“I create environments for people to talk strategy, solve problems, and demonstrate their organization’s impact.”

I’ve worked with and alongside hundreds of organizations in a variety of contexts in many different countries.  My specialty is working with organizations that have a social purpose, like non-profits and social enterprises.

In 2010, I helped found Development Action in New Zealand/Aotearoa and then moved the company to Canada in 2012. My work within Development Action has been varied, and has included conducting program evaluations, providing monitoring and evaluation advice to government Ministries, and facilitating many planning sessions. I have advised on dozens of funding applications and community development projects taking place around the world. Lately, most consulting work has had a Victoria BC focus, both with local non-profits, social enterprises, and also BC’s Office of Human Rights Commissioner.

My other work hats include acting as Associate Faculty at Royal Roads University, teaching a range of subjects from design thinking to organizational development and social enterprise in a variety of programs both online and in person.

I am also a past co-owner of theDock , a co-working space for social purpose organizations in Victoria, and helped organize Doing Good For Nothing from 2013 to 2020.