What people are saying

  • ❝ The time I spent working with Jessica helped me stay focused on our organization's greatest priorities. She helped me clarify what I needed to do, and held me accountable (gently!) for seeing my priorities through to the finish line. ❞

    Adriana Abich

    CEO, Camino Nuevo

  • ❝ Jessica has a gift for breathing life into ideas. She was able to quickly take my vision, build the team we needed to pull it off, and propel the work forward, leading to direct impact on students in the community we serve. She very effectively balances efficiency and joy - I always know that when we chat, even if it’s a quick conversation, by the end, we will have moved a mile further than I expected. ❞

    Hassan Hassan

    Former CEO, 4.0

  • ❝ Jessica has been an incredible asset to our team. She is highly organized, epically fun, and so attentive. She gets me, my leadership, and what our organization needs. Her support is invaluable and makes our work possible. Work with Jess - you'll never look back and you'll find a ton of joy. ❞

    Shawna Wells

    Senior Vice President, Pahara Institute

  • ❝ I have had the privilege of working with Jessica to bring some amazing conferences and convenings to life. My first advice to clients planning an event is to bring Jess on board. Her level of rigor and organization ensures everyone can feel confident that the work will happen well and on time. She knows the right balance for when to elevate hot spots and when to tackle them behind the scenes. She has an incredibly high bar for operations, which translates to participants feeling deeply cared for and ready to learn. She's relentless, creative, and a pure joy to work with. ❞

    Rob Strain

    Founder, Lemon Battery

  • ❝ Jess is an all star! She is a gem of a human and brilliant to work with. She supported us to project manage and facilitate a convening that received 5/5 ratings from participants on operations and experience. She built strong relationships and approached the work with ease and care. ❞

    Sultana Noormuhammad

    Partner, Transcend

  • ❝ I appreciated Jessica's attention to detail and thoroughness; she came prepared to check-ins and made our time together feel helpful and generative, she tracked follow-up’s and to-do’s and quickly executed on them, and she frequently returned to our scope of work to track success and outcomes. Her adaptability made us feel like she was a part of our organization, helping us do efficient and effective work together. Lastly, her strong bias toward action: she pushed us towards the next step, took immediate action when possible, and made sure we did too. ❞

    Nora Maxwell

    Managing Director of Growth & Admissions, Rivet School

  • ❝ When it comes to making sure that every event detail has been thought through and executed flawlessly, there is truly no one better. You anticipate what we need even before we know to ask for it. Operations with you are filled with joy, clarity, ease and warmth— so that each person along the way feels seen, supported and cared for. Thank you for the many, many ways you show up! ❞

    Michelle Culver

    Founder, The Rithm Project

  • ❝ Jess was the missing linchpin we needed for our first in-person Grantee Convening. She brought exceptional project management and organizational skills to our work together, making sure everything ran smoothly and helping us deliver a top-notch program for our grantees. With her strategic mindset and years of experience, she created an event that made everyone feel welcomed and supported. In addition, Jess is an absolutely joy to work with, making us feel like she’d been part of our team for years. We plan to partner with Jess again and would absolutely recommend her to others! ❞

    Liz Aybar Conti

    CEO, Margulf Foundation

  • ❝ I'm so grateful for everything Jess did for us. She was a model for me of how a consultant should work with an organization - with humility, transparency, crazy tight organization, lightning fast communication, high quality work product, and continuous bi-directional feedback. I really appreciate how she asked the hard questions and pushed us to be better in so many ways. ❞

    Courtney Garcia

    CEO, The Primary School

  • ❝ She consistently brought a very high level of execution (attention to detail + reliability), a clear strategic orientation (strong synthesis + creative thought), and a positive & humorous affect to the work she did. She moved things forward with an eye toward both quality and speed, and also made the collaboration fun throughout. ❞

    Daryl Peagler

    Former Chief Operating Officer, NewSchools Venture Fund

  • ❝ Jessica is part subject matter expert (education and startups), part organization and systems guru, and part therapist/coach. She helped me break things down into achievable steps, develop systems and tracking methods to move me forward, and encouraged me and listened to me and kept pushing me (in just the right ways) until I somehow ended up even further beyond where I'd initially set my sights. ❞

    Lauren Schrero Levy,

    Founder & former Executive Director, The Nora Project

  • ❝ Jessica has been immensely valuable in helping us bring some of our wildest ideas to life. If there’s any new pilot of something that we’re thinking of starting, she's the first person I’m calling. ❞

    Jonathan Johnson

    Founder and CEO, Rooted Foundation

  • ❝ Jessica was able to synthesize big ideas that I was struggling with into actionable plans. I'd describe her work as incredibly versatile; she did program design, coaching within the program, strategic planning, and operations, all without missing a beat. ❞

    Raphael Gang

    Former Chief External Relations Officer, 4.0 Schools