Strategy for Humanity is a specialized consulting firm that guides clients to achieve bold and meaningful results. We help clients distinguish their strengths and perform their best.
Our practice is grounded in the belief that how you conduct your work is as important as what you achieve. We recognize that each client is unique, with distinct needs and interests. That is why we design and tailor every step of our process to enable our clients to identify and strengthen their distinctive voice, build and enhance their influence, develop and implement organizational priorities, create and conduct smart advocacy strategies, and attain impactful outcomes.
Our award winning leadership team is recognized for its capacity to build collaboration across the political divide, bridge distinct initiative among disparate communities, and bring together a variety of sectors to coalesce on a common goal. Whether working on a big or small strategy or developing a bold and new initiative, our approach is rooted in creative problem-solving, finding opportunities, and always being mindful of the interface of organizational culture, mission, strategy and impact.
Strategy for Humanity was founded by government and non-profit industry experts who are committed to sharing their extensive management, policy and advocacy experience with clients who want to make a difference in the world.
Our practice is grounded in the belief that how you conduct your work is as important as what you achieve. We recognize that each client is unique, with distinct needs and interests. That is why we design and tailor every step of our process to enable our clients to identify and strengthen their distinctive voice, build and enhance their influence, develop and implement organizational priorities, create and conduct smart advocacy strategies, and attain impactful outcomes.
Our award winning leadership team is recognized for its capacity to build collaboration across the political divide, bridge distinct initiative among disparate communities, and bring together a variety of sectors to coalesce on a common goal. Whether working on a big or small strategy or developing a bold and new initiative, our approach is rooted in creative problem-solving, finding opportunities, and always being mindful of the interface of organizational culture, mission, strategy and impact.
Strategy for Humanity was founded by government and non-profit industry experts who are committed to sharing their extensive management, policy and advocacy experience with clients who want to make a difference in the world.
Maria Alexandra Arriaga
Co-Founder and Managing Partner (DC)
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Charles J. Brown
Managing Partner (DC)
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Prior to joining Strategy for Humanity, Charles J. Brown served as a Senior Advisor in the Office of the Undersecretary for Policy in the U.S. Department of Defense, where he was responsible for implementing the DoD components of the President's initiative to integrate atrocity prevention and response into U.S. policy. Charlie's specialties include atrocity prevention, international justice, human rights, democracy, international humanitarian law, crisis response, foreign policy, diplomacy, social media, NGOs and non-profit management. Read More
Sapna Chhatpar Considine
Director (NY)
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Sapna Chhatpar Considine is a Director at Strategy for Humanity, where she heads up our New York operations and is a key lead on the multilateral portfolio. Her areas of expertise include United Nations processes and structures, atrocity prevention, responsibility to protect, civilians in conflict, human rights and humanitarian crises, and peacebuilding and sustaining peace. Sapna began her career 20 years ago working at the grassroots level to mobilize students, policy makers and the general public to support democratic freedoms in Burma. Prior to joining Strategy for Humanity, Sapna served as the co-founder and Program Director of the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP), a global coalition of civil society organizations working to prevent genocide and mass atrocities. Read More
Joanne Kelsey
Director (DC)
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Joanne Kelsey has more than 20 years of experience collaborating with government officials, NGOs, and Congress to improve the lives of refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless individuals living in the United States. She has held leadership positions at the Women’s Refugee Commission, Lutheran Immigration Refugee Service and the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Joanne also specializes in monitoring and improving detention conditions and expanding release policies for asylum-seekers and other vulnerable populations in detention. Read More
Francesca Molinaro
Senior Technical Advisor (DC)
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Francesca Molinaro has over 20 years of experience conducting organizational assessments, leading strategic planning, designing training programs, supporting organizational change and designing and implementing diversity and inclusion initiatives. For over 4 years she was Diversity Advisor at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) where she developed and led implementation of the Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) strategy across 26 countries. Francesca specializes in strategic diversity and inclusion, leadership coaching and organizational development. Read More
