Dr. Erica Nicole Griffin

WAYFINDING NAVIGATOR

(she/her)

Dr. Erica Nicole Griffin (she/her) is an anti-racism scholar and advocate who brings sixteen years of progressive experience in nonprofit organizational development, executive recruiting, community education, and anti-racism education to her work as a navigator. She has worked internationally and in the US as a consultant and thought partner to senior leaders across the nonprofit and public sectors.

As a researcher, Erica Nicole relied on intersectionality and critical race theory to better understand how hyperghettoization and misogynoir impact the educational outcomes of Black girls in US school systems. That research informed her leadership in community-based educational programs for parents in Phoenix, Arizona, adult inmates in Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail, sex workers in Atlanta, and homeless and trafficked youth at Covenant House Georgia.

In addition to consulting, Dr. Griffin is a facilitator and public speaker. Recent engagements include a keynote presentation at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). She holds a doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies from Arizona State University and a BA in public communication from The American University. She lives in Atlanta with her two children.

Becky George

Wayfinding Navigator

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Becky George has been a professional educator, advocate, and facilitator for nearly 15 years. In all of her work, she has prioritized creating transformative learning opportunities, events, and programs that move us toward justice, equity, and growth.

Becky George is a Senior Advisor of External Engagement & Programs at Everytown for Gun Safety. She advises Everytown’s growing portfolio for education programming, partnerships, and equity-focused work. More specifically, she prioritizes LGBTQ communities, AAPI communities, and communities impacted by domestic violence. Becky has spent the past 14 years in the non-profit sector focused on curricula development, facilitation, strategic planning, reproductive justice, and healthcare.

Becky George is a proud graduate of the University of North Texas. She currently lives in Washington, D.C. with her wife and two dogs. She loves brunch and a good cocktail.

Sally Loftis

Wayfinding Navigator

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Margaret Wheatley once said, “When we take a step or make a decision, we are tugging at webs of relationships that are seldom visible but always present.” Through consulting, Sally Loftis is tugging at these webs of relationships that hold systems of injustice in place. 

Sally is the daughter of teachers, innovators, and visionaries who taught Sally from a young age to deeply listen to everyone in her circle of influence. Starting with activism in high school, Sally volunteered and worked in spaces so that all people feel seen, heard, and represented in her work. She has worked in mostly human resources roles and most recently completed her masters’ thesis on pay equity in nonprofits. 

Sally finds that facilitating learning for large groups is powerful, but building a sense of community and collective purpose requires additional skills, specifically listening. Sally co-led the equity, diversity, and inclusion taskforce at Penland School of Craft. This group of staff, community, and board members formed to build a space where they could support thought diversity with loving curiosity and courageous authenticity. In this work, Sally has recognized her own need to excavate the white, male, able-bodied, homologous narrative of her upbringing. This excavation is primarily listening, watching, and reading the voices that push her out of unconscious bias.

Dr. María Amelia Viteri

Wayfinding Navigator

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Dr. María Amelia Viteri holds a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from American University, in Washington DC, with a concentration on race, gender and social justice, a master’s in social sciences with a concentration on gender and development, and a bachelor’s in linguistics. Dr.  Viteri is an independent consultant, and also holds an affiliation as an Associate Researcher with the Department of Anthropology at University of Maryland, College Park. 

Dr. Viteri scholarly and applied research together with her local and international consulting experience, have granted her a grounded understanding of the importance of crafting sound project activities and indicators to address equity, diversity, and inclusion.  Dr. Viteri has worked to assess the impact of systemic violence on women, girls, LGBTQ, immigrant, indigenous communities, people with disabilities, and people of African descent.  Dr. Viteri is a solutions-oriented scholar, practitioner, and advocate for actionable change in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. 

With very strong research and data analysis experience, writing and presenting in both Spanish and English, Dr. Viteri has published more than 40 academic, policy documents, technical notes, protocols, manuals, newspaper articles, and case studies, with an additional 10 peer-reviewed books published in both Spanish and English.

