Clients & Projects.

Since 2023, Rooted Evolution has worked on a wide variety of projects, ranging from executive leadership transition support, organizational restructuring, workshop design and facilitation, team retreat facilitation, and strategic planning. Projects and clients included:

826 New Orleans
Navigated an executive leadership transition with interim management and financial leadership support.

Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble
Designed and implemented an organizational restructuring plan to promote financial and people wellness.

CLR Advising
Conducted institutional funder prospect research for CLR’s client, a member-led social justice organization.

Emergency Legal Responders
Facilitating a strategic planning process to support the organization’s evolution.

Foundation for Louisiana
Coaching a climate scientist to launch an independent research center.

Laureus Foundation
Coached the New Orleans Program Officer and co-designing an annual workplan and resourcing strategy.

Material Institute
Provided hands-on executive leadership in the wake of the previous CEO’s exit; designed and enacted a new leadership and organizational change strategy.

A group of workshop attendees sitting in a circle, introducing themselves through movement.
A group of workshop attendees creating a collage about their identities with magazine clippings.

National Council of Jewish Women, New Orleans
Facilitated two deep listening sessions for members about Israel and Palestine.

Public Advocates
Conducted staff interviews, produced a report, and coached the Leadership Team to inform the design of future annual retreats.

Propeller: A Force for Social Innovation
Mentored social entrepreneurs; designed and facilitated a new workshop series, Building Systems That Work For Your Small Business.

ResourceFull Consulting
Created a style and operations guide for grant writers; co-facilitated a strategic planning process for the Samuel B. Stewart Foundation.

Strangeland: A Project of Common Era
Designed and facilitated a new workshop series, Moving Our Jewish Stories, using creative and embodied practices to explore Jewish identity.

The Urban Conservancy
Designed and facilitated a board and staff retreat focused on long-term planning and visioning; provide ongoing executive coaching.

Tulane Library Special Collections
Designed and facilitated a two-day staff retreat focused on team building and collective goal-setting.

"Laura is skilled at being able to frame a challenge or situation (for better or worse) and then provide strategic next steps to build upon that moment.”

— BE Loud Executive Director