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Helping Systems Work Better for Families

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What People Are Saying

Rebecca's someone you want in the room when decisions are being made.
Human Services Industry Partner
She knows how to break through barriers hindering progress, tackle them at the infrastructure, and change the narrative.
Community Partner
Rebecca is the whole package. She’s technically oriented and she knows how to lead.
Jodi Hill-LillyDCF Commissioner
Calling her a thought leader barely scratches the surface. Rebecca doesn’t just ride the wave. She creates it.
Kathy BonkCommunications Strategist
Rebecca cuts through noise and brings clarity to complexity. She doesn’t just manage systems—she transforms them.
Aprille Flint-GernerFormer Deputy Director
Rebecca has the ability to bring people together across divides—she gets buy-in where others can’t.
Governmental Advisor
Rebecca has a gift for identifying what’s missing and creating something meaningful in its place.
Dawn JaggerChief of Staff, Oregon Health Authority
So this is somebody who shows up every single day, willing to work with elected officials on both sides of the aisle. All in all, she brings nearly 25 years of experience in public policy dealing with support for families and children.
U.S. Senator Ron WydenOregon
She sees what’s coming before it hits—then helps you prepare for it.
Ann C. FlaggDirector for the Office of Family Assistance, ACF
Rebecca is innovative, insightful, caring, and undeniable in her approach to the care and support of children and families.
Terri Porche RicksFormer DCFS Secretary, Louisiana
There is no one like her, anywhere in this country who has the expertise and experience she has. She understands the levels of child welfare in this country because she was in those jobs, she was in the systems and has run these systems and thus has a broad view of what works and does not work.
Dawn JaggerSenior Policy Advisor, ACF

What Rebecca Speaks Out About

Talks are customized for each audience and context.
Signature Talks

She Doesn’t Just Speak. She Shifts the Room.

A powerful conversation about leadership, responsibility, and what changes when people stop avoiding hard truths and start moving forward with clarity.

Leadership When the Stakes Are High

How leaders make sound decisions, hold accountability, and lead with courage when the pressure is real and the consequences matter.

From Avoidance to Action

A mindset-shifting talk on how fear, habits, and unspoken rules keep organizations stuck—and what it takes to move anyway.

Culture Is What Holds When Strategy Breaks

Why culture, not plans, determines whether organizations sustain progress when things get messy or uncertain.

Asking Better Questions to Move Forward

How the right questions unlock clarity, shift perspective, and help leaders find solutions they already have the capacity to lead.

Building Systems That Work

What it takes to design systems that serve people well, align with purpose, and deliver results that last.

Leadership in Complex Systems

How leaders navigate competing demands, limited resources, and layered accountability without losing direction.

Translating Lived Experience into Structural Impact

Turning insight from real experience into policies, practices, and systems that actually work.

Cross-Sector Collaboration

What makes collaboration succeed across government, nonprofit, and community spaces—and why most attempts fail.

Places of Impact for Change

Identifying where leadership action creates the greatest leverage for meaningful and sustainable change.

The Black Family Experience

A candid exploration of history, resilience, and policy through the lived realities of Black families.

Global Standards for Kinship Care

How culture, policy, and practice intersect to support families caring for children across borders.

Tribal Sovereignty, Honoring Culture, Building Partnerships

Respecting sovereignty while building trust-based partnerships that lead to better outcomes.

Cultural Connection as Prevention

Why connection, identity, and belonging are essential to prevention and long-term stability.

Budgeting for Prevention

How shifting resources upstream changes outcomes and strengthens systems over time.

Where Rebecca Has Taken The Stage

United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum

UN International Commission

White House Child Welfare Transformation Summit

National Congress of American Indians National Adoption Association

Child Welfare League of America

Nation Foster Family Association

National Press Foundation

American Bar Association

Annie E. Casey Foundation Summit

Howard University School of Social Work

Prevent Child Arizona Conference