NEXT is a program of Academic and Community Engagement (ACE) and is an integral part of the ACE ecosystem of community engagement programs. The mission of NEXT is to engage consulting teams of students, faculty, staff, and community members in working towards a vibrant, solution-oriented, sustainable non-profit sector across the Capital Region by providing business, operations, and program consulting services to community-based nonprofits. The NEXT program will develop highly engaged consulting teams of Siena students, faculty, and administrators to support non-profit development that emphasizes innovation, consolidation, and solution-oriented collaboration. Consulting services that NEXT may provide include board function, financial systems, HR, marketing and strategic communications, shared services and mergers, and impact measurements.