I offer a wide range of skills, relationships, and competencies utilizing a team of diverse community members, the organization's staff as well as current clients. Leveraging my experience in working with diverse stakeholders, group facilitation and consensus-building, equity- and trauma-informed practice, community engagement, economic development, and philanthropy with a working knowledge of complex system change, community economic development, health and wellness, and the environment.

Allowing me to work as a cultural ambassador and facilitation consultant, engaging with community-based organizations, underrepresented populations, and all community stakeholders. Helping to build productive, authentic relationships to work toward a more inclusive community with opportunities for all.

Community economic development (CED)

is an approach to local economic development that is driven by a community’s social, environmental, and economic priorities. It is shaped by those who live, work and run businesses and public services within that community.

Values

A CED approach

is for those with an interest in making a local economy function better for groups it doesn’t serve well, or for those with a specific challenge such as tackling local unemployment, improving energy efficiency, or boosting local spend. It will support your community to shape its local economic future both strategically and practically.

CED

takes into account social, environmental, and economic outcomes and recognizes the links between the local, regional and national layers of the economy. Using a CED approach will enable building on the knowledge, experience, and resources in your community, to identify and make the most of local economic opportunities.