Steadying Leadership. Strategic Clarity. Strengthed Operations.

Nonprofit Management Consulting for Purpose-Driven Organizations

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.

Aligning teams. Amplifying impact.

Aligning teams. Amplifying impact.

Work With Us

Interim Executive Leadership

When your organization is between executives, we step in with stability, clarity, and strategy—helping your team navigate change while building the foundation for what’s next.

Strategic Planning & Clarity

We guide your leadership, staff, and board through a clear, inclusive planning process that aligns vision and action. Our facilitation prioritizes stakeholder buy-in, mission clarity, and practical implementation.

People & Process

From designing systems and processes to managing priorities and improving accountability, we help organizations create the infrastructure needed to deliver consistent, high-quality work and align teams for a thriving culture.

  • “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 Us

Urvi Patel

Urvi Patel

Sarah Pariser

Sarah Pariser

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.