Patricia St.Onge (Six Nations) is a partner in Seven Generations Consulting Company, providing coaching, training, consulting, and technical assistance in the areas of community organizing, social change advocacy, organizational development, cross-cultural effectiveness, consensus building and executive, spiritual, and personal coaching. Seven Generations works with public agencies, nonprofit organizations, foundations, academic institutions, congregations, and communities. more»

Beth Applegate is the principal of Applegate Consulting Group (ACG), an organization development (OD) practice that assists national and international nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and socially responsible for-profit corporations with developing human and organizational capacity and building a more just and equitable society. more»

Vicki Asakura is a third-generation Japanese American who grew up in the ethnically diverse Central Area of Seattle. Her life experiences have had a strong influence on her passion for racial justice and capacity-building work in communities of color and refugees and immigrants. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington, she started her professional career in a newly formed community-based organization providing employment services for Asian Americans in the Seattle area. Through this job she became a community advocate for programs and funding in support of English as a second language (ESL) and other bilingual services for the growing immigrant and refugee communities. more»

Monika K. Moss, president of MKM Management Consulting, has worked as master mapper and business consultant for twenty years. She has dedicated her talents to helping organizations and individuals create powerful roadmaps to their vision. As founder of MKM Management Consulting (www.mkmmanagement.com), Moss is committed to partnering with others to make a difference by supporting the transformation of individuals and organizations. A scholar and practitioner, Moss was published in the International Association Facilitators Research and Application Journal (Spring 2004) and wrote the book Life Mapping: A Process of Self-Discovery and Path Finding (Keys for Life Publishing, 2007). more»

Brigette Rouson, principal at Rouson Associates, brings more than twenty years of experience as a consultant, public policy attorney, grant maker, board member, and scholar-activist. Her leadership signature is advancing social transformation through attention to cultural identity. Rouson previously served as a senior consultant with Mosaica: The Center for Nonprofit Development and Pluralism. and was program director for the Alliance for Nonprofit Management, the premier national association of capacity builders devoted to improving nonprofits’ management and governance capacity. more»

Alfredo Vergara-Lobo, principal at Vergara-Lobo Associates, has a background in education, social work, organizational change, and recreation. He brings years of experience with nonprofit and public entities domestically and abroad to his practice. A popular speaker and presenter, Vergara-Lobo has trained and presented to hundreds of audiences throughout the country and abroad in English and Spanish. He received his master of social work degree from the School of Social Welfare at University of California-Berkeley and his bachelor’s degree from San Francisco State University. more»