THE WHY

Jones26 Advisory was founded on a simple observation: too many organizations doing meaningful work are running on the wrong infrastructure. Partnerships living in someone’s inbox. Programs held together by one person’s institutional knowledge. Data being collected but never actually used.

Good intentions are never the problem. Structure is. Jones26 Advisory exists to close that gap, building the strategy, systems, and partnerships that turn vision into something durable.

THE PROFESSIONAL THREAD

I built my career at the intersection of people, programs, and organizational systems. With a Master of Science in Community Development and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, I've worked across nonprofit management, workforce development, corporate community investment, and social enterprise strategy building partnerships that move organizations forward, designing systems that make outcomes visible, and developing programs that scale.

I currently lead and coach a team, and I teach at the graduate level, which shapes how I work with every client. I’m less interested in handing over a plan than in making sure the people who inherit it understand it, believe they can run it, and know how to measure their own success. The throughline has always been the same: understand how an organization works from the inside, then help it work better, with a behavioral-science lens on measurement and a community-development lens on what’s worth measuring.

This isn't theoretical. I build these systems in real time, partner reporting structures, business review frameworks, onboarding processes, prioritization systems, for high-stakes relationships with real stakeholders and real accountability. I know what makes them work because I use them, refine them, and defend them in front of decision-makers every week.

THE APPROACH

Every engagement begins with deep listening, understanding where an organization is before recommending anything new. My work is grounded in proven community development and organizational frameworks: Asset-Based Community Development, Logic Model and Theory of Change design, Results-Based Accountability, Collective Impact, and Systems Thinking. These are not theoretical. They shape how every engagement is structured, from the first conversation to the final deliverable.

The goal is never a quick fix. It is durable infrastructure that works when Jones26 is no longer in the room.

LOOKING AHEAD

Jones26 Advisory is a growing practice serving corporate community-investment teams, social enterprises and B Corps, government-funded workforce and education intermediaries, and select mission-driven nonprofits. As the practice grows, so will its offerings. Fractional leadership support is a future offering on the horizon, giving organizations access to experienced, embedded leadership on a part-time basis without the commitment of a full-time hire.