COMMITTED TO CREATING A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE AND PLANET THRIVE
who we are
MARITZA SCHAFER
President
Maritza is a seasoned changemaker with global experience in transformational work. A bilingual (Spanish) and multicultural communicator and strategist, she is a recognized leader in the social justice sector for her work on human rights, environmental issues, racial justice, women’s rights, and transpersonal growth. She has worked with corporations and non-profit organizations, most recently as Global Campaign Leader for Oceans at Greenpeace International.
AKAYA WINDWOOD
Partner
Akaya is internationally recognized for elevating the effectiveness of leadership and collaboration in the nonprofit and social benefit sectors. Her vision for our global community includes infusing a sense of purpose, delight, and wonder into everything we do. She has a life-long commitment to working for a fair and equitable society, and before joining WiseBridge, Akaya led the Rockwood Leadership Institute for over a decade
what we do
We help leaders, organizations, and communities become the best version of themselves. We embrace true collaboration, help align your work with your values, and foster lasting transformation.
These times of unprecedented change require new ways of being and leading.
- How do we ensure that companies and organizations reflect the world we want, not just in how we look and who we work with, but in the way we treat each other?
- How do we lead and support communities, colleagues, and co-workers with compassion, honesty, and kindness?
- How do we behave in alignment with our deepest held values?
- How can we best create the impact we seek?
We don’t claim to have all the answers, but we do have the wisdom, courage, and experience to help you create a world that thrives.
We train, we coach, we facilitate, we consult.
Training + Facilitation
- Leadership
- Social Justice
- Advocacy
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Communication
Coaching
- Individual Leadership
- Team Development
Strategic Communications
- Campaign Strategy + Implementation
- Audience Analysis and Mobilization
- Message Development
- Organizational Communications Strategy
Organizational Strategy
- Mission Advancement/Realignment
- Defining and Living Culture
- Organizational Assessments
- Transitions (organizational leadership, focus, ramping up/winding down)
who we work with
We help leaders, organizations, and communities become the best version of themselves. We embrace true collaboration, help align your work with your values, and foster lasting transformation.
We founded WiseBridge in January 2019 to bring our combined talents to the social impact community. Together we have more than 50 years of experience in the private, public, and non profit sectors.
Here’s a sampling of clients we have served throughout our careers:
- Akonadi Foundation
- Alameda County Library Foundation
- Balangara Films
- Baraona Fischer & Cia.
- Climate and Land Use Alliance – CLUA
- College Futures Foundation
- The CREO Syndicate – CREO (Clean, Renewable and Environmental Opportunities)
- Cornell University
- Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Fund
- Ford Foundation
- Government of Canada
- Greening Australia
- Greenpeace International
- Hewlett Foundation
- HitRecord
- Homeless Action Center – HAC
- Impulse
- Indivisible
- Kao LLP
- Opportunity Collaboration
- Pacific School of Religion
- Public Policy Institute of California – PPIC
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Rockwood Leadership Institute
- RSF Social Finance
- Social Venture Circle
- Socratic Technologies
- Stanford University
- Swift Foundation
- The Wilderness Society – Australia
- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP)
- Tides Foundation
- Time Warner Cable
- Voqal
- Wikimedia Foundation