What others are saying…

  • "The Board and staff were very pleased with the Board Feedback process led by Elidé and Laura. It was very useful in shaping the structure and content at our Board Retreat. Thanks to the findings, we asked big questions and invited the Board in as strategic thought partners, rather than bringing them more fully developed thoughts further down the line. Elidé and Laura were also excellent at making sure we met our timeline and deliverables while working around the schedules and challenges of interviewing a very busy group of interview subjects. Much gratitude to both of you for being terrific partners!" 

    Michelle Doty, Kathleen Regan, and Jordana Williams,
    The Commonwealth Fund

  • Integra Collaborative and Eval4Learning were the ideal partners for Silicon Valley Community Foundation's Movement- and Power-building strategy evaluation. Throughout our evaluation, they worked closely with our team to design a participatory process that provided the critical insights we needed to adapt our strategy to fit the needs of our partners. Their leadership helped SVCF deepen our trust with the community partners who participated in the process.  As a result of their evaluation, we made significant changes to our grantmaking to provide greater support for collaborative planning and intersectional work.  They also collaborated with our team as we designed a presentation of the evaluation for peer funders. That event demonstrated our leadership in power-building and built deeper collaborations with other institutional funders.  If you are seeking an evaluator who will be a thought partner and work with your organization to think more critically about how evaluation can be a path toward trust, I highly recommend you work with Laura and Veena.

    Jack Mahony,
    Silicon Valley Community Foundation

  • “Integra Collaborative is an exceptional partner. I’ve been very impressed by Laura Lehman’s expertise in program design and evaluation as well as her steady group facilitation, cultural awareness, and meticulous approach to project management. I look forward to any next opportunity to collaborate with her.”

    Brad Sperber, Director of Civic Engagement and Capacity Building,
    Keystone Policy Center

  • "Working with Kelsey and Laura has been extremely productive. Their collaboratives serve as the liaison between us and our sponsor (funder). When Kelsey and Laura began working with us on project management, hearing back from our sponsor and completing tasks greatly improved. Kelsey and Laura helped us find solutions to a complex project with multiple competing priorities. Meetings with them are both productive and enjoyable. Their personalities bring an extra bonus that makes working on a challenging project manageable."

    Skky Martin, PhD, MA, Researcher at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health / Janette Dill, PhD, MA, MPH, Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health

  • “Collaborating with Integra in design and facilitation work always results in a much improved process. Laura is an excellent thought partner, one who pushes you to think beyond your boundaries, who always brings in new, fresh methodologies and guides you in integrating it, and who critically looks at the work from her experience both deep within communities as well as supporting ecosystems of organizations as a whole.”

    Anca Matioc, Founder and Executive Director of La Sobremesa