Hi I’m Christine.

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My passion is supporting leaders to have meaningful, generative, and joyful conversations that yield results.  I’m a facilitator, strategic advisor, and educator. I draw from nearly three decades of experience leading organizations and supporting leaders. Facilitation and conscious communication are my primary tools.  Give me a set of amazing leaders with an audacious vision, and I’ll design the right gatherings to maximize learning and collaboration while building deep, lasting relationships.

  • I believe that people are deeply good, and when invited to the right conversations with respect and play, we can solve our most intractable problems.

  •  I was born and raised in Rocky Mountains and shaped by a childhood of outdoor adventure. My parents met through the Vista volunteer program (now Americorps) and their partnership and our family were founded in a love of learning and a commitment to service.  If I can achieve a fraction of the impact they have, I’ll be satisfied. 

Skills & Experience

25+ years of hands-on experience in nonprofit leadership development and transformative facilitation;

  • 15+ years of experience in national and international  nonprofit leadership experience; 

  • Designed and/or led 10+ separate leadership programs, fellowships, and communities of practice and consulted on many more;

  • Deep experience in philanthropy and community and international development.

  • Ongoing commitment to racial equity, including ongoing personal and professional development and diverse collaborators;

  • 4+ years as a faculty member at the University of Colorado Boulder Masters of the Environment Program.

Fun Facts

Lives in her hometown, Boulder, CO, and is always taking advantage of mountain fun in her backyard;

  • Stepmom to three amazing teenagers who are ideal adventure buddies and provide free tech support;

  • Steadfast companion to quirky rescue dogs like Sasha, the moody but loveable white shepherd;

  • Is a sucker for cute toddler, doggie, and farm animal  Instagram memes;

  • Never misses an  opportunity for an impromptu ping pong game;

  • Grows a mean lemon cucumber in her backyard garden.

How I work

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Collaborators

I bring a strong network of skilled experts in facilitation, organizational systems, coaching, JEDI, event management, and operations, as well as in specific subject areas. This web of consultants and informal advisors helps me ensure that my clients are getting the best-in-class for what they need. Here is a short list of my regular collaborators:

Jess Daniel Hart
Jess Daniel Hart Consulting
Small Business Operations, Small Business Strategy, Program Design, Project Management

Michael Gregor
Michael Gregor and Liberation Labs
Leadership Coaching, Workshops, Facilitation, Organizational Practices and Change, JEDI

Heddy Nam
Rosalee Consulting
Facilitation, Liberatory Coaching, Advising, Somatics, Social Justice

Morgan Szost
The Virtual Touch
Administration, Business Operations, Project Management

Nikki Silvestri
Soil and Shadow
Facilitation, Coaching, Consulting, Transformative Change, Food Systems, JEDI

Patrick Anderson
Patrick Anderson
Leadership Coaching, Transformative Facilitation

April Frederick Solis
Avadi Leaders
Executive Coaching, Training, Consulting, Organizational Behavior, Change Management

Sherman Whites
Prosperity Labs
Philanthropy, Strategy, Equity