About Us
Founder & Principal
Giavanna Munafo
Giavanna Munafo has designed and delivered training and professional development programs for over twenty years. Her work is dedicated to advancing excellence through diversity and inclusion. Giavanna assists organizations, departments, work groups, and individuals foster and strengthen their leadership capacity.
Associate
Rachel Edens
Rachel Edens is an advocate, activist, educator, writer, and organizer dedicated to promoting equity for under-represented, non-dominant, and marginalized communities and individuals. Rachel believes in ensuring access to education and resources to individuals of all backgrounds. Her work focuses on advancing equity across all intersections of identity, educating for civic engagement ,and community asset building. Rachel Edens is an advocate, activist, educator, writer, and organizer dedicated to promoting equity for under-represented, non-dominant, and marginalized communities and individuals. Rachel believes in ensuring access to education and resources to individuals of all backgrounds.
Associate
Sandra Spiegel
For sixteen years, Sandy Spiegel has held positions of increasing leadership at educational institutions in VT and NH. In each role, she worked to further diversity and inclusion on campus and in the workplace. At the University of Vermont she served as Director of ALANA (the African, Latino, Asian, Native American Student Center; currently, The Mosaic Center for Students of Color) and the Director of Strategic Programs. At Dartmouth College, Sandy first served a counselor in the student health center, then as Assistant Director of the Office of Affirmative Action, and finally as the Director of Recruiting and Diversity in Graduate Studies.
Associate
Nora Yasumura
Nora Yasumura has extensive expertise in understanding social identity and equity, community organizing, inclusive leadership, and mindfulness practice. As a multiracial woman, she has been inspired to build cross-group coalitions, expand cultural competency, and affirm intersections of identity. Her passion for facilitating productive discussions on sensitive topics related to race, culture, sexuality, gender, ability, nationality, and socioeconomic class brings energy and compassion to this work.