As part of Heller’s Microsoft and Blackbaud practices, Venta specializes in optimizing how organizations use their databases, with a focus on building reporting and processes that support confident decision‑making and sustainable operations.
Venta Cantwell partners with nonprofit organizations to strengthen fundraising and engagement through the effective use of data and technology. Her work focuses on helping teams get meaningful, actionable value from their CRM systems by improving data clarity, reporting consistency, and overall system usability.
With a background spanning fundraising leadership, development operations, and data strategy, Venta brings a practitioner's perspective to her consulting work. She has led major gifts and annual fund programs, launched capital campaigns, and overseen analytics and reporting functions—experience that informs her ability to align systems and data with real‑world organizational needs.
Outside of her consulting work, Venta is involved in a summer cultural camp for children of Latvian descent and enjoys spending time with her family—appreciating more each year how quickly that time seems to pass.
