About Us

Circle Root Collaborative supports people, organizations, and government to co-create solutions that address a community’s most pressing challenges.

We believe solving community challenges starts with designing and facilitating an inclusive process that centers people most impacted, and builds trusting relationships across the system. We provide a new, collaborative approach where the solution-building process is just as important as the outcome.

Meet Jill

“I have a deep belief that people directly impacted by inequities, alongside values-driven non-profit leaders and public officials, are best equipped to develop solutions to our most pressing social injustices.”

Our Services

Circle Root is committed to helping clients achieve outcomes that will have a positive impact on people historically impacted by social inequities. Our services have supported clients in launching leadership development fellowships and programs, public-private partnerships, strategic plans, coalitions, and policy agendas that move us toward a more equitable society.

  • We design and execute collaborative processes that bring cross-sector stakeholders together to build trusting relationships to address a common community challenge.

  • We create leadership development programs that catalyze the impact of individuals and groups.

  • We support advocacy organizations, nonprofits and community groups in designing winning advocacy and issue campaigns that elevate stories of community voices.

  • We support organizations in building people power through diverse coalitions to advance more equitable policies.

  • We identify and build the leadership in others through executive search, trainings and coaching.

Our Clients

"It was such a gift to work with Circle Root Collaborative to design an inclusive, values-driven leadership program in honor of our late CEO. Jill's commitment to leading and guiding an equitable (design/implementation) process, aligned a diverse group of stakeholders on a common vision, allowing us to create something beyond what we imagined!"

— Shauna Ejeh, Senior Vice President of Programs, Illinois Action for Children

"Working with Jill with Circle Root Collaborative is just amazing. When you have people like Jill who shares your ideas about how unbalanced a community is and is willing to help face those challenges speaks to who she is as a person and we are forever grateful for her and her services."

— Claiborne Wade, Austin (Chicago Community Area), Family Focus Lawndale & Oscar DePriest Elementary School Parent Liaison