We are the Pleiades Collective.
We are a community of experienced practitioners who bring diverse perspectives, expertise, and thoughtful collaboration to helping organizations become more effective, healthy, resilient, sustainable, and generative. We draw on one another's strengths, bring different perspectives to challenging problems, and assemble the right combination of people and expertise for each project.
We work as a collective because we believe there is strength in shared wisdom, responsibility, resources, and support. We are also a living laboratory, actively cultivating the same kinds of conditions we help other organizations create: healthy ways of working, shared responsibility, meaningful relationships, mutual support, and structures that support both people and purpose.
Meet the Star Sisters
Jamie Rasmussen
Organizational Strategist
Communications strategist, facilitator, and community engagement specialist with over 12 years of experience in marketing, advertising, and strategic communications. Specializes in inclusive messaging, strategic planning, and stakeholder engagement, helping organizations foster collaboration, strengthen partnerships, and deliver meaningful, community-focused outcomes.
Joy Lujan
Planner, Facilitator, and Organizational Theorist
More than 25 years experience working with nonprofits, public agencies, community groups, collaborative partnerships, and grassroots initiatives, helping people navigate complexity. Guided by a deep curiosity about organizational life, Joy helps people understand the patterns and conditions shaping their work so they can make thoughtful decisions and build healthy, resilient organizations and initiatives.
Stacey Konner
Executive Search and Leadership Success Specialist
Executive search and talent acquisition consultant with over 20 years of experience supporting purpose-driven organizations and nonprofit leaders. Completed more than 300 executive searches and holds certifications in diversity recruiting, diversity sourcing, and people sourcing, with a proven track record of connecting organizations with exceptional and diverse leadership talent.
Brooke Gillespie-Trout
Operations and Communications Coordinator
Operations and communications professional specializing in executive support, relationship management, marketing, and communications. A published author and storyteller, Brooke brings organization, thoughtful follow-through, and a talent for helping people stay connected to the relationships and commitments that matter most.
India Phoenix
Community and Culture Strategist
Strategist, facilitator, and organizational development consultant helping build the systems, structures. India brings a people-centered, systems-based approach to leadership, organizational strategy, and culture, helping teams move from big ideas to sustainable, actionable practice. Especially passionate about creating organizations where clarity, accountability, and humanity can coexist.
Susan Goodwin
Facilitator and Mediator
Facilitator, mediator, and systems change consultant with over 20 years of experience guiding organizations, leadership teams, and collaborative partnerships through complex conversations and strategic decision-making. Formerly with the U.S. Department of the Interior, specializing in governance, conflict resolution, consensus-building, leadership development, and fostering collaborative, results-driven environments.
Oskar Alkhateeb
Technology Strategist and Software Engineer
Technology strategist and software engineer with experience delivering enterprise technology solutions and helping small businesses identify, implement, and make the most of technology that supports their work. CMMI Foundations Certified, Oskar specializes in business systems, technology integration, and process improvement, helping organizations simplify operations, improve efficiency, and build practical, scalable systems that grow with them.
We Work in Community
We believe good work happens in community. We support and partner with other service-driven, heart-centered practices whose work complements our own. Together, we strengthen one another’s work and expand what we can offer the organizations and communities we serve.
by the brujas
by the brujas helps organizations strengthen their strategy, communications, leadership, and impact through facilitation, storytelling, and equity-centered leadership development grounded in authentic relationships, aligned purpose, and lasting social change.