Our Collective

  • Belen Gonzalez has worked in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors for over 25 years. An Arizona native, she graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s degree in social work and earned a master’s in social work, with an emphasis on policy and community organizing, from the University of Chicago. She graduated from the Valley Leadership program and the National Hispana Leadership Institute, through which she participated in the Center for Creative Leadership and the John F. Kennedy School of Government Executive Leadership Program at Harvard. She received the “Top Forty Under 40″ award by The Phoenix Business Journal, the Raul Yzaguirre Community Leadership award from Valle del Sol, and was recognized by the Arizona Community Foundation for founding the Latina Giving Circle. In 2017 she started the Gonzalez Consulting Group, providing grantmaking support, strategic planning, project management, facilitation and board development services to nonprofits and foundations. Her consulting work is informed by a racial equity and racial justice lens, her education, the hundreds of organizations she has worked with, experience as a social worker, and community involvement as a volunteer, board member and servant leader.scription text goes here

    Areas of Practice:

    • Facilitation and board development services to nonprofits and foundations

    • Grantmaking support

    • Operationalizing DEI and Racial Justice

    • Project management, and Strategic planning

  • Erica Glaze is a Health & Childbirth Educator with over 10 years of experience in public health. She has worked in various capacities creating partnerships with educational institutions, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations. Whether facilitating a workshop or designing resources, Erica has found her niche in the ability to create and deliver meaningful content. In addition to working with organizations, Erica loves helping parents prepare for birth-day. She believes childbirth is a sacred experience and is committed to helping parents have a healthy and safe birth.

    Erica obtained a Master of Public Health degree from Grand Canyon University and a Certificate in Nutrition from Central Arizona College. She is a Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES), CAPPA Certified Childbirth Educator (CCCE), and is studying to become a lactation consultant. Erica is member of Arizona Birthworkers of Color and the Evidence Based Birth Professional Community. Erica is an Arizona native and lives in Phoenix with her husband and son.

    Areas of Practice:

    • Assessment & Data Collection

    • Birth equity

    • Health, Childbirth, and Lactation Education

    • Resource Design

    • Training and Workshop Facilitation

  • A racial justice and gender equity advocate, Frank Velásquez Jr. leads and collaborates with passion, authenticity and an open mind. He connects to the stories that make each of us who we are and the stories that inextricably connect us to each other. His passion is to bring local, regional, and national attention to the inequities that communities of color face, so that they can achieve equitable economic advancement and build generational wealth.

    Areas of Practice:

    • Nonprofit leadership,

    • Storytelling

    • JEDI

    • Organizational Infrastructure

    • Operations and Board Governance

  • Jasmine Snipes (they/them pronouns) is the Owner and Principal Consultant of Jasmine Snipes Consulting, LLC. They provide versed and thoughtfully designed support and education on race, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. They support institutions, groups, and individuals through base work, discovery, and action. Examples of the content of their work with organizations, schools and camps include anti-racism, dismantling white supremacy, anti-discrimination, anti-bias practices, and social themes/awareness. They have been in practice for more than 19 years and are deeply passionate about the work. Jasmine studied Communication and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Community Advocacy and Social Policy from Arizona State University.

    Prior to launching their own company, Jasmine was the Operations Lead for Black Lives Matter Phoenix Metro. They previously worked in the Arizona State House of Representatives and Senate administrative departments, as well as Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs’ Communications Department. Jasmine currently partners with the Anti-Defamation League, ONE Community and other independent consultants to provide Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accomliceship (J.E.D.I.A.) education and facilitation. They currently serve as organizing director for black phoenix organizing collective, KAC Consultants member, and an Anytown Leadership Camp board member.

    Some of Jasmine’s previous volunteer commitments include serving as a board member, Governance Committee member, and Racial Justice Chair of one•n•ten. They are also a former Young Talent Advisor for the Center for the Future for Arizona.

