About Us

I attribute my 30-year "portfolio career" to having naturally led me to establishing WGP to serve mission-oriented small businesses and nonprofits. Every day I wake up excited about client work and strategic partnerships that help organizations grow and thrive. While most founders, leaders and entrepreneurs benefit from a seasoned thought partner, equally important, is someone that will also help "do" the work. This is WGP's sweet spot. We help innovate, assess, strategize, plan and roll up our sleeves to do as much of the work as needed. 

Fun fact, my career officially began in Honolulu, Hawaii, working for a small managed care organization where I had the privilege of working closely with leadership, offering a birds-eye view of strategic planning, development and operations. My journey continued to San Francisco, then Philadelphia and back to San Francisco, where I was hired as the second of five senior staff members at the San Francisco Health Plan—a quasi public/private Medicaid start up—set to compete with BlueCross BlueShield of California when the state converted 20,000 individuals into a two-health plan model. As the Director of Member and Provider Services, I established operations (from designing office space to customizing member services and IT systems), and created policy and procedure, hired and managed multi-cultural staff and more. This incredible role and enormous responsibility included a position on the Plan's Grievance Committee, work with Federally Qualified Healthcare Centers, hospitals, providers and members of the community, all while under the watchful eye of state regulators. Today, the San Francisco Health Plan, now serving over 190,000 members, consistently receives awards for excellence in quality care from the California Department of Health Care Services. 

These formative years set the stage for two more decades of work and experiences led by my passion to help mission-driven businesses thrive. Another theme of my career has been developing key partnerships. Whether founding my own LLCs, leading event planning, program creation and expansion, marketing strategy, community development, fundraising, business planning and more, "my partners" have always been connected to my success. My work that continues with Mraz & Company, based in Richmond, Virginia, has provided amazing opportunities with national and regional nonprofits, executive conference production, marketing and business strategy and so much more. This strategic partnership and others continue to serve as project collaborators, strengthening perspectives and resources available to WGP clients. 

Regardless of size, scale or complexity of client work, my personal mission is for clients to have an  overwhelming sense of, "What would we have done without you?" at the end of every project.