Credentials

Alissa Schwartz, MSW, PhD

• 11 years independent consulting with more than 40 organizations, including foundations, universities, community-based groups, coalitions and networks, grassroots start-ups, and international organizations
• 25+ years experience working with nonprofit organizations 
• PhD in social work from Columbia University, with a focus on organizational behavior and psychology
• Creator of the customizable Complequity Organizational Assessment Tool™ 
• MSW from University of Washington
• BA in theater directing from Wesleyan University
• Co-editor and chapter author of a special issue of New Directions in Evaluation that is focused on the intersectionalities of evaluation and facilitation
• Trained by master trainer Robert Gass in the art of transformational consulting
• Mother of two delicious kids, wife of jazz drummer and composer Andrew Drury, and occasional volunteer puppeteer for Bread and Puppet theater

See my resume