Community-centered designer, evaluator, and facilitator working for just and equitable futures
About Us
Integra is a consultancy specializing in learning and strategy for power-building and systems change efforts.
Our approach is grounded in inclusive and participatory methods, centering the people and places at the heart of the work. Our goal is to create spaces and processes that strengthen the relationships, networks, and dynamics within organizations and their ecosystems. We work alongside our partners to reflect, learn, and design with intention.
We work in both English and Spanish, and collaborate with a diverse network of consultants, including designers, researchers, facilitators, and subject-matter experts.
It was an absolute delight to work with someone so aligned with our desire to center community voices, and so adept in designing facilitation spaces that honor safety, respect, diversity of perspectives, and meaningful dialogue for change. These resulted in a set of excellent recommendations for how we, and our co-funders, might understand and fulfill our specific role in elevating and supporting the regional power-building ecosystem…I deeply appreciate Laura for the intelligence, heart, deep experience, flexibility, and excellence of craft she brings to her work.
Shamsah Ebrahim,
Former Director of Learning and Evaluation at Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Meet our founderLaura Lehman brings fifteen years of experience working with funders, nonprofit organizations, and communities organizing for structural justice.
Laura is passionate about connecting people and ideas across borders, supporting teams to identify powerful questions that make a difference for their work, and centering the people and communities closest to the issues to ensure meaningful results.
She is an experienced process designer, facilitator, and evaluator focused on systems change and community power-building. Her experience spans across multiple contexts and cultures, contributing to her spirit of curiosity, empathy, and adaptability. She believes that to achieve ambitious and necessary change, we must also shift our own mindsets, practices, and relationships to organize for better futures.
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Laura received her MPA in Development Practice from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and BA in English and Anthropology from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has worked with philanthropic organizations, nonprofits, and governmental entities in the United States and Latin America, been a teacher of justice-involved youth in Philadelphia, a Peace Corps Education Volunteer in the Dominican Republic, and an organizer for language access in Washington DC.
We work with leading mission-driven organizations and funders
OUR COLLABORATORS
We collaborate with aligned and complementary partners to meet your needs.
Anca Matioc, La Sobremesa
Based in México City, México
Process designer and facilitator for civil society in the global south
Elidé Flores-Medel, Meaningful Observations
Based in Washington, DC
Values-based strategist, evaluator, and professional coach
Kelsey Donnellan, Little Pineapple Collaborative
Based in Baltimore, MD
Facilitator, strategist, and project manager for health equity and public health
Virginia Roncaglione
Based between Italy and New York, NY
Strategy, learning, and coaching practitioner
OUR VALUES
We are committed to…
Creating inclusive and adaptive processes that recognize complexity, foster essential conversations, and result in better design
Shifting power to center the autonomy and expertise of those who are closest to the issues
Intentionally adding value to support organizations and individuals working to advance structural change
Leading with curiosity to prioritize creativity, learning, and growth
Working towards potential - pragmatic optimism is our shared responsibility to build better futures.
OUT OF OFFICEGet to know Laura
Laura is also a painter, writer, and lifelong learner. She is currently exploring how lessons from regenerative agriculture and land use can apply to organizational design, learning, and strategy.
When not working, you can find Laura walking her dog, reading a book, or getting outside.
