About Magpie

Magpie Consulting LLC was founded by Deborah McAtee in 2007. Deborah is a native Montanan and received a master’s degree in mathematics from Montana State University. Since then, she has developed property in Big Sky, where she learned to write covenants and by-laws, and was senior editor at Bandersnatch Research, an online publisher covering the energy industry from oil wells to methane hydrates. She homeschooled four children through graduation and developed their history curriculum. After organizing so many different kinds of information. Deborah realized that she loved gathering and organizing information of any kind and founded Magpie Consulting as a way to gain access to more unorganized information. She enjoys helping businesses and nonprofits achieve their goals.

Deborah’s training and education includes:

Certified Lead Auditor for ISO-9001 Quality Management Systems
Certified Mediator
Continuing legal education in Montana employment law

For more information, see her profile on LinkedIn.

Magpie has been such a benefit to Thrive over the past couple of years! They have reduced paid staff time on newsletters enabling our staff to work more on providing direct services to children and families. They have helped us establish more of a professional presence in our materials. Connecting with people is at the heart of Thrive’s mission and Magpie has enabled us to do that through writing. Magpie communicates our mission more clearly, concisely and accurately to our donors, volunteers, and participants. This communication enhances our ability to engage people with our programs increasing participation, volunteerism, and fundraising capabilities. Their services are invaluable to our organization. Read More

Thrive - Bozeman, MT

Good covenants reflect the vision for the property. An owners’ association needs clear direction and authority. Deborah is the right person to listen, ask the right questions and write the covenants to capture the vision for the property. Having been involved in an association, she brings knowledge of “how it works” to the drafting of clear association documents. Read More

Susan Swimley - Bozeman, MT

Magpie provides support with paperwork and organization so manufacturers can focus on making high-quality products. I am extremely grateful for the internal audit for the HR procedures that came from Deborah McAtee and her team. She thoroughly prepared me in what changes I needed to make and what procedures I needed in place to be ready for the main audit. Our auditor was very impressed with my file system, training records and orientation process and everything she asked for I was able to provide immediately. If I was to ever leave my position here, the auditor felt anyone could walk in and follow the procedures I had in place for new hires, orientation, and training. I owe this to Deborah for her excellent feedback and suggestions to make the HR dept. what it is today. Read More

Caroline Arce - Bozeman, MT

After 35 years of operation, Intermountain Opera Bozeman was fortunate enough to engage the services of Deborah McAtee to assist in updating and generating our governance documents. Deborah was incredibly diligent and patient with us as she unraveled decades of information and changes. Deborah created a Board Handbook covering responsibilities, policies and procedures that make us compliant with all of the new 990 requirements. All of the documents were created for easy updating as our organization continues to grow, with easy-to-follow annual review processes. As a non-profit in this time of government scrutiny, it is a great relief to have proper policies and documentation processes established. Read More

Jackie Vick - Bozeman, MT

I can’t say enough….. THANKS! I now feel like I have a stronger foundation…. a place, with the assistance of the employee handbook, that will enable me to hire and maintain more appropriate and “team” players for the business. Read More

Dave Berghold - Bozeman, MT

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