As a collaborative and committed leader, Dr. Viteri’s work has approached racism and inequality as mutually constitutive with gender, sexuality, economic status, and place of origin, in the United States, particularly in the DC area, as well as in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Kari Primozic

Wayfinding Navigator

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Kari Primozic is a Courageous Conversation Coach and solopreneur of Courageous Living. Kari’s purpose is to use her coaching skills to facilitate courageous conversations among passionate people who are ready to make progress in their life and community. Kari’s coaching is goal focused and growth minded.

Kari’s racial journey started in 2015; it was ignited by motherhood, her children’s school, and personal questioning. Kari continues to grow personally and professionally in understanding the complexities around diversity, equity, and inclusion. Kari is dedicated to understanding her role and responsibility in knowing her own whiteness and how that impacts her relationships and her own anti-racist work.

For over 25 years, Kari has worked with parents in a variety of capacities. She has been an elementary school teacher, educational services business owner is a dedicated community volunteer and currently works with parents in the coaching environment. Kari approaches life through the lens of motherhood and community.

Kari has her bachelor’s degree in Education from Mount Saint Mary’s University. Kari is a Certified Professional Coach; she has received her coaching training from Results Coaching Global and Fowler International Academy of Professional Coaching; accredited coach training programs with the International Coach Federation.

Kari is a wife and mother of three children ages 18, 15, and 12. In her free time, Kari may be found tap dancing, reading, and spending time with her favorite 4 people (husband and 3 kids) and her dog.

David Hill

WAYFINDING NAVIGATOR

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David A. Hill is the President of DHill Professional Services, LLC, where he provides legal and consulting services to small businesses, non-profit entities, and individual clients.  In a career spanning over twenty-nine years, David has been a senior executive in a Fortune 20 company, general counsel in a ten-person, start-up business, a partner in a national woman and minority-owned law firm, and served on numerous nonprofit boards.   

David is excited to join Wayfinding Partners in the next step of his life’s journey. Born in Roxbury, MA, moving to a predominantly Jewish part of Newton, MA at the age of nine, educated at Wesleyan University and Harvard Law School and throughout his professional career, David has often been a bridge to people of racial, socio-economic, religious and cultural difference.  Standing on the shoulders of his familial ancestors who moved North during the Great Migrations of the 20th Century, David has been blessed to experience many of the benefits possible in this country. The events of the last four years, particularly those of the last year in the midst of twin pandemics – Covid-19 and exposed white supremacy – have both further torn at the social fabric of our society and heightened David’s own desire to get involved in racial equity work.       

David currently serves as a Steward at the Kingdom Fellowship AME Church, a Vice-Chair of the Wesleyan University Alumni Association, the Immediate Past Board Chair of Leadership Montgomery, and on the Board of the George B. Thomas Learning Academy (aka Saturday School).  When not working, David enjoys cheering on Boston-based sports teams, playing golf, and reading (with a fondness for historical biographies). David resides in Silver Spring, Maryland with his wife and their two children, ages 19 and 14.

Lewis Bryant II

Wayfinding Navigator

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Lewis is excited about working with Wayfinding Partners and continuing his lifelong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, in all of its dimensions. He recently retired from BB&N, a private school in Cambridge Mass, after serving in the role of Director of Multicultural Services for 37 years. Over the course of those 37 years, Lewis learned a lot about working with folks from different backgrounds and supporting those who have been historically marginalized and excluded. In addition, he had to learn how to bring people together in an effort to bring about both personal and institutional change. His biggest lesson has been that it is very difficult, if not impossible, to bring about institutional or organizational change without first working on self. 

Lewis’ own personal journey took him from the housing projects of Boston to elite halls of education usually reserved for the privileged. He attended (segregated) Boston Public Schools through the eighth grade, and then attended the Noble and Greenough School, before matriculating to Tufts University, in Medford Mass. He is looking forward to this next challenge in his life, which will allow him to continue to invest in the work of breaking down barriers and building pathways to change. 

Lewis is a 66-year-old Black man who was born at the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, and although he sometimes feels like not much has changed (George Floyd/Breonna Taylor), he is still committed to the struggle for freedom, justice, and equality, if not for himself, then for his nine grandchildren’s future, and the future of this world we all live in.

