Facilitation & Stakeholder Alignment
Turning complex conversations into aligned decisions and actionable next steps.
Avoid misalignment
Effective initiatives don’t fail because of bad ideas, they stall because of misalignment. I design and lead structured convenings that bring diverse stakeholders into clarity around goals, constraints, ownership, and measurable outcomes.
This work is especially valuable when multiple departments, partners, or community voices must move forward together.
What This Work Supports
Cross-sector collaborations
Civic and community initiatives
Multi-stakeholder product launches
Grant-funded programs with reporting requirements
Organizational change or restructuring efforts
Strategic Facilitation in Practice
This is not brainstorming. It is decision design.
Project example:
Civic & Community Engagement (CityCamp Lens)
Designing participatory convenings that balance openness with structure
Creating space for community voice while maintaining operational clarity
Converting conversation into prototypes, action plans, and timelines
Ensuring follow-through beyond the event itself
Alignment & Vision Setting
Clarifying shared purpose and success criteria
Surfacing implicit assumptions and competing priorities
Translating vision into concrete objectives
Stakeholder Mapping & Governance
Identifying decision-makers and influence pathways
Defining roles, responsibilities, and accountability
Establishing clear ownership models
Structured Decision-Making
Designing sessions around specific decision outcomes
Facilitating trade-off discussions (scope, capacity, impact)
Moving groups from dialogue to documented commitments
Planning and executing pilot tests
Facilitation example:
Civic Convening & Co-Creation
In civic-style environments like CityCamp, stakeholders often include technologists, nonprofit leaders, public servants, artists, and community members, all with different goals and language.
Origin story
CityCamp PDX started as an effort I initiated after recognizing shared challenges across youth-serving and community organizations. I brought together people already doing the work across Portland: technologists, nonprofit leaders, public servants, and community organizers, to create a shared space to drive meaningful change.
My role
Project initiator
Create structured frameworks that make participation productive
Translate big ideas into scoped initiatives
Capture decisions and next steps in real time
Establish momentum beyond the room
What Organizations Gain
Clear decisions instead of prolonged discussion
Shared accountability across teams and partners
Reduced political friction and ambiguity
Faster movement from idea to implementation
Documentation that supports reporting and continuity
From convening to execution
The work I do through CityCamp PDX doesn’t stop at conversation. It’s about identifying shared challenges, aligning the people already positioned to act, and carrying those ideas forward into real projects.
Rose City Rising is one example of that work in action. A participatory civic game that grew out of cross-sector collaboration, youth engagement, and systems thinking. It translates community insight into a tangible platform for storytelling, workforce development, and civic participation.