Kohn Strategies helps leaders and organizations show up more authentically and effectively in their work and lives. Through coaching, facilitation, and culture change, we identify where systems, structures, and practices are limiting impact and work together to create more equitable, sustainable, and effective ways of operating, while making space for greater connection, purpose, and joy.

Founded by Nancy Kohn, Kohn Strategies emerged after more than a decade of work in urban agriculture, food systems, and nutrition initiatives across nonprofit organizations and government agencies. Nancy knows mission-driven institutions firsthand and the complexities that come with them: leaders who cared deeply about their communities challenged by systems and practices that unintentionally perpetuate inequity, burnout, misalignment, and fragmentation.

These experiences shaped Nancy’s approach to organizational change. Her work centers on strengthening the underlying systems, leadership practices, and organizational cultures that determine an organization and its leaders capacity to truly meet their goals and fulfill their mission.

Nancy approaches her work as both a systems thinker and a social justice practitioner. She believes that organizations must continually examine how power, culture, and structure influence their outcomes and that meaningful change requires both structural clarity and agile awareness.