From Transition to Transformation.

From Tension to Traction.

Helping mission-driven organizations with leadership and operational support that builds clarity, culture, and lasting impact.

When Your Mission is Clear but the Path Forward Isn’t

Nonprofits operate in complexity—navigating tight resources, shifting priorities, and the weight of doing meaningful work. When a key leader exits, strategy stalls, or internal systems start to strain, the ripple effects can disrupt momentum and morale. Burnout rises. Progress slows. People feel lost in the fog.

Most consultants treat these challenges as checklists—offering quick fixes and rigid frameworks.

We believe transitional moments deserve more than transactional solutions.

We help turn breakdowns into breakthroughs, opportunity into optimization. Our approach is rooted in transformation, not transaction. We don’t drop in with a framework and disappear. We adapt proven tools to fit your culture and capacity—so that what we build together is integrated, operable, sustainable, and transformational.

The work you do it too important to be slowed by transition or dysfunction.

  • Meetings feel endless but never decisive.

  • Systems are fragile, siloed, or pieced together with band-aids.

  • Leadership transitions stall progress and exhaust the team.

  • You’re carrying the weight of vision and operations with no real support.

But let’s be honest, you’ve found yourself here:

Your mission deserves better.
Your people deserve better.
You deserve better.

People

Build trust.

Clarify roles.

Align culture.

Empower leadership.

Meet our transformation pillars. This is where we transform the messy middle into meaningful momentum.

Let’s navigate it, together…

Systems

Create operational structure.

Define processes.

Establish accountability.

Strategy

Set vision.

Clarify priorities.

Empower decision-making.

Navigate uncertainty.

We see what’s said and unsaid. We trace patterns and illuminate the root causes most leaders miss.

This isn’t about quick fixes. It’s about creating coherence—so your systems, culture, and leadership all move together.

Clients call our approach the “magic”—because we help them turn dysfunction into clarity, disconnection into collaboration, and burnout into renewed purpose.

Here’s how we can help:

From chaos to coherence.

For organizations weighed down by inefficiency, silos, and unclear accountability.

We help you move from constant firefighting to sustainable clarity—designing operational systems that are functional, values-aligned, and built to last.

Outcomes:
✓ Clear structures + accountability
✓ Team-wide collaboration
✓ Culture that feels aligned, not forced

Operational Support

Interim Leadership

Leadership transitions don’t have to mean losing momentum.

For boards and organizations facing leadership transition.

We bring stability, strategic clarity, and cultural anchoring so your mission continues forward with trust and steadiness.

Outcomes:
✓ Seamless momentum during transition
✓ Strategic decision-making + documentation
✓ Leadership that models presence and trust

Strategic Partnership

Leadership doesn’t have to be lonely.

For founders, CEOs, and Executive Directors who feel isolated at the top.

We become your co-pilots —synthesizing complexity, clarifying priorities, and restoring your energy to lead with confidence.

Outcomes:
✓ Strategic thought partnership
✓ Operational clarity + traction
✓ Freedom from holding it all alone

  • “Urvi and Sarah are a powerhouse duo. With deep strategic acumen and keen leadership in operational efficiency and effectiveness, any client is sure to receive tremendous value beyond their expectations.”

    Terri Gehr, Founder & Principal, Gehr LLC, Transitional Leadership Consulting

  • "Sarah and Urvi stepped into their interim roles with confidence and provided much-needed stability and direction for the team. They worked collaboratively to define roles and responsibilities, ensuring that every team member understood their contributions and felt supported in their work. Their ability to identify challenges, facilitate solutions, and guide the team through uncertainty was invaluable to the organization’s continued success"

    Laura Wedekind, President & CEO, Steiner and Board Member & Treasurer, Healthy New Albany

  • “Sarah and Urvi are mission-focused leaders positioned perfectly to bring stability to teams and continued momentum during transition. Their combined expertise and ability to leverage cross-functional skills in a dynamic way is a unique asset that drives mission alignment and elevates impact.”

    Nichole Dunn, President & CEO, Flying Horse Farms

Meet Your Partners

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Meet Your Partners *

Urvi Patel is a highly respected and authentic professional with a multifaceted background as a transformational leadership coach, experienced communications and nonprofit strategist, and entrepreneur. She helps people and organizations recognize their potential, gain clarity on goals, and build a sustainable plan to create meaningful impact.

Prior to launching her own coaching practice and consultancy, her career was marked by a series of accomplishments across private, public and nonprofit sectors, including: leading award-winning communications teams; providing strategic communications and stakeholder engagement council to foreign diplomats and C-suite executives; and, spearheading community-changing projects. Notably, Urvi has played a pivotal role in securing tens of millions of dollars in public and private support for missions centered on equity and access.

Urvi holds an undergraduate degree in international relations and business from Boston University and a master’s degree in global communication and public diplomacy from The George Washington University. Additionally, she is trained in coaching for public speaking, leadership, women’s leadership, equity-centered practices. She currently serves on the boards of The Columbus College of Art and Design, The Matriots Action Fund, and Helpline’s Thank Goodness I’m Me Initiative.

Sarah Pariser is a thought leader and catalyst for change committed to supporting people and organizations at decisive moments. She brings innovative and strategic thinking to build a new paradigm, with demonstrated success leveraging leadership, operational systems design, research, and community investments to activate and engage while driving outcomes.

Before serving as a consultant, Sarah began her career in the arts and served in roles that engaged the community and brought a vision to practical implementation through policies and programming. Most recently, she was a nationally recognized philanthropic leader and subject matter expert with areas of focus in participatory grantmaking, equity research, program development, social enterprise creation, coalition building, trust-based philanthropy, gender equity, and systems change.

Sarah holds a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from the College of Charleston and has been trained in the Art of Hosting, the Stanford University d.School’s Designing for Social Systems, and the FEBI Personality and Leadership Assessment. Her commitment to service has led to volunteer involvement with organizations including the Columbus Museum of Art, the Columbus Women’s Commission, and Columbus School for Girls among others.

Leadership doesn’t have to be lonely.
Operations don’t have to be chaotic.
Your mission doesn’t have to feel stalled.

Let’s build what lasts.

Are you ready to be supported?

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Whether you’re navigating transition, ready for structures that serve, or sharpening your strategy — we’d be honored to walk alongside you.