Ways I support mission-driven teams
Professional Learning
Interactive sessions designed to help teams make sense of their own data, questions, and context. These workshops support shared understanding and lead to clear, practical next steps.
Special Projects
Ongoing partnership for leaders and teams working through change, implementation, or learning. This support is flexible and adapts as needs evolve.
Coaching Support
Focused, time-limited work to explore complex questions through analysis, systems review, and strategy. Each project is designed to produce clarity that supports action.
If you’re not sure which of these fits your situation, that’s okay! Let’s chat and see what might.
Professional Learning
Professional learning opportunities create shared understanding and help teams make sense of their work together.
I design and facilitate interactive sessions that use your questions, data, and context as the starting point—not generic examples or pre-packaged content. The goal is to help people see more clearly, talk more honestly, and leave with practical next steps they can actually use.
These often include:
Making sense of data, feedback, or research already in the organization
Building shared language around impact, learning, equity, or strategy
Creating space for reflection alongside clear structure and facilitation
Helping teams connect insight to action without overloading capacity
I’ve led everything from 60-minute all-staff sessions to multi-session learning spaces, in person and virtually. The format and depth can be customized to match the moment you’re in. My goal is always to integrate the skills, tools, and reflection opportunities into the culture and needs of your organization.
If you’re looking to build alignment, shift how people relate to data, or pause long enough to learn from what’s already happening, professional learning sessions are often a strong place to start.
Sample Sessions
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A practical, low-pressure introduction to how data shows up across an organization and how different roles contribute to learning and decision-making. This session builds shared language, surfaces questions, and helps teams see data as a tool for insight and improvement rather than accountability or compliance.
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A workshop focused on process, foundations, and sequencing. Designed for teams that feel stuck or overwhelmed, this session helps clarify purpose, roles, and workflows so data systems can ultimately work more efficiently and with less friction.
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Now more than ever its essential to be intentional and careful when collecting personal data. This workshop offers a thoughtful exploration of why, how, and when to collect demographic data. This workshop centers equity, trust, and clarity, helping teams align data collection practices with their values while producing information that is both respectful and useful.
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Designed for teams who are collecting data but unsure how it’s being used. This workshop focuses on interpretation and judgment, helping participants connect information to real decisions rather than defaulting to more collection.
Special Projects
Special projects are focused engagements that help answer a specific question or move a piece of work forward.
These are time-bound collaborations where we dig into something complex (often where strategy, systems, and data overlap) and work toward clarity you can actually use. The emphasis is less on producing a perfect report and more on helping people make better decisions.
Special projects can include:
Reviewing or rethinking systems, processes, or program design
Analyzing quantitative and qualitative data together
Designing or refining evaluation or learning approaches
Synthesizing research or internal information for leadership or public audiences
Recent projects have included elementary school reconfiguration modeling and pressure testing, transportation and community data analysis, and reshaping research findings into accessible, decision-ready products.
If you have a clear question, a defined window of time, and want thoughtful analysis paired with practical recommendations, a special project may be the right fit.
Recent Client Projects
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Salem Public Schools engaged me and Dan Anderson Consulting, LLC, to support a complex school reconfiguration process, bringing structure and clarity to a high-stakes set of decisions affecting programs, enrollment, staffing, and facilities.
We helped district leaders and school committee members synthesize data, surface key tradeoffs, and frame options in ways that supported transparent discussion and decision-making. The work emphasized usability and transparency; translating technical analyses and reports into materials and conversations that leadership and stakeholders could engage with meaningfully.
Related resources:
District reconfiguration page (includes access to presentation recordings)
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Green Beverly partnered with me to support its work on sustainable transportation in preparation for an upcoming themed event on the same topic. They wanted to know more about what data existed and could be collected to strengthening how data could inform advocacy, community engagement, and local decision-making in Beverly, MA.
The project combined multiple data sources to build a fuller picture of transportation in Beverly. I analyzed public data (including census data) related to commuting patterns, access, and transportation options, and paired that analysis with data Green Beverly collected through a public event. In addition to analyzing survey results, I supported the organization in crafting and refining the event survey itself—helping ensure questions were accessible, aligned with equity goals, and designed to produce information that could actually be used and paired with the census data.
My work focused on bringing these data into conversation with one another. Public data helped establish context and patterns, while community input surfaced lived experience, priorities, and gaps that numbers alone could not capture. Together, they supported more grounded conversations about feasibility, access, and next steps run by Green Beverly staff in partnership with local and state partners.
Related resources:
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While leading the Data & Impact team at YW Boston, I led the editorial and structural redesign of Front and Center, a public-facing report focused on the workplace experiences of hourly workers of color with marginalized gender identities in Greater Boston.
The underlying research— conducted by an Engagement Fellow through focus groups, interviews, and survey— surfaced powerful, nuanced findings largely invisible in broader conversations on DEI and workplaces. However, the initial white paper was not structured for a public or executive audience. I partnered with a designer to substantially rework the report’s narrative, organization, and visual presentation, translating rigorous qualitative research into a format that was accessible, compelling, and usable for organizational leaders, funders, and community stakeholders.
The final report balances clarity with care: synthesizing key themes and recommendations while intentionally centering participant voices, lived experience, and context. The redesigned product supported a public release and event, and continues to serve as a resource for advocacy, learning, and dialogue around workplace equity and inclusion.
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Coaching Support
Ongoing support is flexible, relationship-based collaboration over time.
This work is for leaders and teams who want a thought partner as things unfold—not just a single deliverable. It can shift as needs change and often blends strategy, problem-solving, and sense-making in real time.
Ongoing support can look like:
Regular check-ins or advising conversations
Helping translate strategy into next steps and execution
Making sense of data, feedback, or emerging challenges
Stepping in to support when capacity is stretched or roles are in flux
Sometimes this support is structured and tactical. Other times it’s about slowing down just enough to ask better questions and make clearer choices.
If you value continuity, trust, and support that adapts to real conditions, ongoing support may be a good fit.
Contact Me
If you’re interested in working together or have a question about your work, you’re welcome to reach out here. I’ll follow up to continue the conversation.