    Areas of Practice:

    • Governance boards

    • Organizational change

    • Strategy

    • Training

    • Facilitation

    • Performance improvement

    • Executive coaching

    • Team effectiveness

    • Change management

    • Curriculum and Consulting Design Practitioner and technical expert

    • Highly effective consultant and trainer

    • Government

    • Non-profit

    • Education Organizations

    • Board Practices and quality Community conversation moderation and coaching

    • Community organizing

    • JEDIA (justice, equity, diversity, inclusion & accompliceship)

    • Mindfulness and Intentionality practices

  • Jennifer is a licensed clinical social worker who is certified in gerontology and perinatal mental health and received her education from Arizona State University. She has directed social service and revenue cycle departments across the nation and currently serves as the Director of Operations at Novum Behavioral Health.

    Jennifer is passionate about harm reduction, community advocacy, and marginalized populations. She has conducted public health research and done organizing around community power building.

    Jennifer is trained in multiple therapeutic modalities including EMDR and has worked with persons across the lifespan with a focus on trauma, substance use, birthing people, and bereavement. She believes that centering joy and moving at the speed of trust is essential to the therapeutic process to create lasting change.

    In her spare time, Jennifer likes to hike, bake, play with her corgi, and runs the Social Worker’s Breakroom podcast.

    Areas of Practice:

    • Nonprofit leadership

    • Strategic Planning

    • JEDI

    • Business Development

    • Revenue Cycle and Contract Management

    • Behavioral Health, and Research

  • Juan Manuel was born in Valparaíso Zacatecas México. At the age of only 8 months old Juan migrated to the US with his family. Juan was raised in the West Valley area known as Maryvale Village and has lived there for the last 25 years. Juan is a Dreamer and part of the LGBTQ+ community.

    Juan is a licensed bachelor social worker and holds a master’s in business administration from Grand Canyon University. Juan has worked in nonprofit community health for over 11 years.

    Juan has directed multiple behavioral health programs and integrated health services. Currently, Juan serves as the Director of Special Projects and Strategic Initiatives at Valle del Sol Community Health Center.

    Juan is a servant leader and brings his lived experience and education when serving his community.

    Juan launched his consulting business El JPR Consulting in 2018.

    Areas of Practice:

    • JEDI

    • Leadership Development

    • Business Development

    • Project Management and Strategic Planning

    • Integrated Health Services

    • Organizational Structure (Behavioral Health, Primary Care, Social Services addressing Social Determinants of Health)

    • Bilingual (English/Spanish) Training and Workshop Facilitation

    • Community Engagement & Outreach

  • Katia Jones, MBA is the Owner and Chief Consulting Officer for The Sibyl Strategy Group LLC. Sibyl Strategy specializes in assisting small- to mid-level organizations (nonprofit and private) establish growth strategies within their respective communities. For over 20 years, Katia has served the Valley as a development and fundraising professional with expertise in donor cultivation and annual giving strategies using community-centric practices, events management, and CRM integration. Katia also has experience assisting businesses with streamlining customer service delivery for optimum customer experience.

    Holding strong to her passion for community, she is an active board member for the Arizona Justice Project, a 20+ year member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., alum with Valley Leadership and Girl Scouts, and supporter and volunteer for several other community groups. Katia spends quality time with her husband, two children and extended family exploring new local restaurants and shops, watching sports, and engaging in random dance-offs.

    Areas of Practice:

    • Fund Development

    • Cultivation

    • Stewardship

    • Fundraising Strategies

    • Project Management

  • Meghan Arrigo is a Youth Engagement Consultant and Coach. Meghan has nearly twenty years of experience coaching and collaborating with young people, community members and system leaders to re-imagine and create communities centered in equity and justice. In addition to being a Senior Youth Engagement Consultant with Cetera Inc., Meghan has a private coaching practice focused dancing with people as they design a future of freedom, peace and possibilities. Prior to launching her coaching and consulting work, she served as Director of Policy and Youth Leadership with FosterEd Arizona advocating for educational rights and equity in K-12 spaces for students and families experiencing foster care. She also served for six years as the Arizona co-lead for the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s national effort, the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, partnering with alumni of foster care and communities to center services around the well being and connection of young people. Meghan spent four years as the Community Based Services Director at Florence Crittenton of Arizona where she oversaw both the Transitional LIving Program and the Independent Living and Transitional Independent Life Skills Programs for young people who had experienced foster care and the behavioral health system. Additionally, she spent six years working with Girls For A Change and Kotex, collaborating with schools and community centers throughout the country to support young people on creating social change in their communities and using a body+ lens.

