OUR CLIENTS
Embark Strategies supports clients in their efforts to plan, design, implement, and grow.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Provided grantmaking support to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, including managing a new interdisciplinary health and education initiative, and providing project management support for health equity and civic engagement grant programs.
A Better Chicago
Designed a strategic program model for A Better Chicago to support the venture philanthropy’s efforts to launch a new social fund aimed at seeding early-stage organizations, including defining program priorities, the investment model, and the organizational structure for the new funding vehicle.
Thrive Chicago
Provided executive leadership support for Thrive Chicago and served as Interim President to lead an organizational transition, including portfolio redesign and management, board development, and culture change.
Loyola University Chicago
Supported diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at Loyola University Chicago, partnering with faculty and administration leaders to facilitate campus-wide conversations about race and equity, and providing thought partnership and strategic support to the development of a new interdisciplinary Institute for Racial Justice.
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
Provided project management support to the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, assisting grantmaking efforts to strengthen school districts’ capacity to provide high-quality learning environments for all students.
Chicago Public Schools
Designed and facilitated sessions for Chicago Public Schools and nonprofit partners to support district-wide efforts to develop a holistic and community-informed approach to school safety and security.
Northwestern University
Led strategic planning efforts with Northwestern University’s Neighborhood & Network Initiative (N3) to define the mission and vision of the organization, and detail a multi-year action plan to meet short and long-term priorities and goals.