Meet Our Team

We are not merely consultants; we are advocates for change, advising bravely and honestly to create a future that holds value.

Meet the team

The people who will be in the room with you.

Ask me about

How to align leadership, operations, and community goals for long-term success through:

  • Enterprise-level strategy and transformation
  • Cross-sector leadership and cultural realignment
  • Strategic planning for complex organizations
  • Navigating change in public, private, and nonprofit sectors
  • Building legacy impact through strategic clarity

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How to align leadership, operations, and community goals for long-term success through:

  • Enterprise and department-level strategic planning that align mission, priorities, and resources
  • Cross-functional collaboration and multisectoral partnerships that advance shared goals and social impact
  • Values-based leadership, change management, and decision-making
  • Process improvement initiatives that strengthen organizational effectiveness, culture, and engagement

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How to align leadership, operations, and community goals for long-term success through:

  • Destination management strategies that balance community stewardship, equity, and the visitor economy.
  • Global sustainable tourism standards and implementation.
  • Facilitating board and executive retreats that move strategy forward.
  • Partnering with and supporting Indigenous-led organizations and sovereign nations to ensure equitable tourism outcomes.

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  • Resiliency planning for tourism-dependent communities
  • Community economic development through a tourism lens
  • Livability strategies for residents and visitors
  • Outdoor recreation vs. natural resource protection
  • Community capacity and economic connectivity assessments

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  • Place-based strategic planning for destinations
  • Tourism research and data interpretation
  • Adapting strategy to evolving market conditions
  • Long-term planning in dynamic environments
  • Visitor experience and destination storytelling

Ask me about

  • Whole systems change and organizational design
  • Leadership development and team building
  • Equity, inclusion, and social justice in strategy
  • Entrepreneurship and business operations
  • Urban development and civic innovation

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  • Inclusive facilitation and brave conversations
  • Capacity-building for change and challenge readiness
  • Equity-focused strategy and engagement
  • Organizational culture and personal growth
  • Community voice elevation and stakeholder alignment

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  • Research, analysis, and synthesis that shapes strategy
  • Stakeholder engagement and interview programs
  • Facilitation support for planning sessions
  • Turning working sessions into documented decisions

Ask me about

  • Creative Leadership + Mentorship
  • Brand work that actually moves your strategy forward
  • Keeping brands alive through creative & strategic thinking
  • Creating space for the questions that change everything

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  • Designing and executing custom market research
  • Turning data into actionable strategic insights
  • Customer loyalty, brand strategy, and product innovation research
  • Research approaches for emerging markets and untapped opportunities
  • Presenting complex data to executive audiences for decision-making

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  • Managing cross-functional teams and strategic initiatives
  • Organizational and culture change facilitation
  • Values-driven leadership development and training
  • Building community partnerships and co-creating bold visions
  • Strategic risk-taking for systemic change

Ask me about

  • Proposal strategy and response development
  • Business development and new partnerships
  • Scoping engagements so the work matches the need
  • Where Coraggio can help — and where we are not the right fit

Ask me about

  • Foundational strategy and organizational clarity
  • Courageous leadership and decision-making support
  • Navigating complex challenges with honesty and empathy
  • Vision-setting and purpose-driven transformation
  • Building high-performing, values-aligned teams
  • The origin and philosophy behind Coraggio’s approach

Ask me about

How to align AI strategy with organizational goals for destination marketing success through:

  • Building governance frameworks and implementation roadmaps for responsible AI adoption
  • Developing cross-functional AI capabilities and change management in tourism marketing teams
  • Establishing content authenticity standards and ethical practices for AI-generated destination content

Ask me about

  • Leading destination stewardship: moving from promotion to purpose‑driven models
  • Crisis leadership: navigating high‑stakes disruption with resilient, values‑based response
  • Governing organisations through transformation with integrity, equity and inclusive decision‑making
  • Co‑creating strategic frameworks that centre community voice, wellbeing and long‑term impact
  • Stakeholder empowerment: building trusted partnerships across government and communities to drive systemic outcomes

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  • Destination marketing and brand development
  • Strategic planning for tourism growth and engagement
  • Event management and audience connection strategies
  • Marketing innovation in the travel and tourism sector
  • Aligning brand strategy with community and visitor needs

Ask me about

  • Inclusive storytelling and audience engagement strategies
  • Workforce development and vendor engagement
  • Building collaborative, values-aligned teams
  • Cross-sector strategy development (tech, nonprofit, events)
  • Community activation and experiential marketing
How we work

Four principles decide how we show up, long before the strategy does.

Courage

We say the thing that needs saying, including when it is not what the room expects to hear.

Truth

Evidence over instinct. We bring the data, the interviews, and the pattern we actually see.

Grace

Hard conversations still deserve care. We make space for every voice that has to live with the decision.

Humility

It is your organization. We build the plan with you, then hand you the keys.

Where we work

Four sectors, one practice.

  • 01Travel & TourismDestination stewardship, visitor economy strategy, and sustainable tourism standards.
  • 02GovernmentPublic agency strategy, community engagement, and cross-jurisdiction alignment.
  • 03EducationInstitutional strategy, enrollment and program planning, and culture change.
  • 04NonprofitsMission clarity, board and executive alignment, and organizational effectiveness.
Headquartered in Colorado, working nationally

Our team is distributed across the United States, with international reach through our partners and advisors. We travel to the communities we serve, and most engagements combine on-site facilitation with remote working sessions.

Coraggio Group is a Miles Partnership company, a Benefit Corporations for Good member since 2018, and a GSTC member.

What our team is thinking about
Sara Meaney

“Strategy is both the hardest and easiest work of leadership. Once the vision is clear to all and priorities are defined, implementation becomes a lot more rewarding and the path to success comes into focus for everyone.”

Sara Meaney · Managing Partner
Trever Cartwright

“Every organization has the potential for excellence. Meaningful breakthroughs only happen when the leadership of an organization is willing to hear the truth and has the courage to take action.”

Trever Cartwright · Founder
Jen Gray-O’Connor

“The most resilient organizations are built on the commitment to a shared purpose, the inclusion of diverse stakeholder voices, and the willingness to change.”

Jen Gray-O’Connor · Sr. Associate Principal
Aviva North

“Proactive strategic development is the key to community capacity building and more resilient destinations.”

Aviva North · Sr. Associate Principal
Jennifer Ha

“Stay Inspired, It’s Contagious!”

Jennifer Ha · Brand & Marketing Strategist

Interested in joining our team?

We hire for courage first. If you want to do consulting work that leaves communities better than you found them, tell us what you would bring.