about

Jeremy Phillips (he, him) has been an organizational change and racial equity consultant, coach, facilitator, and trainer for movement, mission-driven organizations locally, nationally, and internationally for over twenty years. Since becoming an independent consultant in 2004, he’s guided dozens upon dozens of organizations and coalitions through complex change processes that have led to innovative, tangible results. Jeremy is a white male who brings a focus on racial justice and small “d” democratic commitment to his organizational change work. Jeremy is a co-founder of the Pathways to Transformational Consulting, a project that supports BIPoC leaders to engage in organizational change consulting in justice and movement-building spaces. He is on the board of the Haymarket People’s Fund and the Neighborhood School, JP. Jeremy came to organizational change consulting after 15 years working with young people in a variety of settings: from schools, to alternative placements, to out-of-school time. He is a proud & dedicated parent, grandparent, partner, son, uncle, sibling and food grower!

Recent and Current Clients

  • National Family Farm Coalition

  • Boston Public Health Commission: Executive Office; Bureau of Recovery Services; Office of Violence Prevention

  • Rural Advancement Foundation-USA

  • City of Boston: Office of Human Services; Youth Development Fund; Office of Returning Citizens

  • Health Resources in Action: Helplines; Technical Assistance; Training & Capacity-Building

  • Birth Equity Initiative, Boston College

  • Farm Aid

  • Red Clover Collaborative

  • North American Marine Alliance

  • Hyde Square Task Force

  • South East Coastal Ocean Operating Regional Association

  • Tree Boston

  • Sustainable Food Lab

  • Missouri Rural Crisis Center

  • MA Community Healthy Network Alliance-9

  • Coming Clean, Environmental Justice Health Alliance

  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England

  • Rosenberg Fund for Children

  • Zumix

  • Open Society Foundations

JEREMY'S VALUES and APPROACH

Partnership & Results: The client and I are in deep partnership for the success of the process. We figure out together what is needed and move together through the plan and any adjustments we make. My role is to create situations that allow the knowledge and instincts of the people involved to shine through; always with a focus on equity in terms of who is included, centered, and in decision making roles. I help my clients discover the right amount of stretch for them, so they can stay clear about where they’re headed yet be open to breakthrough possibilities, make hard decisions, and ultimately have both a meaningful process and meet their desired outcomes.

Appreciative & Constructive: I start by seeking to understand and appreciate what’s already happening in an organization and more importantly, help my clients do the same. Instead of focusing on problems and deficits, I look for the strengths and opportunities. While important issues won't be ignored or glossed over, what we focus on is what we can build.

Stakeholders and Careholders Hold the Answers: The people who have a stake in the situation are most likely to have the expertise and the solutions. My primary role is to help them contribute their best ideas, see themselves and each other more clearly, find common ground, and come to shared decisions. I’m not the “expert” who’s there to tell the organization where it should go or what it should do, but I do add my insights whenever it’s appropriate.

Joy & Love: I strive to foster & embody care, joy, fun, and laughter with my clients - whether that is through my presence, an activity during a session, or simply taking breaths to ground ourselves. Likewise, my clients know I care deeply for them, their work, and their success. They know that I am with them through the hard moments as well as the joyful ones, and beyond just a particular "contract."

"Working with Jeremy has been one of the most grounding and generative professional relationships of my career. He brings a rare combination of insight, humility, and people-centered practice to organizational development work. Whether through leadership coaching, facilitation, or planning support, his ability to distill complexity and reflect it back with clarity and care is exceptional—and essential for justice-oriented organizations. I trust his judgment completely and value how he walks alongside and holds organizations as they do the difficult, necessary work of moving toward justice and love."

-Daisy Ortega

Managing Director,

Health Resources in Action

Jeremy truly facilitates. He created exercises and managed far-ranging discussions with our diverse board of directors to help them find consensus over and over again about our organization’s future. With me, as the executive director, he offered invaluable coaching around sticky challenges. But he never tells anyone what to do or what to think, he pulls the best and most creative thinking out of individuals and groups.

-Christine Poff

Executive Director,

Franklin Park Coalition

CONTACT

Jamaica Plain - Boston - MA

617-899-9372

jeremy.kp@jeremyphillipsconsulting.org

LOCATION

available for (inter)national travel

Please feel free to reach out to me via email (or text). Initial consults over real or virtual coffee are always welcomed and pro bono.