Matt Brown

Wayfinding Navigator

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Matt has worked in the nonprofit international education world for 25 years, designing and delivering training, exchange and organizational strengthening programs for economically developing countries. He was resident director of field offices for World Learning in the Balkans for 12 years until 2010, and since then has administered programs with the same organization from a base in Washington, DC. These programs often integrate a focus on equity for communities that are marginalized and disadvantaged in their contexts, such as ethnic minorities in Eastern Europe, or women in Pakistan.

While much of Matt’s professional work is focused on needs and issues in other countries, he is also committed to active engagement in social and economic justice at home in the U.S. He is aware that his identity as a White, U.S.-born male has meant a life path with fewer obstacles than faced by others, and believes he has a responsibility to leverage this advantage in the pursuit of equity and justice in his home community. 

Matt’s initial consciousness of systemic racism was significantly influenced by a brief engagement teaching incarcerated Black young men in New York City, extensive work with the ostracized Roma community in Bulgaria, and graduate coursework in social justice. His understanding of racism, and of anti-racism action, has deepened in recent years through workshops delivered by organizations like Training for Change, the White Privilege Conference, the Racial Equity Institute, Leadership Montgomery, and Wayfinding Partners – where he is honored to be included in this pool of passionate Wayfinding Navigators.

Elizabeth Taylor

Wayfinding Navigator

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Elizabeth Taylor is a professional educator, consultant, and coach building her two-decade career on the inclusion of marginalized voices in communities and learning entities. An activist in educational advocacy, inclusion and social justice, Elizabeth specializes in adaptive leadership development, special education, group dynamics (teams) and personal development. Her academic research centers around educational systems and employees’ fulfillment of meaningful work.

Elizabeth’s scholarship, teaching, consulting, and leadership has led to an ardent belief in both/and thinking. We live in a deeply racist, unjust, marginalizing world and we have common needs as humans:  to belong, to matter, to be loved. Elizabeth helps individuals, families, professionals and leaders find meaning, purpose and engagement.  She also consults with organizations and school systems on creating inclusive, equitable and socially just practices and policies.

Elizabeth holds a B.A. in english and elementary education from Michigan State University, an M.A. in deaf education from Columbia University’s Teachers College and an M.S. in organization development from the Graziadio Business School at Pepperdine University. A native of Massachusetts, lifelong New Yorker at heart, and current resident of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Elizabeth is a global practitioner. She and her two teenagers spend an inordinate amount of time laughing and gawking at their two Covid-kitties, Ash and Selah.   

Ceasor Dennis

Wayfinding Navigator

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Ceasor Dennis is a dedicated diversity, equity and inclusion practitioner who is passionate about making society an equitable place, particularly for those who are the most vulnerable in organizations and communities. Specifically, he leverages his education, experience, and expertise to help public sector organizations increase their positive impact for all their internal and external stakeholders. He actively consults on the key HR, operational, organizational, and strategic dimensions of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Ceasor has a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from University of California at Irvine. In addition to his work with Wayfinding Partners, he serves as the Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR). In this role, he is committed to furthering DOR’s mission of employment, independence, and equality for all Californians with disabilities, through the belief in the talent and potential of persons with disabilities.   

Cara Johnson

Wayfinding Navigator

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Cara Johnson is a consultant with over 20 years of experience in the not-for-profit sector. She specializes in organizational development with an equity lens. Her passion lies in convening individuals, organizations and institutions in bold conversations that affect organizational and systemic change. Cara is driven by her desire to build inclusive spaces that address systems of dominance and oppression in a sustainable way. She considers her equity and social justice work both a calling and a privilege. 

Cara is a holistic consultant with experience in organizational development, strategic planning, talent management, teaming, leadership development, and work culture assessments and design. Her expertise lies in synthesizing and mobilizing ideas for programs, projects, processes, and people within complex environments. She enjoys working with and through teams to instill and sustain a culture of collaboration. 

Cara has her undergraduate degree from University of Southern California and her M.A. from Springfield College. She is a seasoned facilitator and public speaker. She is avid lover of the ocean after spending many of her summers as a child in Miramar, Argentina. Cara currently resides in Phoenix, AZ.