Committed to helping nonprofits carry out their mission.

In her role as a consultant for our organization, Julie Ann has demonstrated extraordinary range of qualities and capabilities, including her breadth and depth of knowledge about non-profit management and organizational processes; her strong commitment to social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion; and her willingness to standup for what matters. Julie Ann has the vision to recognize critical, unaddressed issues and an impressive ability to implement successful strategies to address them in creative, systematic, and sustainable ways. I have been deeply impressed with her strategic use of community action research to ensure that the organizations and services are guided by the priorities of survivors and are accountable to the people that they serve.

Following a successful completion of a significant project our small environmental association was struggling. Of all the needs in our area where should we focus our limited resources? The board was not unified with the idea of utilizing an outside consultant or the need for a strategic plan but with a slim majority voting to move in that direction we contracted with Julie Ann. Her proposal was customized with our needs (and skepticism) in mind and while the first meeting exposed some challenges in getting people on board she worked smoothly and professionally through them. In the end we had an updated Mission statement, created our first Vision statement and developed a strategic plan that will drive our resource allocation and keep us focused. She orchestrated our meetings with a gentle determination and the result was perfection!

Julie Ann did a great job meeting our staff and Board Directors where they were at on their learning journeys. She encouraged them to look deeper at their implicit biases, dig into the work of learning and unlearning what it means to be anti-racist, and to explore how to become a real ally to the BIPOC people in their lives and communities.