    Meghan is a graduate of Leading for Change and holds a degree in International Relations and Social Policy from James Madison College, Michigan State University and a certification in Positive Youth Development from the University of Arizona. Meghan is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach through the Co-Active Training Institute and is an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation.

    Areas of Practice:

    • Coaching

    • Authentic Youth Engagement

    • Leadership Development

    • Facilitation

    • Systems Reform

    • JEDI

    • Child Welfare Policy Advocacy

    • Co-Design, and Visioning

  • Melia Dunn is the Founder and Principal Consultant at Melia Dunn Consulting - inclusion, embraced. Be it through program design, leading teams in the non-profit sector, community engagement or facilitating workshops, her career has always been rooted in the intention to do good. Along her path, brave voices called her attention to practices and behaviors inconsistent with that intention - behaviors that did more harm than good. From there….“shift happened”. Her commitment to un-learning dominant culture practices, shedding white savior complex and demonstrating effective allyship took root. These practices remain core to her work as a JEDI specialist. She volunteers to host the monthly Southwest gathering of CWC-constructive white conversations and serves on the local committee supporting The Privilege Institute’s annual conference in 2023 in Mesa, AZ. Melia has a B.A. in Speech Communication from Penn State University and earned her Inclusion Practitioner certification from The Center for Transformation and Change. Finally, Melia is an unapologetic cat person who simultaneously holds dog people in high regard.

    Areas of Practice:

    • JEDI Consulting

    • Organizational Assessment

    • Executive and/or Small Group Coaching

    • Workshop Training and Facilitation

  • Originally from Bogotá, Colombia, Natalia has had the opportunity to study and work throughout the U.S. and internationally. She comes from a diverse family of artists and entrepreneurs, and believes in the importance of hard work, creativity, giving back, staying true to what makes you passionately curious – while of course having fun. She received her B.A. in Communication & Culture from Clark University and went on to earn an MBA from ASU’s W.P. Carey School of Business. In 2016 she founded a consulting practice, La NRC, to fulfill her true calling as a Facilitator of Knowledge. She connects teams, nonprofits, small businesses, and individuals to the resources and education they need via bilingual facilitation and public speaking. Current focus areas include Intercultural Competency, Strategic Planning, Discovery Workshops, Community Engagement & Outreach, DEI Efforts, Business Fundamentals & Leadership Development. Community give back is a key pillar in her life and she was recognized for her efforts as one of 2014's 40 Hispanic Leaders Under 40, in 2015 with the Sparxx Fly Pillar of Strength Award, and as a 2020 Athena Award Nominee. She is also proud to be a member of Valley Leadership Class 40. Belief in creating positive change locally, nationally, and globally is her fuel. Good humored and open minded, she loves entertaining innovative ideas to further her development and the causes she supports.

    Areas of Practice:

    • Public Speaking

    • Bilingual (English/Spanish) Facilitation

    • Hispanic/Latino/Latine/Latinx Initiatives & Messaging

    • Strategic Planning

    • Intercultural Competency Development Inventory (IDI Assessment)

    • DEI Support (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion)

    • Leadership Development

    • Business Plan Development

    • Business Model Canvas Development

    • Business Fundamentals

    • Community Engagement & Outreach

    • Discovery Workshop

  • Sarah is a Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion practitioner. She works to build healthy communities where all members can thrive. Sarah brings her lived experience as a Latina and community leader to her projects, enabling an authentic connection to those she serves.

    Sarah is committed to approaching her work through a lens of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI). She values lived experience as expertise and believes those closest to the issues have the solutions we are seeking. Sarah works tirelessly to support institutions in building right relationships and centering those that are most impacted. She is highly collaborative and motivated by engaging in opportunities to deconstruct, reimagine and redesign systems traditionally designed to leave out individuals and communities of color.

