Helping women move from experience to influence.

I work with women navigating critical transitions in leadership and opportunity. Together, we refine positioning, narrative and access to decision-making environments. The outcome is clearer trajectory and upward professional movement.

Jeri Powell

JD - Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs

Founder

Executive Leader in Nonprofit, Government and Advocacy

About My Work

I work with accomplished women navigating inflection points in their leadership trajectory—particularly those seeking greater influence, more senior roles, or more strategic access to decision-making environments.

My focus is on positioning, narrative, and strategic movement within systems where visibility, relationships, and perception shape opportunity.

How I Work

My advisory work is structured around a simple framework:

Position

Clarifying where you are currently under-positioned—and what your next level actually is.

This includes recalibrating narrative, professional identity, and strategic direction so they align with where you are going, not where you have been.

Activate

Translating strategy into movement.

This phase focuses on:

  • High-leverage professional actions

  • Visibility and positioning shifts

  • Strategic relationships and access points

  • Real-time decision-making around opportunity

The emphasis is on execution, not exploration.

Secure

Ensuring momentum translates into durable advancement.

We refine direction, consolidate progress, and align next steps with emerging opportunities and longer-term positioning.

Who I Work With

I primarily work with senior and emerging women leaders across policy, law, nonprofit leadership, and adjacent fields who are operating at a high level, but are not yet fully positioned at the level their experience warrants.

Many are navigating transitions, expansion, or repositioning into more influential or better-compensated roles.

Outcomes

This work typically supports movement toward:

  • More senior leadership roles

  • Increased compensation and responsibility

  • Greater access to decision-makers and influence networks

  • Stronger professional narrative and positioning

  • More intentional engagement with high-value opportunities

  • Clearer strategic direction and execution discipline

Approach

This is high-trust, high-touch advisory work focused on positioning, strategic clarity, and real-world movement.

We work at the level of narrative, access, and trajectory.

Engagement

I work with a very limited number of clients at any given time.

Engagements are by invitation or direct inquiry only.


Interested in working with me?

Please send a note through the form to express your interest in working together.