Our Mission

Over 25 years ago, Mary Chambers walked out of yet another long and raucous community meeting, looked skyward, shook her fists over her head and shouted to the universe, “With God as my witness, I am never attending another poorly led, unfocused, no-results, and no follow-up meeting again!” 

 On that day, she knew three things for sure:

1. Solving the complex, intractable challenges and divisions faced by our community depends on our ability to come together in shared purpose and engage in courageous, meaningful conversations;

2. We are more effective, powerful, and creative collectively than we are individually, and;

3. To matter, meetings must be well planned, thoughtfully focused, and skillfully led.

And, there yelling on the sidewalk, she vowed to make helping visionary leaders transform their ideas into positive social change through brave and meaningful conversation her life’s work.