Our Team
Partners for
the entire journey
We bring a passion for social change, a zest for teamwork, structure, data, and expert facilitation to help you get further, faster.
Our team members have diverse sets of experience and knowledge, and if our team doesn’t have everything you’re looking for, we bring in partners to ensure you get the comprehensive, integrated services you need.
Staff
CEO
Amy Celep
Senior Director
Amy Farley
Vice President
Carla Taylor
Senior Consultant
Carolina Ramirez
Senior Consultant
Jahera Otieno
Senior Consultant
Kaylyn Williams
Associate Vice President
Lori Bartczak
Executive Assistant
Nicole Stoker
Director
Rachel Hutt
Senior Consultant
Raffie Parke
Senior Director
Sandra Moore
Communications and Business Development Manager
Simone Swanson
Senior Consultant
Tanya Smith-Evans
Associate Director
Walter Howell
Senior Manager
Wes Gifford
AFFILIATE CONSULTANTS
Idalia Fernandez
Jen Booth
Sandhya Chari
María A. Fernández
H. Lien Bragg
Karla Morrison-Brooks
Dax-Devlon Ross
Jessica Bearman
Coleen Curry
Lauri Valerio
Allison Brown
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Private Investor and Consultant
Tom Vander Schaff
SVP for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Share Our Strength
Nefertiri Sickout
President & CEO, Heifer Foundation
Kim Dempsey
Executive Director – Higher Education and Nonprofit Commercial Banking, JPMorgan Bank
JoEllyn Powell
President & CEO, GEO
Marcus Walton
Founder & Executive Chairman, Share Our Strength
Bill Shore
Managing Director – Environment Program, The Kresge Foundation
Shamar Bibbins
PARTNERS
Guild Health Group
ideas42
Horizon Advisory Group
Partners for Collaborative Change
