Strategy for pivotal moments.

For women leading ambitious organizations and initiatives.

Services

Whether you’re growing an organization, changing direction, or bringing an ambitious idea to life, Cynthia helps you clarify what matters, recognize what’s possible, and decide what comes next.

Three ways to move forward:
Strategy, Positioning, and Advisory.

  • Clarify your direction. Move forward with purpose.

    Strategic direction for organizations navigating a pivotal moment of growth, change, or opportunity.

    Cynthia works with leaders and their teams to assess where they are, align around priorities, and shape a practical path forward.

    THE WORK MAY INCLUDE
    • Clarifying strategic priorities and direction
    • Aligning leadership and stakeholders around what comes next
    • Exploring opportunities for growth, partnerships, or program evolution


    FOR
    Organizations and leadership teams, as well as individual leaders within them, navigating significant decisions or change.

    ENGAGEMENT
    Project-based, with scope and timeline tailored to the work.

  • Sharpen your story. Expand your reach.

    Clarify how you’re understood, communicate your value, and increase your visibility and influence.

    Cynthia helps organizations and leaders articulate what makes their work distinctive and connect that story to the audiences and opportunities that matter.

    THE WORK MAY INCLUDE
    • Clarifying your value and distinct role
    • Refining your narrative and core messaging
    • Positioning your work for funding, partnerships, and growth

    FOR
    Organizations and leaders ready to reach a larger audience, strengthen their story, or build support for an ambitious initiative.

    ENGAGEMENT
    A focused project, with scope and timeline tailored to the work.

  • Perspective for consequential decisions.

    Ongoing strategic counsel for women leading ambitious initiatives.

    Cynthia offers a trusted space to consider important decisions, explore opportunities, and navigate what comes next. She brings the perspective of a former CEO, a practical strategic lens, and deep relationships.

    THE WORK MAY INCLUDE
    • Thinking through consequential decisions and tradeoffs
    • Exploring opportunities and strategic relationships
    • Maintaining clarity and direction as circumstances evolve

    FOR
    CEOs, Executive Directors, philanthropic leaders, and other senior women navigating growth, opportunity, or change.

    ENGAGEMENT
    Ongoing advisory, with a cadence tailored to the leader.

Strategic perspective.
Human understanding.

Pivotal moments involve people as much as plans. Cynthia brings clear strategic thinking and genuine compassion to the work, listening closely to understand what’s at stake for the leader, the organization, and the people they serve.

She creates space for honest conversation, offers thoughtful challenge, and helps leaders move forward with clarity and confidence.

THE APPROACH

How engagements work

Every engagement begins with a conversation about what you’re working toward, the moment you’re navigating, and where support would be most useful.

From there, Cynthia shapes a scope and rhythm suited to the work — whether that’s a focused project or an ongoing advisory relationship.

Work with Cynthia

Testimonials

  • “I feel prepared for this next chapter in a way that I wasn’t before. A big piece of that is you pushing me. With your gentle nudge around founder’s syndrome, we are transitioning from being a working interim board to being a strategic oversight board.”

    Rebecca Darwent, Co-founder
    Foundation for Black Communities, Toronto, Canada

  • “What you have told me filled me with so much energy. After our conversations, I realize that I do have my own story to tell and share. It's as if you held a mirror for me and I managed to see myself in a different light. Thank you so much for that.”

    Slava Svitova, CEO
    Creative Women Publishing, Kyiv, Ukraine

  • “Thank you for making this a better place than when you started.”

    Staff, National Network

  • “Thank you for your grounded leadership”

    Policy Director

  • “I have valued the sense of calm you bring to your work and all spaces.”

    Deputy Director

  • “I have felt seen and heard by you even in brief interactions.”

    Communications Associate

  • “I’m grateful for your leadership and all the cohesion you’ve brought us to help us work even more effectively.”

    Membership Manager