Work with me.
The organizations I work with are usually at an inflection point.
They're launching something new and need it designed to last. They've lost funding or a key institutional relationship and need to rethink their model. They're doing good work but can sense that something structural is limiting their impact. Or they're operating at the intersection of security and development—building governance structures, enforcement networks, or cross-sector coalitions—and need someone who speaks both languages fluently.
What I bring to each of these situations is the same: strategic clarity, human-centered methods, and the operational discipline to make sure a plan is actually executable. Most engagements draw on all three because the problems that matter rarely fit cleanly into one category.
I work intentionally across sectors—with governments, multilateral institutions, NGOs, social entrepreneurs, and private sector organizations working on global challenges. The cross-sector perspective isn't incidental to my work; it's often where the most useful insights arise.
Work with me.
The organizations I work with are usually at an inflection point.
They're launching something new and need it designed to last. They've lost funding or a key institutional relationship and need to rethink their model. They're doing good work but can sense that something structural is limiting their impact. Or they're operating at the intersection of security and development—building governance structures, enforcement networks, or cross-sector coalitions—and need someone who speaks both languages fluently.
What I bring to each of these situations is the same: strategic clarity, human-centered methods, and the operational discipline to make sure a plan is actually executable. Most engagements draw on all three because the problems that matter rarely fit cleanly into one category.
I work intentionally across sectors—with governments, multilateral institutions, NGOs, social entrepreneurs, and private sector organizations working on global challenges. The cross-sector perspective isn't incidental to my work; it's often where the most useful insights arise.
What engagement looks like
No two engagements are identical, but most fall into one of these modes:
Strategic advisory. Working with organizational leadership to clarify direction, align resources, and make decisions that hold up over time. This might involve a program review, a strategic planning process, or an ongoing advisory relationship during a period of significant transition.
Program design and management. Structuring programs from the ground up—or restructuring ones that aren't working—so they're operational, adaptive, and built to outlast any single funding cycle. This includes facilitation of multi-stakeholder design processes, governance development, and cross-sector collaboration frameworks.
Design thinking facilitation. Bringing human-centered methods to organizations that need to understand their stakeholders more deeply before they can design effective solutions. Workshop formats range from focused half-day sessions to extended multi-session engagements.
Targeted advisory. For organizations or leaders with a specific, bounded question: a strategic decision, a program design challenge, a stakeholder situation that needs outside perspective. This is a focused conversation, not an extended engagement.
Enduring Impact is deliberately lean by design. I bring focused, senior-level attention to every engagement. For projects that require additional expertise or capacity, I work with a trusted network of collaborators—specialists in areas such as monitoring and evaluation, communications, and sector-specific technical work—who share the same commitment to quality and long-term thinking. You get the right team for the work, without the overhead of a large firm.
A snapshot of recent work
- Facilitated a multi-stakeholder human-centered design process for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime's (UNODC) South America Wildlife Enforcement Network (SudWEN), guiding 50+ national and international actors in co-developing strategic priorities and regional governance structures
- Advised an international education nonprofit on scaling beyond the start-up phase, including mission review, operational process redesign, and long-term goal setting
- Conducted program reviews to identify implementation challenges in an ongoing sustainable development engagement, using human-centered design methods to right-size and refocus program initiatives
- Facilitated stakeholder engagement across workforce development organizations using collective impact techniques to build a shared agenda focused on long-term outcomes
- Coached the founder of a global women's empowerment social enterprise on business planning and navigating founder syndrome
Areas of subject matter expertise
Security & Development · Institution Building · Sustainable Development · Capacity Building · Education · Gender · Public Health · Migration · Workforce Development
Organizations with whom I work
Multilateral institutions · Government agencies · NGOs and nonprofits · Social enterprises · Academic institutions · Private sector organizations engaged in social impact and CSR
If this work is relevant to what you're navigating, I'd welcome a conversation.
