Meet the Team...

We are a dedicated and enthusiastic team, with over three decades of experience in the “art and science” of peer-to-peer fundraising.

Our sole focus is to make sure every cause harnesses the power and potential of peer-to-peer fundraising.

Our History

Our founder, Jillian, always had an entrepreneurial spirit. As a child she would pick wild onions in the forest and sell them door to door to the neighbours.

After a couple of years working in fundraising, she became passionate about peer-to-peer. And in 2014 her inner entrepreneur came knocking on the door, so she started her own business, Peerworks Consulting, based in The Netherlands. A foreign country with new markets.

Since then, we’ve been helping non-profit agencies by creating more opportunities to inspire and empower people all over the world to raise funds and awareness for the causes they are passionate about.

Nothing great was achieved without enthusiasm.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Jillian. Consultant & CEO.

For me, the most exciting thing about peer-to-peer fundraising is the power of live events. No other style of fundraising comes close to what a peer-to-peer fundraiser can do for connecting people. Years ago, when living in Chicago I wanted to make a difference, so I signed up to the AIDS Rides. It moved me so much that I decided to make fundraising events my career and started working for Pallotta, the creator of AIDS Rides. In the two years I was with them, we raised a record-breaking $115 million for charity. After that, former colleagues of mine invited me to join them at the start-up Event 360 in 2003. I jumped at the opportunity and found myself surrounded by the brightest in the business, challenging each other to investigate, innovate and inspire. After 9 years with them I spread my wings to Europe, working for Emolife Events & Consultancy in the Netherlands, training their staff in the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy to optimise the revenue and impact of their events.

But I’ve always had an entrepreneurial spirit, even as a child I would pick wild onions in the forest and sell them door to door to our neighbours. And in 2014 my inner entrepreneur came knocking on the door, so I started my own business in a foreign country with new markets. Although I studied a management and business degree, I knew it would be hard but I wanted the challenge because that is how I grow. It also felt like a moral obligation to spread the success peer-to-peer fundraising can bring. This was the beginning of Peerworks Consulting, which specialises in enhancing peer-to-peer fundraising events and online campaigns, to create more opportunity for everyone in the world to get involve and raise money for the causes they are passionate about.

For myself, I experienced how empowering peer-to-peer fundraising can be on a personal level, as my father passed away from a rare lung disease in 2006. Ever since, I have become passionate about lung health and clear air, and have personally raised over $20,000 by running, cycling and mountain climbing. More recently, I travelled to India where the poverty problem alongside the pollution problem had a deep impact on me. I realised that everything is related to the health of the environment, prompting me in my own life to look at how I can avoid consuming plastics. In the end my firm belief is that by supporting charities, things like diseases, poverty or environmental causes, can become a thing of the past.

Lastly, a point worth mentioning is the struggle all charities are up against: being forced to keep their overheads low. This means they are limited to invest, limited to hire competitive talent and therefore limited to grow. We need to re-think how charities should spend their money to best fulfil their mission.

Paola. Consultant & CTO.

Watching people push their own boundaries by taking part in a peer-to-peer fundraiser is amazing. It moves me to see them go from feeling nervous at the beginning, to the day of the event where everyone is full of excitement and energy. What I also find amazing is how empowering peer-to-peer fundraising is, as it brings people together who are often grieving due to the cause and they get to connect with people who feel the same and are able to make a difference.

My first contact with charities was in Jordan, where I was creating opportunities for interns with charities that were set up there, for the international student organisation AIESEC. Getting to know these charities and organisations and learning about their mission left a deep impression on me. Although I studied law and love the details and dependency of it, it didn’t take long before my passion for good causes took over. I think it’s important to push yourself. I like to go on long arduous hiking holidays without training. Because in the process you get stronger, pushing yourself further, one step at a time. That’s how it feels to work on a tough project, but you feel so proud at the end.

After Jordan, I worked at Alvarum in Paris, a peer-to-peer fundraising platform. There I worked in business development as well as event management. Together with my team, we developed several fundraising events and programs such as the Course des Héros, a multi-charity walk that raised more than €2 million in 2013. Whereas in the spring of 2015, I began working at Peerworks Consulting. I strongly believe all charities deserve the opportunity to discover the power of peer-to-peer fundraising. At Peerworks Consulting we make this happen.

There are three main pillars in terms of causes I am personally passionate about. One is cancer, as I have an aunt who unfortunately passed away due to this, and as I took care of her at the end, I saw what a painful disease it is. The second are charities working with children in Ecuador, as I am half Ecuadorian. The third is farm animals. I’m crazy about them especially goats and cows! I went to a farm for my 32nd birthday and a goat ate a chunk out of my hair, but I still love them.

Meet the Team...

We are a dedicated and enthusiastic team, with over three decades of experience in the “art and science” of peer-to-peer fundraising.

Our sole focus is to make sure every cause harnesses the power and potential of peer-to-peer fundraising.

Our History

Jillian. Consultant & CEO.

Paola. Consultant & CTO.

Keiron. Consultant & COO.

Ili. Program Manager.

Valentina. Business Development Manager.

Benny. Chief Networker.