About L
Co-creative, innovative thinker. Relational leader.
Deeply rooted in Michigan, dedicated to social impact.
I’m a project manager and facilitator who helps mission-driven organizations navigate change with clarity and care. Rooted in small-town Michigan, I bring 15+ years of experience coordinating complex initiatives across higher education, nonprofits, government, and cross-sector coalitions.
My approach blends strategic thinking with relational leadership. I believe the most sustainable change happens when we center people in our processes, build trust across difference, and create systems that honor both our collective goals and our individual well-being.
My commitment to community work has always been paired with entrepreneurial practice. I’ve learned that sustainable change requires practitioners who can structure their work for the long term, which is why I’ve built my career across salaried positions, consulting, and civic leadership roles.
What Drives Me
I grew up in Albion, Michigan, a small, diverse town of resilient people who have weathered decades of economic loss due to deindustrialization. Watching my community face massive business closures, the loss of our hospital, and even the closure of our public schools, has shown me that resilience requires more than bouncing back. To sustain our efforts, we must make hard choices to honestly reckon with what we’ve lost, recognize the fruitfulness in what remains, and build toward what’s still possible, together.
This experience shapes how I work. I’m drawn to projects that help rebuild local economies and work at the intersection of community engagement, equity, and public impact. I’m passionate about how institutions transform and build new, less extractive systems, because this impacts how we conduct our daily lives. Whether I’m supporting the evaluation of a national classification initiative for community engagement, facilitating cross-sector conversations across 15+ organizations, or leading digital accessibility overhauls, I focus on the same question: How do we build structures that help us better care for one another?
How I Work
My leadership style is grounded in three core values:
- Practice — Continually returning to what I am learning with a beginners mind and a dedication to continuous improvement. Our lives reflect what we practice daily and I am passionate about the ways embodied practice build our capacity to navigate change.
- Community — I approach collaboration with intention and navigate challenges through the lens of social equity. The best solutions emerge when we create space for diverse voices and lived realities to not only be acknowledged, but also honored.
- Integrity — I practice radical honesty and invite accountability for my actions to ensure I remain aligned with my values. This means naming hard truths, holding complexity without bypassing, and building trust with consistent follow-through.
I’m also neurodivergent, which shapes how I process information, communicate, and solve problems. I’ve learned that what some see as “different” often becomes a strength in facilitation and navigating change: noticing patterns others miss, holding space for multiple perspectives simultaneously, and designing processes that are as accessible as possible.
Beyond Work
I enjoy writing both creatively and about how project management is an embodied practice. I’m actively exploring connections between daily life and the social determinants of health, while deeply curious about how we can collectively build our capacity for joy.
I also do stand-up comedy and have occasionally done storytelling. I find humor to be one of the most powerful ways we can build connection, process complexity, and remember our shared humanity.
I’ve recently started going by my first initial “L” as my preferred name. Working with collaborative teams has helped me realize that it’s important to honor our preferences and this was a significant shift for me.
I am currently open to both full-time roles and contractual projects.
