“We witnessed facilitation as a genre of art, and what seemed impossible became possible!” - a former GV client

I’m a Facilitator who helps social change organizations get “unstuck.” I’m most helpful to organizations and teams who:

-Are experiencing or planning a big change

-Keep trying to have an important conversation but keep getting stuck (talking past each other, talking in circles…)

-Are stuck on a question that feels too big (and therefore unanswerable)

-Are looking to reconnect with each other and their mission

-Are looking to better understand their power and how to share and/or cede it, but don’t know where to start

-Struggle with healthy boundaries and effective communication

-Struggle with cross-organizational collaboration

In early 2019, I founded GV Advisory to work across issue areas to support practitioners to not only design for their data and learning, but to do so in ways that align with organizational values, missions, and principles of equity & justice. Since then, I've supported organizations across focus areas (immigration justice, education reform, reproductive justice, health equity, international development, and trust-based philanthropy) to develop community-centric and values-aligned practices, strategies, and cultures.

The ever-growing lineage of my work includes bell hooks, the Combahee River Collective, adrienne maree brown (especially Emergent Strategy & Holding Change), Crass (the band), time spent playing music on sidewalks and makeshift stages across the United States, histories of the archive(s) (Michel-Rolph Trulliot, Lorgia Garcia Peña), and colleagues who have become dear friends and co-conspirators.

My favorite description of what can happen when we commit to this work together comes from a past client: "we wrote a love letter to the work and to the communities that sustain it." I love how enlightening this work can be - we can gain clarity together while we build new ways to think, dream, and work.

When I'm not working, you can find me re-assembling vintage racing bicycles, cycling around NYC and the Hudson Valley, laughing with my friends, loving on my people, and cuddling with my cat, dog, and husband.

I want to live in a world where we're all free - where no-one needs to rely on nonprofits and philanthropy to get what they need. But they do - so let's get to work!