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DEI + Leadership Consultant, Facilitator, Coach, and Speaker
Jada is an engaging facilitator and speaker who has trained thousands in how to communicate clearly, how to become more efficient members of a team and how to implement inclusive policy and practices. Her specialty is catalyzing the growth of individuals and organizations. She serves as the lead consultant of Social Designs Consulting and is the author of three books.
Data + Evaluation Coach, Program Evaluator, Qualitative Researcher
Alessandra helps organizations develop insight into operations, workload, and performance and then use those insights to make smart, meaningful change for better results. She enjoys building sustainable and continuously improving systems and coaching individuals through every stage of the data and analytic life cycle.
Virtual Solutions Specialist
Rheanna is skilled in organizing, leading, prioritizing, and creating efficient processes and procedures.
She offers a variety of solutions (marketing, communications, project management, tech + tools support) getting you the most for your money – and giving you time back to focus on your passion, your goals, and your mission. And, she built this website!
Consultant, Coach, Facilitator - Specializing in HR & Equity
Andrea has facilitated workshops centered on racial equity, managing for bias, building cultural capacity and transformation for the past 16 years. She has dedicated her life to supporting leaders who are committed to creating extraordinary results towards a just + equitable world. She is also certified by the International Coaching Federation.
Poet, Performer, Group Facilitator, and Arts Educator
Roberto Ascalon specializes in facilitating creative conversations and healthy intercultural dialogue. In 2007 he co-founded local nonprofit FEEST: the Food Empowerment Education Sustainability Team. He is currently the manager of Fearless Ideas' programs at Yesler Terrace.
Coach, Facilitator, Community Organizer, and Chaplain
Wesley’s worked for more than a decade with the Beloved Community Center of Greensboro, home of the nation’s first “Community Truth and Reconciliation Process” uniquely positions him to guide those interested in intergenerational learning, historical archiving, and community organizing. Currently, he is the Associate Director of Southern Vision Alliance, a justice-centered values-based “grassroots intermediary” organized to provide capacity building, coaching, and technical assistance to frontline organizing projects, leadership programs, and collaborations led by directly-impacted communities in the US South. Wesley graduated from North Carolina Agricultural Technical State University and Union Theological Seminary (NYC).
Clinical Social Worker, Therapist, Wellness Facilitator
Sashya works to forge genuine connections to help clients and students feel valued, cared for, and heard. She employs an integrative therapeutic approach using humanistic, collaborative, and feminist & multicultural perspectives. Sashya hopes clients can find healing through connection with others and with their authentic self and inner wisdom. Sashya received her MSW from the University of Washington.
Strategic + Organizational Development Consultant, Executive Coach, and Social Worker
Founder of Vessel Strategy & Consulting
Annie holds an MSW and an MPA from the University of Washington's School of Social Work and Evan's School of Public Affairs, specializing in organizational management and community organizing.
If you work with Vessel Consulting, you will likely work closely with Annie and a team of partners she brings in for your project.
Here is more about her philosophy and consulting style:
"Ever since I can remember, I have been organizing cupboards and calling club meetings to order. My love of a club and clean cupboards inform my consulting style. For me, it’s about getting the job done well and facilitating with grace along the way. It’s about coming into a project that is complex and stressful and working with a team to deliver results and create positive change with less stress, more connection, and more fun. I never forget that projects, organizations, and communities are made up of individual, diverse people. Positive change happens when ALL the people involved are engaged and listened to.
Check out what clients have to say in their own words about my facilitation & consulting, and Vessel’s teams approach.
I am a social worker by trade and training so I am always listening for the whole picture and looking at the whole person. My leadership coaching delivers clean, clear plans for forward movement — but I always circle back to the individual’s true desires and the team’s larger needs. I am two-thirds cheerleader and one-third ass-kicker with a good sprinkling of strategy.
When working with a team, I offer individual strengths-based coaching and pay attention to the diverse perspectives of the team members. I work with teams to achieve a common purpose that honors distinct experiences and needs. We build toward courageous communication, clear agreements, and ways of working together that foster joy and manifest action."
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Vessel Consulting is so great to work with! They have a lot of experience with racial equity work, do deep-dive discussions on racism & culture, and really take the time to get to know you and your expectations.
Consulting Client
The Vessel team were delights to work with. The intelligence and energy made attending meetings a pleasure. If yours is a relationship-based group, they're the perfect fit.
Josh Heim, Deputy Director