MPI VERIFIED FACILITATOR
Where strategy gets real and decisions actually stick
Most Chapters don’t struggle because of effort. They struggle because the important conversations never quite happen.
I facilitate the conversations leadership teams avoid, rush, or circle without resolving, so you leave with clarity, alignment, and decisions that hold up once everyone goes back to their day jobs.
What I do:
I work with MPI Chapters at the points where progress tends to stall: when effort is high, but clarity, alignment, or follow-through is not... This isn’t about running a “good session” or creating energy in the room. It’s about doing the work that usually gets avoided, so Chapters leave with clear decisions, shared understanding, and a path that holds once the retreat is over.
Board Retreats:
Not just a reset, but a working session that surfaces what’s actually in the way - unclear roles, misaligned priorities, or avoided conversations - and turns it into direction the Board can act on immediately
Strategic Planning Sessions:
Moving beyond broad goals to define what matters now, what gets deprioritized, and what success actually looks like in measurable, operational terms.
Governance and Alignment Resets:
Clarifying how the Board functions: decision-making, accountability, roles, and expectations, so leadership operates as a unit, not a collection of well-meaning individuals.
Clarity:
Connecting strategy to financial reality and leadership capacity, ensuring plans are viable, sustainable, and owned by the people responsible for delivering them.
MPI Leadership Experience:
I've sat in the same seats as the people I facilitate.
- President, MPI Atlantic Chapter (2023/24)
- VP Sponsorship, MPI Atlantic Chapter (2020–2023)
- President-Elect (2022) | Immediate Past President (2025)
Led the Chapter through a full rebuild, including restoring alignment, revitalizing value to the community, strengthening governance, and stabilizing finances.
Outcomes:
- MPI RISE Award (Membership), 2025
- MPI Foundation Chapter Champion, 2024
- Chapter of Excellence, 2024
- Top Performing Chapter (2022, 2023, 2024)
Also served on the MPI RISE Awards Judging Panel
Bring me in.
Is this your chapter?
If your Chapter is at a point where:
- You’re busy, but not aligned
- Conversations keep circling without resolution
- Decisions get made, but don’t stick
- The same issues keep resurfacing in different forms
- Or the “hard stuff” keeps getting deferred to another meeting
It can start to feel frustrating. Not because people don’t care, but because everyone does, and still something isn’t clicking. That’s more common than most leadership teams admit.
Chapters are run by capable, committed volunteers balancing a lot. Over time, things drift—priorities blur, roles get stretched, and important conversations get softened or postponed.
Not intentionally. Just… gradually.
That’s where I come in.
My role isn’t to judge where things are, it’s to help you work through them. To bring structure to the conversation, surface what’s actually going on, and guide the room toward clarity, alignment, and decisions you can stand behind. We'll focus on what matters. We'll deal with what’s real. And we'll build a path forward that feels not just possible, but sustainable.
Because most Chapters don’t need to be rebuilt. They just need the space, and the right facilitation, to get back on track.