“When our Board set forth the need to complete a strategic plan by spring 2018, I was reasonably panicked! I was in my first year as Head of School, and moving into such a process with the requisite research and data gathering was daunting – until we chose GideonStone to facilitate and guide us. Michelle and Ric enabled us to look at our school critically and thoughtfully, and their experience and knowledge were invaluable. They tailored the process to our school, our mission and our people, and they guided us with a gentle, deft hand. Michelle has the uncanny ability to see through the façade and get to the heart of the matter, and both Ric and Michelle are unquestioningly professional. Everything that they do is grounded by their own faith and sense of integrity. They are research and data driven, but faithfully inspired with the right words at the right time. We have completed our strategic plan, but I will keep the GideonStone team on speed dial. They are the perfect partners!”

Carmen Garrett Armistead
Head of School
St. Pius X High School
Houston, Texas

“We worked closely with GideonStone as we developed our strategic plan. We found the experience to be collaborative, data-focused, research-based and always delivered on time. We found it very valuable that Michelle could facilitate across multiple constituent groups and has a vast knowledge of operations including marketing, administration, recruiting and accreditation. Our project was customized and not a cookie-cutter approach, which is exactly what we wanted. We have received great feedback from all families, administrators and board members who have interacted with GideonStone. We plan to continue to use the firm in various capacities as we work on specific aspects of the school’s operations.”

Matt Schicke
Past Chair, Board of Directors, The Regis School of the Sacred Heart
Head of U.S. Coal, Noble Group

“I have worked with hundreds of different people over the course of 25 years serving nonprofit organizations, but rarely have I had the opportunity to collaborate with a person of Michelle’s caliber. She is highly experienced and the consummate professional. She has a bright intelligence that allows her to draw from one situation and apply it nimbly to the next. She thinks across the organization, rather than in a silo. She is an exceptional writer and communicator. She is a servant leader, but is also able to stand in front when needed. She is candid – in a manner that is both direct and gentle at once. She is beloved by those who work with her and for her. She throws herself into her work and delivers more than is required, and more quickly than expected. Perhaps most important of all, she is a Christian with impeccable integrity who is also one of the most innately joyful and positive people I’ve met in many years. She is a gift to any and every organization she touches.”

Kimberly Sterling
Founder and President, Sterling Associates

“Dr. Morris has in-depth knowledge of higher education and not-for-profits that would be beneficial to any president looking to construct a strategic plan.”

Dr. William W. Blocker
President, College of Biblical Studies
Houston, Texas

“Dr. Morris came alongside our Board at the College of Biblical Studies at the beginning of a critical transition time for us. Her leadership  and communication giftedness enabled the entire Board, and  especially the Board Executive Committee, to “gel” as a group as  never before. CBS is diverse, ethnically and culturally, and Dr.  Morris’ character and integrity were felt by all. Old hurts were put away as she enabled us to move ahead with formulating and communicating a renewed vision statement and transition in a new president. Dr. Morris worked directly with our new president as he settled  in and as we progressed to the next phase of our planning and  accreditation efforts. She possesses a serving heart and  outstanding people skills, and she is competent and diligent. I thank God she was available to us in our time of need.”

Beverly Lindgren, CPA
Member, Board of Trustees
Former Treasurer and Former Member, Executive Committee of the College of Biblical Studies

“It has been my pleasure to work with Dr. Michelle Morris for several years in an executive leadership capacity, where she played a key role in development of our strategic planning at Abilene Christian University. She is an expert at crafting institutional messaging and working through branding and re-branding issues. She developed effective communication strategies for enrollment and for fundraising, and interacted effectively with our board. In addition, I appreciate the impressive way she led us through large events and capably managed the occasional campus crisis.”

Dr. Royce Money, Chancellor Abilene Christian University

“At the Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation, we have worked with Michelle on countless projects – proposals for large gifts, various reports and high-level communication with community and hospital leaders. There is nothing she can’t do, and the quality of her work is superb. Her work receives compliments from across our organization. Moreover, she is a joy to work with personally. She is truly the consummate professional.”

Susan Coulter, J.D.
Executive Director
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation
Houston, Texas

“The IHFC Earth’s Angels program, committed to reaching today’s teen girls and young adult women, needed someone who could share the passion of our mission and help us move toward that our goals. We found Michelle Morris of GideonStone. Michelle’s attention to detail, commitment to excellence and willingness to see what an organization is and can become have assisted IHFC Earth’s Angels with obtaining sustainable growth. God is, without question, using the work of GideonStone to His glory. I am thankful for and humbled by the relationship that Michelle and I have forged during our labor together as sisters. Through her leadership, our organization has grown its advisory board, built sustainable funding and cast a clear and precise vision.”

Kathy Burrell
Founder, President
IHFC Earth’s Angels