Phyllis Evans Venable is the CEO of Silhouette Consulting Group, a San Pedro,
California based consulting firm specializing in business development and nonprofit
capacity-building. She established Silhouette Consulting in 2007 after serving 18
years as Manager of Neighborhood Development and Business Development for the
City of Long Beach, California.
During her 30+ year career in the public sector, Venable held various city and state
management positions, including Public Information Director for the State of Kansas
Energy Office and Community Development Administrator for the cities of
Leavenworth, Kansas and Torrance, California. A graduate of University of Kansas
(KU), she attended KU Law School and qualifies as an Economic Development
Finance Professional (EDFP), certified through the National Development Council.
Venable is active in community and civic affairs, currently serving the following
nonprofit organizations:
Sister Cities of Long Beach, Inc. – President
Sister Cities International - Kenya Country Team Member
Tom Bradley Legacy Foundation at UCLA (Los Angeles) - Secretary
Angels Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro, CA) – Board of Directors
Speak-Up Empowerment Foundation (Long Beach, CA) – Board of Directors
Past and present clients of Silhouette Consulting Group include State of California
Housing & Community Development (HCD); Common Cause International; Carl
Lewis Foundation; and United Prison Ministries International. As project manager of
a venture funded by the Gates Foundation’s African Urban Poverty Alleviation
Program (AUPAP), Venable established a citizen stakeholder’s committee in
Mombasa, Kenya and implemented projects that provided medical equipment and
supplies to 19 public health clinics, replaced a destroyed paramedic unit, and
delivered a portable water purification system for no-cost access to clean drinking
water. Through her efforts, the original program grant was leveraged 20 to 1.