    Sarah has served in various leadership roles and brings a wealth of experience in the nonprofit, philanthropic, and government sectors, locally and nationally. She brings know-how in strategy building, leadership development, program design, partnership building, community engagement, neutral facilitation, and awareness initiatives. Sarah is a certified Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Qualified Administrator to assess individual and organizational cultural competency. She often uses the IDI as an entry point to conversations in the continuum of JEDI work.

    Some of Sarah’s work includes stepping into leadership of a failing community center and transforming it into a thriving community hub serving 8,000- 10,000 children, youth, and families annually in the Maryvale area. Additionally, while utilizing a community-led approach, she then facilitated the creation of The Heart of Isaac Community Center through a partnership of the Isaac School District with parents, school staff, residents, community partners, and public officials. It is the first resident-driven Family Resource Center implemented within an education setting in Arizona.

    Sarah is bilingual and bicultural. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Family Studies and Human Development from the University of Arizona. She also holds a master’s degree in Social Work from Arizona State University. She is a Co-Chair of the Latina Giving Circle, is a Valley Leadership Alumni- Class 38, and is a graduate of the Hispanic Leadership Institute through Valle Del Sol. She serves on the board of Dignity Health St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center and Omega Youth Leadership Academy. Additionally, she serves as a committee member for the Women’s and Girls of Color Fund for the Women’s Foundation for the State of Arizona. Most importantly, she is a wife and a mother of a daughter and a son.

    Areas of Practice:

    • Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

    • Strategy building

    • Leadership development

    • Capacity building

    • Organizational development

    • Program design

    • Partnership building

    • Community engagement

    • Implementing community driven solutions

    • Action planning

    • Neutral facilitation

    • Awareness initiatives

    • Certified Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Qualified Administrator

  • Stephanie is a Collaborative Consultant at All Voices Consulting. Stephanie is passionate about collaborating with others in the pursuit of a liberatory society. Her work focuses on incorporating justice, equity and inclusion into systems and organizations. She aims to democratize the ways organizations and groups approach social change in order to promote collaborative decision making and ensure that those most impacted by an issue are centered.

    Areas of Practice:

    • Liberatory Organizational Development

    • Othering & Belonging Workshops

    • Inclusive Community Engagement

  • Tiara A Cash, MA, MS, MCMA is a current doctoral student at Simon Fraser University and the Owner/Founder of Crowned Vitta LLC - a multi-disciplinary company serving communities through the concepts of mindfulness, meta-awareness, and meaningful self-relationships and relationships with others. Born and raised in Memphis, TN, she is a Black American & Indigenous (Unenrolled Chahta & Cherokee descendant) queer woman, and a former student-athlete who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise and Wellness from Arizona State University and two Masters degrees, from Western Illinois University in Kinesiology (dual concentration in Sports Psychology and Fitness/Wellness Management) and in Psychology from Simon Fraser University, respectively.

    Tiara is a certified Koru Mindfulness Instructor with a 20-year personal practice of mindfulness and meditation. As a practitioner, she has worked in various settings including higher education, athletics, and the non-profit sector. Featured on NPR (National Public Radio) as an expert, Tiara is also the creator of the Equitable Mindfulness Framework which is foundational to the work she utilizes for contentious conversations across social differences. She currently uses these concepts to curate conferences, create presentations and workshops, and conduct trainings on mindfulness and equity through her business and as the Culture and Equity Specialist at ASU’s Center for Mindfulness, Compassion, and Resilience.

    Importantly, Tiara has also worked in many community settings as an accomplice, including: speaking and coordinating anti-Black racism events, supporting anti-pipeline movements, and being present on many advisory committees that support systemically and intentionally marginalized groups (i.e., PoGM, 2SLQBQQIA+, Disabled communities, and many more.)

    Areas of Practice:

    • JEDI

    • Equitable Mindfulness

    • Restorative Justice

    • Curriculum Development