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About Us

Changemaker Allies is a consulting team that partners with organizations, leaders, and educators to crea transformative

spaces for growth, alignment, and innovation.

We are facilitators, strategists, and designers who believe meaningful change starts when people come together.

With decades of experience in leadership, systems change, and community design, we help changemakers thrive.

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About Us

Changemaker Allies is a consulting team that partners with organizations, leaders, and educators to crea transformative

spaces for growth, alignment, and innovation.

We are facilitators, strategists, and designers who believe meaningful change starts when people come together. With decades of experience in leadership, systems change, and community design, we help changemakers thrive.

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Who We Are
We are facilitators, strategists, and designers who believe that change begins with how we come together — in meetings, workshops, retreats, and learning journeys. Our team combines decades of experience in leadership development, systems change, and community design to help changemakers thrive.



Founded by Mentor Dida, Ali Fraenkel, and Cole Hoover, Changemaker Allies brings together a shared passion for designing experiences that unlock potential, deepen connection, and move people and systems toward transformation.



We have worked with universities, nonprofits, social enterprises, and foundations around the world to reimagine how learning and collaboration can lead to lasting change.

Changemaker Allies partners
with justice-driven people and organizations to build capacity, amplify impact, and create a more equitable world.

Changemaker Allies partners with justice-driven people and organizations to build capacity, amplify impact, and create a more equitable world.

Founded by

Mentor Dida

Ali Fraenkel

Cole Hoover

Our Approach
We believe transformation doesn’t happen through information alone-it happens through experience.
We blend facilitation, experience design, and systems thinking to help teams navigate complexity, find clarity, and align on purpose using The Journey Consulting Methodology to move from insight to action.

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The Wholeness Facilitation Framework, at the heart
of this methodology, aligns three key dimensions
of transformation:

The Wholeness Facilitation Framework, at the heart of this methodology, aligns three key dimensions of transformation:

Internal

Cultivating awareness, resilience and authentic leadership.



Cultivating awareness, resilience and authentic leadership.



Relational

Building trust, belonging and collaboration.



Building trust, belonging and collaboration.



External

Translating insight into structures, strategies and measurable results.

Translating insight into structures, strategies and measurable results.

The Journey Consulting
Methodology

The Journey Consulting
Methodology

The Journey Consulting
Methodology

Journey Consulting helps teams see the whole picture — what’s working, what’s not, and what’s possible next. It is both a process and a mindset that unfolds across four dynamic phases:

Journey Consulting helps teams see the whole picture — what’s working, what’s not, and what’s possible next. It is both a process and a mindset that unfolds across four dynamic phases:

1

Discover

We begin by listening deeply to understand your goals, challenges, and underlying dynamics, clarifying the system you operate in and identifying key areas for focus.

2

Design

Together, we co-create the structure and flow of your journey whether a retreat, leadership program, or strategic process ensuring every moment is purposeful and drives transformation.

3

Mobilize

Through facilitation, coaching, and experiential learning, we guide your team in turning ideas into aligned action, fostering collaboration, momentum, and breakthrough innovation.

4

Complete

We close with reflection, harvesting insights, and translating learning into sustainable practices that strengthen culture and systems long after the engagement ends.



1

Discover

We begin by listening deeply to understand your goals, challenges, and underlying dynamics, clarifying the system you operate in and identifying key areas for focus.

2

Design

Together, we co-create the structure and flow of your journey whether a retreat, leadership program, or strategic process ensuring every moment is purposeful and drives transformation.

3

Mobilize

Through facilitation, coaching, and experiential learning, we guide your team in turning ideas into aligned action, fostering collaboration, momentum, and breakthrough innovation.

4

Complete

We close with reflection, harvesting insights, and translating learning into sustainable practices that strengthen culture and systems long after the engagement ends.



1

Discover

We begin by listening deeply to understand your goals, challenges, and underlying dynamics, clarifying the system you operate in and identifying key areas for focus.

2

Design

Together, we co-create the structure and flow of your journey whether a retreat, leadership program, or strategic process ensuring every moment is purposeful and drives transformation.

3

Mobilize

Through facilitation, coaching, and experiential learning, we guide your team in turning ideas into aligned action, fostering collaboration, momentum, and breakthrough innovation.

4

Complete

We close with reflection, harvesting insights, and translating learning into sustainable practices that strengthen culture and systems long after the engagement ends.



Meet the Founders

Meet the
Founders

Ali Fraenkel

Ali is a facilitator, community builder, and experience designer who creates thriving intergenerational spaces. She guides transformation for people and teams while helping communities step into their next chapter of impact. She designs and leads learning experiences worldwide—online, in-person, and hybrid—and drives initiatives in participatory grantmaking and changemaker education.

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Mentor Dida

Mentor Dida designs transformative learning spaces that empower changemakers worldwide. Known for creating impactful programs, he’s facilitated sessions for organizations like Meta, the UN, USAID, Ashoka, and Stanford. His experiential approach blends innovation and insight into human potential, helping teams and individuals unlock leadership and drive collective growth.

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Cole Hoover

Cole Hoover is a facilitator, impact network designer, and coach who uses business principles to drive social and environmental impact. As former Director of Learning and Community at MovingWorlds, he helped over 1,100 social enterprises grow sustainably. He also co-founded Washington State’s first accredited social enterprise certificate at the University of Washington and has taught social impact since 2012.

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Our mission is to be allies in helping changemaker support organizations evolve the way they hold space .

CONNECT WITH US

Our mission is to be allies in helping changemaker support organizations evolve the way they hold space .

CONNECT WITH US

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