Faith brings to every client project a powerful mix of compassion, integrity, intelligence, candor, and passion. She deeply cares about making a difference in the world. With trust and respect, she partners with her clients to shift systems, operations, and cultures for good. My collaborative partnerships with Faith have generated exceptional outcomes for clients and great satisfaction professionally and personally.

Renee Smith, A Human Workplace

Faith is a joy to work with. Real and authentic, kind and passionate, she challenged me to think in new ways about the organisational development work we were doing together. She is super creative and insightful and I always loved it when she would say "my brain did a thing" - her ideas were inventive and yet always grounded in true reality and a vision for a more just world.

Lily Boyanova -Hugh, Whole Hearted Lead

Growing Collaborative Excellence

The work of Confluence Consulting Northwest is deeply collaborative - no single person holds the wisdom available in a group context. To this end we partner often with other small firms, primarily those led by women and people of color.

We hold the core belief that change cannot happen through methods that contradict the spirit of that change. If we seek to build equity in the world, or even for a single client, then that equitable practice starts with us. We are committed to uplifting and elevating the work being done by women of color in particular, and to being a part of learning from the greater context of whole systems thinking that thrives in diverse collaborative spaces.

These are some of the people and organizations we have worked with to date. Each consulting project team is recruited for their unique lens, skills and passions.

Conscious Transformation Agents

Arielle T Sullivan - Arielle is a Conscious Change Agent who is passionate about the co-creation of new systems and structures for a regenerative world. She has led work as an internal and external consultant in the private, public and non-profit sectors focusing on systems change and leadership effectiveness. Her ongoing call to action is to create deep and lasting transformation while building the needed Regenerative Leadership capabilities for the future.

Umoja

Floret Khosa is a dynamic executive uniquely combining her keen business savvy with a passion for mentoring diverse talent, backed by an expertise in technical systems development. Floret leads with a people-first approach, ensuring success for clients and her team members in the tech, government, and non-profit sectors. Underpinning her approach is a strong entrepreneurial spirit which led to the founding of three distinct businesses and non-profit organizations. She has helped drive innovation and technology advancement for organizations as large as the U.S. Department of Defense, to Seattle’s start-ups and global non-profit organizations.

Janice Jackson-Haley Consulting

Janet Jackson-Haley is an equity-guided HR professional whose approach is data driven, guided by a systems perspective, supported by empathy-driven and trauma informed skills. As a mindful leader, her style of leadership is grounded in an empathy-driven and trauma informed methodology. Janice earned a Master of Arts Organizational Management. Professional designations include SHRM CP, Appreciative Inquiry – CP, MBTI - CP, Vital Smarts Crucial Conversations - CP, Workplace Mediator - CP. These professional certifications continue to be the foundation of her success.

Renee Smith has helped leaders transform their outmoded work cultures and build more productive, thriving organizations. She coaches and collaborates with leaders all around the world, speaks at conferences and to organizations, and conducts workshops and trainings to inspire and guide change. Renée has nearly two decades of experience providing organization development services to public, private, and non-profit organizations, always with a focus on people. Now as a professional speaker, coach, trainer, and host of Human Workplace Gatherings, Renée shares her insights on making work more human and loving.

A Human Workplace

Global Competency Solutions

Joanne Lee is a Deputy Assistant Director for the Equity & Employee Development Division at the State of Washington Department of Enterprise Services. She previously held the position of Learning Consultant, and Principal for the City of Tacoma. She worked as a Leadership Development Learning Design and Delivery Professional for the State of Washington Department of Enterprise Services. With over 25 years of experience in various workforce development roles, Joanne has extensive expertise in developing, supporting, maintaining, and expanding professional technical education partnerships to meet industry needs through customized training programs.

Whole Hearted Lead

Lili Boyanova-Hugh is a Leadership and Culture Transformation Coach who works with organizations who are ready to create a culture of care and commitment. She spent 13 years leading corporate change management projects in IT and Finance. She was helping teams to adopt new technologies and make their operations smarter. It was all about change. Lili was swinging between a disengaged employee and a burnt-out manager during the first part of my professional career. Today, she helps leaders and teams to create human-centered culture and strategy that ensure every person experiences meaning, joy and contribution at work.

Chapman Bay Collective

Inner Work Consulting

Annie Severson provides expertise in organization development, team coaching and development, change and transformation, meeting design and facilitation, strategic planning, project management, and change management coaching. Her core values are - Community, Connection, Creativity, and Courage. She believes in creating an environment where all voices can be heard and the unique gifts and talents of individuals can be brought to light. Key focus areas include change management, relational leadership, strategic planning, organizational design, team building, post-merger integration, and program development.

Ava McGee is a professional consultant and coach, with a focus in Equity and Inclusion. She has held positions with the State of Washington Office of Equity and served in a variety of public service roles advancing equitable human resource practices.

She believes in transforming systems, minds and behaviors to create sustainable and equitable environments by building relations and promoting growth mindsets.

Faith was a great asset to every project and often brought a unique perspective that was game-changing. Faith has incredible listening skills and truly takes to heart the needs of the communities and clients she is championing. Her desire to bring about positive change in this world through organizational development in her local community and beyond is inspiring.

Gretchen LaRusch, Cleveland Clinic

Faith has been a very proactive and productive member of the team. She understands the fundamentals of organizational theory and group dynamics, and she is expert in certain specific areas. Faith was kind enough at one point to sit down with me over coffee and share some of her knowledge. I took copious notes.

Paul Horton, Consultant