I am a speaker, writer and leadership consultant who helps churches and nonprofits set vision and strategy for transformational change. My nonfiction book Tending Tomorrow: Courageous Change for People and Planet on faith, leadership and culture change in the context of the climate crisis launched in June 2024.

I’m passionate about working with communities, churches and organizations to imagine change that leads to people and the planet thriving. After two decades of leading change with faith-based and social justice groups, I now work with select organizations and senior leaders through long-term coaching and consulting relationships to help them navigate change with courage and imagination.

As a leader and facilitator, I care about listening deeply, asking reflective questions, fostering relationships of mutuality, and holding space for new dreams and visions of a better future for people and the planet to emerge. Interconnection, inclusion and anti-oppression are grounding themes for my approach.

Over the past 20 years I have worked with churches and nonprofits in Canada, Haiti, Jamaica and Nepal seeking to make positive social change. I have an MA in Development Studies and a BA in Political Science and Peace & Conflict Studies as well as training in Anabaptist theology. I have been a qualitative researcher, a community development practitioner, and a faith leader in denominational leadership with the Mennonite church.

From leading humanitarian work in Nepal after major earthquakes to leading a participatory re-visioning process to set new strategic priorities for the Mennonite Church Eastern Canada regional church body, I thrive on building webs of connection and relationships to inspire hope for new possibilities even in challenging and uncertain times. Most recently, I served as Transitional Executive Director with KAIROS Canada, an ecumenical movement for ecological justice and human rights.