CONSULTING
My favorite thing about consulting is partnering with my clients to take a big sticky problem and breaking it down to its component parts to help a team move forward. My approach is centered on crystal-clear precision on the goals of our engagement, an iterative process of working towards those goals with continuous learning, and delivering tangible results.
Some of the projects I’m currently or have recently been engaged on:
- Led the search for The JPB Foundation's five new senior roles under the new incoming President
- Led the strategic planning and then served as the Launch Executive Director for Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice, a national initiative to develop the next generation of social justice leaders, who can build and wield power across movements, in their communities and with each other
- Senior Advisor for Healthy Democracy Healthy People Initiative, a coalition of civic engagement and public health groups who are working together to advance health equity and inclusive democracy
- Management consulting for a major international labor union advising in the areas of role clarity and structure, internal communications and transparency, and decision making
- Restructuring senior leadership tables, defining senior roles, and facilitating leadership retreats and spaces
“Jessica is a gifted, multi-talented leader who makes everyone around her exponentially better. Her skills in strategic planning, coaching, team facilitation, staff management, project management, and building and working with diverse teams are exceptional. I cannot recommend her highly enough!”
Deepak Bhargava
President, The JPB Foundation
“A leader of high emotional intelligence who is herself deeply skilled in the work, Jessica led our organizational development and design work, putting in place the structure that lifted the mission, engaged our employees, centered race equity, and demanded and measured not just output but impact. Jessica is a talented facilitator and coach who worked with both teams and individuals to help people focus on what was most important.”
Dawn Laguens
Executive Vice President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
“Jessica is an exceptional strategist, communicator, and thought partner with the ability to see a project through from conception to implementing the details. She combines remarkable creativity and innovation with the pragmatism honed from working successfully in the real world of politics and nonprofit advocacy. Once she commits to a project, she does not know how to fail, and even knows how to make things fun in the process.”
Tom Perriello
Former Executive Director, U.S. Programs, Open Society Foundation
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