What We Do

Nonprofit Consulting From People Who’ve Been There

At Horizon Lines, we know how important it is to understand the situational nuances of your institution as well as the personalities involved in it. That’s why we don’t offer canned solutions or pretend that we have every answer in our pocket. Our advice is only useful if it solves problems and makes your institution stronger. At Horizon Lines, we maintain an active rolodex of colleagues whose expertise and experience we can draw on, allowing us to assemble a custom team to tackle each individual challenge. Let us pull together the right team for the horizon in front of you.

  • "Christian Cotz is a leader with the rare combination of confidence, curiosity, and creativity. He leads by example and has an inner drive that brings out the best in a team. Our collaboration resulted in an award-winning exhibit that is the highlight of my 30+ years in the industry." 

    — Chris Danemayer, Principal, Proun Design, LLC

  • "Christian Cotz brings a thoughtful yet bold approach to nonprofit management, based on the mission and values of the organization.  Clients will appreciate his innovative approaches to achieving goals and serving the public, while working to ensure financial sustainability and effective planning."

    — Max van Balgooy, President, Engaging Places LLC

  • “Christian Cotz is an outstanding non-profit executive with a proven ability to both consider and deliver on a broad strategic level and to manage the details of program and logistics operations, staff development and budgetary management.”

    — Gene Policinski, Retired President and COO, Freedom Forum Institute

  • “I had the pleasure of working with Christian Cotz over the past several years. He is a skilled project manager exceptional at organization and a forward thinking leader.”

    — Kenneth Turino, Manager of Community Partnerships and Resource Development at Historic New England

  • “Christian Cotz is a smart, pragmatic leader with the ability to see problems, fix them, and focus on the important results non-profits need today.”

    — Elizabeth Chew, VP of Museum Programs, James Madison’s Montpelier

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