Honesty
We provide clear, objective assessments that reflect financial reality.
Finance in Service of the Mission
Our approach is grounded in four commitments.
Clarity
We make complex information understandable and useful to the people making decisions.
Alignment
We connect financial choices to each organization’s mission, priorities, and constraints.
Utility
We build practical tools and recommendations that teams can put to work.
Our people
Zach Grafe
Principal
Zach Grafe leverages two decades of experience to empower nonprofits, social enterprises, and funders with financial clarity. Passionate about helping mission-driven leaders succeed, he provides education and consulting to enhance strategic decision-making and improve financial communication. Zach’s expertise in cost analysis, financial modeling, and best practices has consistently enabled organizations to implement effective financial strategies and thrive.
A Summa Cum Laude graduate of Texas A&M University, Zach began his career as a data specialist and investment analyst with organizations like ACCION International and New Mexico Community Capital. Fluent in Spanish, Zach enjoys connecting across cultures and spends his time in Albuquerque with his wife and four children, playing soccer, admiring hot air balloons, and eating green chiles on everything.
Trevor Ice
Partner
Trevor Ice brings over a decade of executive leadership experience within impact organizations, including his most recent role as a Chief Financial Officer of a tech development nonprofit. A former commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps, Trevor is skilled at aligning strategy and advocating for programmatic reform, focusing on providing financial direction tailored to organizational needs. Trevor values simplicity and quality in his work to deliver long-term stability.
Based in South Seattle, he balances his professional life with spending time with his wife and their five children, hiking and running (often muddy) Pacific Northwest trails.
Mische Kang
Director of Learning
Mische Kang brings expertise in learning design, strategy, and communication to help mission-driven organizations make complex ideas clear, engaging, and useful. As Director of Learning at Grafe Consulting, she develops learning experiences that make strategic finance more accessible and actionable for nonprofit leaders, funders, and their teams. Her work spans learning strategy, curricula, workshops, and digital experiences, all shaped by a human-centered understanding of how people learn.
Mische holds a master’s degree in Education from Stanford University, where she studied learning design at the d.school, and a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Wellesley College.