OUR PRINCIPALS
Holly is a certified human resources professional with over 18 years of experience in building vibrant, inclusive, and mission-driven teams across social impact organizations. As the CEO and owner of DevelopWell, Holly partners with clients to design equitable, nurturing work environments where leaders and teams can thrive together, achieving both personal and organizational impact.
Passionate about fostering meaningful connections and intuitive in her approach, Holly specializes in creating organizational systems and cultures that support growth, inclusivity, and justice. Her work empowers teams to unlock their collective potential, transforming workplaces into spaces of collaboration, innovation, and purpose.
With a background spanning business management and nonprofit advocacy, Holly brings a rich, multifaceted perspective to her work, always focusing on cultivating healthy, impactful teams that drive lasting social change.
Holly Witherington, SHRM-SCP, CEO & Principal, She/Her
Akailah is a teacher and researcher at heart who harnesses the power of joy and truth-telling to create equitable, inclusive, and people-centered spaces. She believes that the pathway to organizational change begins with a keen look at the self, power dynamics, and radical possibilities.
Akailah brings her experiences as a Chief of Staff, Program Director and Equity & Justice Consultant to engage clients in ways that get to the root of organizational challenges and successes. Her core areas of expertise include organizational assessment and analysis, building equitable organizational structures to sustain the wellbeing of people (and by proxy, organizations), scaling with intentionality, goal setting, retreat and meeting facilitation, and more. She believes that all successful engagements begin by centering the voices, perspectives and needs of those most impacted- and end with tangible and sustainable action and accountability. She loves travel, tattoos, time with family and friends, pups, Pilates, and, of course, Target.
AKAILAH JENKINS MCINTYRE, Ed.D, Managing Director & Principal Consultant, SHE/HER
Tiffany is a seasoned social impact program and operations strategist with over a decade in startup environments.
Tiffany has worked in a range of program and operations roles across sectors including municipal government, the Federal Reserve, philanthropic grantmakers, direct service nonprofits, and social impact and advocacy organizations. She’s gleaned a lot about startup culture, employee experience design, cross-sector partnerships, and operationalizing innovation. She’s a big picture thinker, principally concerned with redesigning institutions, systems, and places so they operate in service of (not against) human flourishing. Tiffany’s approach to design is starting with the outcome we hope to see and working backwards; then iterating early and often, alongside stakeholders the whole way.
TIFFANY FERGUSON, PRINCIPAL Consultant, SHE/HER
OUR TEAM
Kate is a skilled project manager who is passionate about policies and practices that uphold peoples’ dignity and opportunities in the workplace and beyond.
She believes that people and organizations thrive when they center diversity, equity, and inclusion in all facets and stages of their work. Diverse decision-makers and inclusive processes not only foster a better culture, but also create stronger mission-related and business outcomes. She brings her experience at nonprofits and a customer service orientation to her work, leading her to listen first and leverage collaborative understanding to advocate for innovative solutions.
KATE DEREWICZ, HEAD OF CLIENT SERVICES & PROJECT MANAGEMENT, SHE/HER
Kaelan is passionate about reimagining workplace practices to challenge traditional norms and better support individuals and teams. She believes that fostering thriving organizations often requires bold, unconventional approaches that center people’s unique needs and lived experiences. By prioritizing collaboration, equity, and innovation, Kaelan partners with organizations to create strategies that empower staff and drive sustainable change.
With a background in economics and social justice, she combines analytical insight with empathetic leadership, helping organizations break away from outdated practices to cultivate inclusive, values-driven workplaces where everyone can succeed.
Kaelan Forbes, Senior People Operations Consultant, she/her
Molly is a versatile administrator with a diverse background of creative direction, production, and logistical leadership and support.
Bringing a wide breadth of experience spanning many industries, Molly loves collaborating to facilitate dynamic and thriving teams. They believe that a cohort is far more than the work that is accomplished, and that centering people in professional spaces is integral in fostering operational and individual sustainability.
MOLLY KNOWLTON, EXECUTIVE & Business Operations Manager, SHE/THEY
OUR PARTNERS
Lola Elfman is a certified leadership coach and master trainer with passion for creative learning and social change.
For over 20 years, Lola’s work has focused on developing strong leaders and teams through community building. From leading the “bootcamp” training programs and RootsCamp ‘unconference’ at New Organizing Institute to scaling global organizations like Change.org, she has worked with leaders and organizations at all stages of growth. She has set the standard for engaging and productive team retreats with groups like UltraViolet and Coworker.org, meaningful management practices with groups like ActBlue, and was deemed the “Chief Listening Officer” by her peers at Change.org.
Lola believes that everyone is a leader, not just the people in the C-Suite, and that everyone has the potential to positively impact their organization, their families, and the world. By approaching her clients holistically as leaders, parents, and partners, Lola supports people in becoming their best selves in both work and in daily life.
LOLA ELFMAN, CPCC, FOUNDer & coach, SHE/HER
maia mareš has 10+ years of experience working with mission-driven organizations from New York to Alaska, focusing on capacity building, equitable people operations, organizational development, and program management.
In addition to policy design and documentation, they specialize in the administration of employee engagement assessments and 360 degree leadership feedback surveys as vital tools for guiding organizational change and individual growth. They are a big believer in practice and process as vital sites for the enactment of liberatory change within individuals, teams, and organizations.
maia mareš, Consultant, they/them
Sarah Noyes is a seasoned recruiter, HR professional, and social entrepreneur. For almost a decade, she has leveraged her nonprofit background, sizable national network, and keen working knowledge of best practices to support mission-minded organizations with their talent searches and HR needs.
This includes supporting a wide range of innovative organizations, many of whom serve predominantly minority populations and support quality of life issues such as healthcare, housing, workforce development, gender equality, and education. Noyes is passionate about applying a racial and social justice lens to recruitment, while never sacrificing securing an ideal candidate for any role she fills. She is also committed to building the capacity of HR professionals and her clients, always striving to enable them to better lead culturally competent executive searches.
SARAH NOYES, RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT, SHE/HER
Katie Bethell is a forward-thinking, multidisciplinary executive leader specializing in spearheading new initiatives, catalyzing operational and cultural transformations, maximizing organizational effectiveness, and driving fundraising in CEO and COO roles.
With over 20 years of experience, she possesses a diverse set of skills in internal and external leadership and partnership, strategic visioning and implementation, and high-impact narrative and legislative advocacy initiatives. She has served as a founder, cofounder, and senior leader, and board member at organizations including WorkMoney, Paid Leave for the U.S., Change.org, and MomsRising, and VoteMama. Her expertise includes leading and building a positive culture and high performance in remote teams. She was honored to be named one of Fortune magazine’s World’s 50 Greatest Leaders in 2018, and by Fast Company as one of their "Most Creative People in Business.”
