We're a strategic advisory firm for forward-thinking organizations confronting complex change.

For decades, we've practiced what we help our clients do: evolve while protecting what matters most.

We've changed a lot since our founding: new offerings, collaborators, and ways of working. What hasn't changed is our conviction that transformation, done with intention, makes organizations more themselves, not less. We know this firsthand. We've gone through our own transitions, rethought how we work more than once, and stayed ourselves throughout all of it. We bring what we learn into every engagement.

We work with forward-thinking organizations confronting complex change, and with the people inside them ready to meet it. Together we build the leadership, clarity, and alignment it takes to strengthen a foundation while everything around it shifts.

Our clients understand that there’s no simple path to addressing complex challenges—for themselves, their teams, or the world.

People choose to work with us because we move with change rather than against it, and we help organizations find their way through to what's possible.

From strategic planning and coaching to organizational design and board evolution, Crossland's core team and network of trusted collaborators meet the unique needs of every client.

Kathleen Yazbak
Kathleen Yazbak
Equitable Search
James Wu
James Wu
Brand Storytelling
Teri Riddle
Teri Riddle
Founder and CEO
Akilah S. Richards
Akilah S. Richards
Liberation Life Design
Alicia O’Brien
Alicia O’Brien
Operations Director
Jermaine Moore
Jermaine Moore
Culture Champion
Megan E. Hogan
Megan E. Hogan
Communications Director
Clare Hannan
Clare Hannan
Systems Thinker & Operations Mobilizer
Maleka Diggs
Maleka Diggs
Disruptor of Monoliths
Dan Briody
Dan Briody
Storytelling

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“At once the Crossland Group instills confidence that comes with deep and diverse experience and trust that their work is a unique application that unleashes your organization's human and financial resources to drive impact. And ... they are fun to work with!”

Dan Cardinali
Former President and CEO, Independent Sector

We are dedicated to a sustainable future that meets the needs of both people and the planet.

We invest in the lasting outcomes of our work, for the people, communities, and places it touches. 

Since 2019, Crossland has been a small business partner to the National Forest Foundation, which is working toward replanting 50 million trees across America’s national forests. Through this partnership, we have committed to planting at least 200 trees each year.

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