At this pivotal moment for our world, a time of reckoning and reimagining — we are called to create a new way forward together.
Aurora creates intentional collaborations to activate system change. Our North Star is a world that is resilient, equitable and regenerative.
Aurora is a collective of experienced consultants who are dedicated to environmental and social impact. We combine our breadth and depth of experience to help coalitions, conveners and communities transform systems.
We believe collaboration is the way forward, and it requires leadership and skill to traverse the complexities of coming together. Aurora’s approach is built on a deep understanding of the mechanics and magic of collaboration.
We design and facilitate collaborations centered on empathy, inclusivity and adaptability. Our strength lies in guiding diverse coalitions into action, where the real work happens and trust is built in the process.
Amina Razvi is the former CEO of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. She has over 20 years of experience leading sustainability strategy and innovation with Fortune Global 500 companies in the apparel industry. She is known for her ability to coalesce support to drive large-scale systemic change with diverse stakeholders. Amina serves as a Director on both nonprofit and corporate boards. She has expertise in strategic planning, partnerships, governance, climate, ESG, and supply chain.
Anna Adlard is President and Co-Founder of Workshop. She is an experienced strategist and facilitator with 20+ years of experience. Anna works with Fortune 500 companies and global NGOs to build high-functioning coalitions in pursuit of climate action. Anna has expertise in design thinking and system change. She has worked on carbon, circularity, supply chain and sustainable finance initiatives across multiple industries.
Ashley Muse is a curious and insightful systems thinker. She helps purpose-driven organizations and coalitions set ambitions, track impact, and ensure rigor. She combines technical depth with a keen understanding of how to enable effective collaboration and innovation within large complex organizations and diverse networks of practitioners and funders/investors. Ashley’s career includes leadership roles in philanthropic, corporate, and NGO settings.
O’Shannon Burns is a researcher, writer, and consultant with 15+ years of experience shaping mission-driven businesses and embedding regenerative principles into operations with a focus on climate action, conservation, environmental justice, and sustainable travel and tourism. Through her consulting practice, Ochre, she develops engaging experiences, educational programs, and storytelling that deepens social and environmental impact work. O’Shannon is part of Cornell University’s Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise.
Shannon Salentine is a leadership coach, facilitator and consultant with 20+ years of experience. Shannon partners with leaders and organizations to design, facilitate, and evaluate leadership training programs. She offers individual and group coachig programs and also designs experiences to build team connection and culture. Shannon founded Lead for Good to support changemakers across scales: individuals, teams and organizations.
Our Offerings
Aurora identifies and develops breakthrough collaborations to accelerate system change. We scan the landscape to identify untapped partnerships and unprecedented collaborations — we call these constellations.
A constellation brings together actors working on different parts of a system challenge to combine their strengths and unlock new paths of action.
There are several entry points to the work we do with coalitions, conveners and communities. To reflect this, our offerings have been designed in a modular way and can be thoughtfully combined to meet the moment.
Landscape Mapping
We map actors and activities across a full system, identifying untapped synergies, unlikely partnerships, intersection points and diverse perspectives to create new constellations.
Funder Coalitions
We create funding partnerships, across both philanthropies and impact investors, to channel resources into the most meaningful intersection points of activation in a system.
Activation Sprints
We design and facilitate activations for diverse collaborators in a system. These timebound activations mobilize partners to take action, building trust and momentum along the way.
Convening Design
We design and facilitate meaningful convenings in service of advancing system-scale change. Convenings are artfully designed to create the connections that enable collaborators to move at the speed of trust.
Capacity Building
We share our methods, practices and tools to help organizations level up on collective action. We offer learning experiences that make the magic and mechanics of collaboration accessible.
Current Constellations
Informed by interviews and research across the impact landscape — including funders, non-profit leaders, corporate leaders, scientists, practitioners and activists — Aurora is actively developing these constellations.
Women Leaders X Apparel Value Chain
An initiative to increase women leaders across the apparel value chain, from the factory floor to the boardroom.
We are actively building constellations of new activity at the intersection of the private sector, NGOs and philanthropies. We are currently fundraising and recruiting partners to support development.
Global Health X Climate Action
An initiative to align action at the intersection of global health and climate action, with a particular focus on women.
We are currently conducting interviews with subject matter experts to map the landscape. We are identifying opportunities to activate new partnerships between leading organizations.
Innovative Finance X Conservation
An initiative to unlock innovative financing solutions to fund groundbreaking collaborations for land stewardship and conservation.
We are currently identifying constellations of funders and practitioners looking for new ways to resource collaboration at the intersection of conservation, agriculture, and tourism. We are seeking anchor partners to incubate this initiative.
