Advancing organizations grounded in belonging

We are all worthy of belonging — and workplaces are far more capable of achieving their goals when people feel affirmed, connected, and poised to contribute.

Belonging meets a fundamental human need for connection that’s hardwired in our DNA. When activated, our brains release chemicals that enable us to learn, grow, and take risks.* Work cultures designed around belonging therefore see the benefits of dramatically increased job performance, retention, and staff engagement.** These are critical ingredients that support people to do their best work and thrive.

Miri listens deeply, observes behavior, and helps illuminate the path forward so that leaders create organizations where people want to show up and make an impact. These are places where people belong.

* Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain, Dr. Zaretta Hammond
** The Value of Belonging at Work, BetterUp

Work With Miri

  • Miri partners with individuals to navigate their toughest leadership challenges. Clients strengthen self awareness, increase their perspective taking and become more effective in their roles- all key components to feeling more connected to the workplace and ensuring others feel more connected to them.

  • Miri supports organizations to make shifts in strategic direction and human behavior so that they become sharper at what they do as well as how they work together to do it. She begins by conducting a listening tour to understand core dynamics. Through individual and team coaching, she supports leaders to strengthen awareness of themselves and each other in order to develop new ways of collaborating. She builds on this experience to help leaders create and implement plans for lasting change.

  • Miri facilitates trainings that support participants to become more resonant managers, emotionally intelligent leaders, and influential strategists. Workshops are customized to meet the needs of emerging leaders through executives.

  • Miri relates authentically, listens deeply, and thinks strategically to create transformative gatherings that have lasting impact. She designs and facilitates team retreats, single gatherings, and cohort experiences.

  • As an educator at her core, Miri loves designing meaningful and relevant learning experiences for adults. Miri takes on a few projects a year.

Miri has spent more than 20 years helping individuals, teams, and organizations flourish. Her longest standing job began in her teens and continues to this day when every summer, Miri returns to her childhood sleepaway camp, a community designed around intentional belonging. While adulthood, and the working world is far more complex than summer camp, Miri has carried this commitment to belonging throughout her career as a teacher, educational administrator, and nonprofit executive.

  • Miri most recently led School Leader Lab, a nonprofit that supports school administrators through cohort-based programming and individual coaching. Prior to this role, Miri served as a Regional Superintendent at one of the largest and highest performing charter school districts in the country, where she led and oversaw several mission-critical initiatives to improve organizational culture – including redesigning the annual New Teacher Training and implementing a social emotional learning program across 35 schools.

    Miri holds a B.A. in American History from the University of Wisconsin and an M.Ed. from Loyola Marymount University. Miri is an ACC-certified executive coach via the Teleos Leadership Institute, completed a coach training certification with an emphasis in Emotional Intelligence through the Noble Story Group, and obtained the iEQ9 Enneagram certification. She lives in the greater New York City area with her husband and two kids.

  • “The combination of Miri’s years in the field, her expertise as an educator, and her training in coaching make her a superstar consultant. She has a remarkable capacity to ask the right question at the right moment; there is tremendous wisdom in her observations, both analytical and empathic; and her kindness and quiet confidence is entirely disarming. I have seen Miri deploy this extraordinary set of attributes to help teams accomplish more than they imagined was possible.”

    Steve Jacobson, Dorot Foundation

  • “Miri has partnered with our firm for over four years. She is a masterful designer and facilitator of professional development as well as a seasoned coach. Given Miri’s level of coaching expertise, she serves as faculty in our ICF accredited coach training program where she teaches the craft to others. As a highly successful senior organizational leader in her own right, I highly recommend Miri as a coach and facilitator to people at any stage of the leadership pipeline.”

    Matt Taylor, Noble Story Group

  • "Miri has been my coach since the time I became a new executive director. It has enabled me to clearly define my role, have a trusted space to talk through the complexities of leadership, and be pushed on my perspective. Miri is a special thought partner, she adapts to my needs, and has a great deal of empathy. There's a lot of noise in this work, and Miri brings the calm. Working with her quiets everything down so I can see clearly the path I need to take."

    Candice Bobo, Rocketship Public Schools

  • "Miri played a crucial role in guiding our organization through a period of change. What sets her apart from other consultants is the ability to tailor the pace of change to meet the client’s needs, ensuring it aligns with our comfort level and broader organizational dynamics. Working with Miri not only achieved adaptive change that exceeded our expectations, it left us eager for future engagements with her."

    No’a Gorlin, M²

  • "I have worked with Miri in several different contexts over the years, as a partner and as a consultant. I am consistently impressed by her ability to think systemically, assess needs, develop creative and strategic solutions, and achieve results. And she does it all in a relational and collaborative way. I highly recommend her thought partnership.

    Daren Dickson, Valor Collegiate Academies