking is incredibly useful in business and strategic planning, but there’s a downside that doesn’t get talked about much. When the industry’s comfort zone shrinks, caution turns into conformity and safety turns into sameness. A level of risk is necessary if cultural organizations want to survive — and that means experimenting beyond the benchmark.
AMLAZ Spotlight: Meet Cherie Dumas Nobles
Meet Cherie Dumas Nobles: Research Program Manager at the Audubon Nature Institute and one of Canopy’s sponsored participants in the 2026 Advancing Minority Leadership in Aquariums & Zoos Program.
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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