Biography
Betsy Rosenblatt Rosso is a writer, editor, and communications consultant. Betsy started her first business at age eight when she wrote and published a neighborhood newspaper and sold it door to door. Now Betsy writes and edits websites, newsletters, annual reports, and other materials for nonprofits to help them tell the stories of their outstanding and transformative work. Betsy also leads workshops for nonprofits on a variety of communications-related topics and serves as interim communications director while organizations search for permanant staff.

Before launching her communications consulting practice, Betsy served as the communications officer for the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation in Washington, DC. Betsy wrote and edited Meyer's monthly e-newsletter as well as its award-winning annual reports and website. Prior to that, Betsy served as senior editor for BoardSource, where she edited the periodical Board Member, wrote articles for Foundation News & Commentary, and edited publications. She is the author of the BoardSource publication The Art of the Story, a compilation of educational case studies about nonprofit boards of directors. While at BoardSource, Betsy served as a contributing editor for CompassPoint Nonprofit Services’ e-newsletter Board Café.

Betsy has volunteered with nonprofits since before she was old enough to hold a job. She has served as a candy striper, a literacy tutor for adults, a fundraising walker for diabetes and AIDS, a construction worker for Habitat for Humanity, an appointment and referral maker for the Arlington Free Clinic, a dinner server and toiletry distributor for the Arlington Street People's Assistance Network, among other adventurous activities. Betsy served as a mentor for the Higher Achievement Program in Washington, DC, where she taught literature to sixth-graders attending DC Public Schools. Previously, Betsy served on the board of the Arlington Street People's Assistance Network and on the steering committee of the DC chapter of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy. Currently Betsy volunteers as a writing coach with the Posse Foundation.

Betsy Rosenblatt Rosso | 703 920 5271 | betsy@betsyrosso.com