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HR & People Ops, Business Consulting & Strategy
Alta FWD Consulting partners with nonprofits and social impact organizations to navigate change and uncertainty by building organizational resilience, aligning teams, and modernizing operations and systems. With a focus on human centered operations, Alta FWD helps organizations prepare for the future and sustain long-term impact through fractional operations services, grounded change management and operational strengthening, planning for the future, and facilitation. Alysse Rodriguez, founder of Alta FWD Consulting, is a nonprofit operations leader with more than 15 years of experience in advocacy organizations, member networks and associations. Over the last decade she has seen how often teams have struggled with change and uncertainty —from leadership transitions to escalating digital and physical security threats, the rise of AI, and major policy and funding shifts. Her work has included capacity building to scale globally distributed teams, implementing IT and cybersecurity infrastructure and training, and scenario planning for future uncertainty. Alysse transitioned into consulting to help more nonprofits and social impact organizations build the capacity and resilience they need to navigate change and prepare for the future. Her approach is grounded in inclusion, accessibility, and equity so that plans, systems, and processes are human centered, mission aligned, and adaptable for sustainable growth and long-term impact.

Long-term, embedded operations leadership/advisory support that increases capacity for small and growing organizations without the full-time overhead.

Freelance grant writing and grant strategy support for nonprofits.

Structured approaches to organizational transitions such as leadership transitions or restructuring, organizational growth or scaling, AI governance and policy development or process or system improvements or other projects.

Preparing teams for future leadership transitions or emergency transitions by identifying and developing internal leadership talent, developing leadership pathways to retain talent, and having knowledge transfer plans in place.

Assessing internal vulnerabilities and external threats and implementing plans to ensure stability and emergency preparedness during disruptions such as natural disasters, cyber attacks, funding loss.

Facilitated exercises to help teams prepare for possible futures, such as policy or funding shifts, to reduce uncertainty and guide strategic planning or annual work plans.