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Altagracia Montilla 鈥�12 is chief executive officer of A.M. Consulting, a firm made up of a diverse team of industry experts that develops strategies to improve culture, connection, and community while rooting out biases.

鈥淚 founded A.M. Consulting to help mission-driven organizations improve outcomes by aligning their actions with their intentions using the power of data and human connection,鈥� says Montilla, who majored in psychology at 麻豆破解版. 鈥淲e sow seeds to make positive change possible, conducting culture and climate assessments and implementing data-informed action plans to eliminate the barriers in creating connected, trusting communities.鈥�

Recent successes include preventing New York City-based Teens Take Charge (TTC) from closing its doors. The nonprofit noted A.M. Consulting鈥檚 contributions on its website: 鈥淲e embarked on a journey that鈥檚 created an inspiring shift for us. 鈥� This partnership breathed new life into TTC, changed lives, and transformed how we see ourselves and how we function and work together as a community of organizers.鈥�

Prior to establishing her company in 2019, the South Bronx native was the chief equity officer of the New Jersey-based Center for Supportive Schools. As CSS鈥檚 youngest and first woman-of-color executive leader, she built the organization's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program from the ground up. She provided vision, leadership, and direction for a nationwide strategy to support DEI across all aspects of the organization鈥檚 work, including establishing the Dismantling Racism Initiative, building a DEI team, and innovating recruitment and annual assessment practices.

The first to attend college in her family, Montilla made her mark in other leadership positions for nonprofits like the Illinois-based Beyond Sports Foundation, where she was the director of education and professional development. Under her leadership, the organization's academic program achieved record-high outcome