Meet The Collective
Our work is led by a collective of seasoned executives, policy strategists, and community organizers: individuals who have spent decades navigating, leading, and transforming complex educational institutions and non-profits.
We are former leaders, educators, and policy makers who bring deep, on-the-ground experience to your challenges. This lived expertise, combined with a shared commitment to rooted justice and a culture of courageous reflection, ensures our partnership with you is grounded, strategic, and profoundly impactful.
We pool our diverse wisdom to serve as your catalyst for strategic transformation, because the most enduring change is built by many.
Natalie McCabe Zwerger, Founder & CEO
Natalie McCabe Zwerger (she/her/ella) is a white Puerto Rican, cis hetero non-disabled educator, advocate, non-profit leader, & mami with significant class privilege. Natalie is a settler on Wappinger, Pequonnock, Paugussett, and Schaghticoke land. She is a consultant, coach, parent and community advocate, and most importantly a mami.
Natalie served as Executive Director of RE-Center Race & Equity in Education, a Hartford, CT-based non-profit providing technical assistance and professional development to schools, districts, and organizations. She holds 25 years of experience as an educator and advocate for children’s rights. Natalie is focused on actively fighting for racial equity. Her expertise is in facilitating conversations on the impact of race, power, and privilege and working towards systems of racial justice that move policy, practices, and relationships.
In addition to a J.D., Natalie holds a Master of Science in Education from City College of New York, and a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Tufts University. She is a licensed attorney and licensed teacher in New York state.