Leadership

A world where we “all” thrive in right relationship to each other and our planet requires wholehearted leaders — leaders who act bravely with a lived understanding of our interdependence and relationality.

This kind of leadership begins with cultivating our aliveness, connecting with our power, and taking responsibility for what we are here to build.

Jodie embodies this approach and cultivates agency, imagination, and transformative change in people and processes through coaching, strategy, teaching, collaboration, and infrastructure design.

Wholeheartedness becomes possible when we can accept our full selves, embrace our identities, and feel that who we are is enough. From this place, we cultivate aliveness, develop inner power, and grow the courage to be seen.

Jodie partners with people and communities that are systemically undervalued—those who know the experience of being othered and understand the impacts of inequality and injustice. As they claim their dignity and joy amidst adversity, they begin to imagine and build what is needed.

Their leadership is essential to realizing a world where care, belonging, and equitable opportunity are not only possible, but created.

Jodie has accompanied hundreds of changemakers as they realize breakthroughs and advance our society toward thriving, just, multiracial communities.

Through her partnerships with adrienne maree brown, Rockwood Leadership Institute, and Change Elemental, she has contributed to the development of transformative leadership practices while advancing regenerative approaches to organizational development and infrastructure building.

Across these efforts, she has developed Our Agency Method to support leaders and communities building what they need in an ever-changing, complex world.

What People Are Saying…

  • Lisa VeneKlasen

    Strategist, Internationalist; Founder, Just Associates (JASS)

    Jodie is a master strategist and facilitator. She orients from the heart, mind and body, inviting those she works with to bravely bring their full selves and find their power. Jodie fosters boldness and fresh perspectives to find creative pathways for change. She consistently walks the talk of her political commitment to a multiracial feminist future - able to make the tough choices while working to shine the light on joyful and practical ways to make a difference.

  • Darlene Nipper

    Chief Executive Officer, Rockwood Leadership Institute

    Jodie is true partner and important voice in our movements. Her work over the years has been in lockstep with hundreds of movement leaders.

  • Charletta Wilson, PhD

    Chief Executive Learner, Certified Dare to Lead™ Programs

    Jodie is a gifted and giving thought-partner and coach. Her ability to navigate and guide highly nuanced projects is impeccable. What I appreciate most is her authenticity, integrity and that beautiful heart that cares so deeply for others.

  • Robert Gass

    Co-founder, Rockwood Leadership

    Jodie has a truly remarkable capacity to tackle society's hardest, intractable challenges with imagination and possibility. She embodies rare sets of seemingly contrasting qualities: unyielding determination yet flexible and creative, fierce but loving, imbued with personal power yet always oriented towards collaboration. Her true gift is the way she accomplishes things is life-affirming to all those she works with.

  • Deena Chochinov

    Author of HomeWork: How to be a Leader in the Boardroom and the Living Room

    Jodie offers a triple-gift of head, heart and hands. She’s a brilliant systems-thinker who understands the complex interrelationships between the global, the organizational, and the individual. Jodie combines that expertise with her ability to identify the challenges of her clients and create comprehensive, compassionate and pragmatic solutions.

  • Freddie Francis

    Program Manager, Social Transformation Project

    Jodie's leadership has been immensely supportive in my professional and personal development. Her brilliance, creativity, and practice of walking the walk empower me to be real, take risks, and show up with my whole self. Jodie's commitment to holding joy and complexities within emergent conditions nurtures my fortitude and sustainability in the work.