Viveka is an organizational development consultant, certified coach, facilitator and leadership trainer. For thirty years she has worked for social, racial, economic, environmental and gender justice. She specializes in guiding transformational processes: race equity, culture change, conflict resolution, team and alliance building, vision and strategy, leadership transition. She also designs and facilitates leadership cohort programs with QTBIPOC (queer, transgender, black, indigenous people of color) movement activists. A Buddhist meditation teacher, Viveka brings a strengths-based approach, commitment to liberation and joy, and grounding in healing and mindfulness practices.

Viveka co-founded co-LAB, a black and woman of color organizational justice consulting collective. She is a Rockwood Leadership Institute trainer and an organization development coach and consultant for Move to End Violence, LeadersTrust and the Ford Foundation BUILD program. She is affiliated with Change Elemental and RoadMap Consulting.

Prior to consulting, Viveka was Executive Director of the East Bay Conversion & Reinvestment Commission and Associate Director of Urban Habitat

Max is a first-generation Haitian American, an experienced civil rights attorney, and the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the University of Notre Dame Law School. His past experience includes serving as a staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, as a litigation consultant for the Human Rights Law Network in India, and as a domestic violence prosecutor. At the ACLU, Max successfully challenged the governor of Florida in federal district court for violations of the First Amendment and Equal Protection Clause. At the New Delhi-based Human Rights Law Network, he advised Indian Supreme Court advocates on public interest litigation matters involving discrimination and the violation of constitutional rights. He has prosecuted police officer’s accused of excessive force, negotiated settlements in Title VII employment discrimination matters for disabled and transgender clients, and represented an inmate in a federal Section 1983 action challenging unconstitutional conditions of confinement. Max is a mentor to law students and young attorneys in India and the US.

Jarrod is a global strategist and change maker for change makers. He has a track record in building and delivering global strategies for empowering and transforming the lives of young people through leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship and advocacy. He has extensive experience with UNICEF and internationally-focused nonprofits. He has led global and national UN strategies targeting young people’s engagement and development, served on high level steering committees, and established high-level partnership networks with and for young people. Jarrod has extensive experience working in South Asia, delivering strategic and technical guidance on education, child protection and governance programs, establishing national networks for knowledge exchange, and establishing innovative programs for improved social services and climate change adaptation.

Amanda is a humanitarian, global leader and change maker with a track record of delivering bold strategic vision, leadership, partnership, innovation, social impact and resource growth programs in INGOs and UN agencies. In the past 12 years her work has focused on the humanitarian sector. As a senior leader driving growth for UNHCR, IRC & UNFPA, Amanda has delivered sector-leading transformational change and growth, led large complex global teams, built international consortiums and partnerships, and has led programs that have cumulatively generated over $2.5bn.

With experience of working across 35+ countries and service on over 18 Trustee Boards, she is currently CEO of UNFPA USA, the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, delivering a transformational growth program and support for UNFPA's global resource mobilization ambitions.

Maryellen is a seasoned fundraiser with a demonstrated history of working with high net worth individuals, family offices, private and public foundations, and large and small nonprofits. For over ten years she worked at NH Charitable Foundation and also has direct experience as a nonprofit leader on the front lines. She has been trained by The Philanthropic Initiative in intergenerational philanthropic wealth advising with the Boston Foundation. She taught graduate classes on Fundraising and Nonprofit Leadership at the University of New Hampshire.

Her roles have included board chair; volunteer; donor; and multiple staff leadership positions in small, middle, and large organizations. She is currently a Council Member of the Portsmouth Buddhist Center in NH.

Collette is a highly skilled program manager with extensive experience developing programs across various social and occupational sectors. She has worked in the U.K., Spain, Nepal, and the U.S. serving in leadership roles in For-Cause and Non-Governmental organizations. 

 Collette's experience includes outreach coordination, development, fundraising, and oversight of social support programs for children and adults in marginalized and at-risk populations. She has managed services and research in the areas of children’s health, sexual & reproductive health, as well as gender and ethnic representation in several regions across the globe. She has directed numerous evidence-based behavioral and mental wellness programs.