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Wilson and Associates Consulting is led by founder Chrysta Wilson and powered by a network of trusted collaborators—subject matter experts, strategists, coaches, facilitators, researchers, and creatives—who bring deep expertise in areas of:

  • change management

  • leadership development

  • workplace culture transformation

  • evaluation and assessment
  • equitable leadership

  • organizational development

  • healing justice

  • curriculum design and course development.

 

For each contracted engagement, we curate a custom project team based on the unique context, challenges, and goals of the client.

 

While Chrysta serves as the strategic lead and primary consultant for all projects, our extended team model ensures you get the right combination of skills and perspectives to move your work forward.  

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About our CEO and Founder

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Chrysta Wilson, MPA, P.C.C.

PRESIDENT AND SENIOR CONSULTANT

BIO:

Chrysta Wilson is a nationally recognized coach, strategist, and consultant with 27+ years of experience helping mission-driven leaders and organizations build connected, equitable, and high-impact workplaces.

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As founder of Wilson and Associates Consulting, she blends strategy, storytelling, and systems thinking to help clients navigate change, align values with action, and cultivate cultures where people thrive. She is also the creator of the Recipe for Transformation™ framework, which guides leaders through meaningful shifts in mindset, behavior, and culture.

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Chrysta’s career spans public policy, community organizing, entrepreneurship, and public service. After leadership roles in government and philanthropy, she launched both a consulting practice and a community bakery—ventures rooted in joy, equity, and purpose.

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She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation, a certified Positive Intelligence Coach, and holds both a Master’s in Public Administration and a BS in Public Policy and Management from the University of Southern California.

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Known for her warmth and ability to make complex ideas accessible, Chrysta brings data, humanity, and hope to every engagement. Whether facilitating a retreat, advising senior leadership, or delivering a keynote, she shows up with clarity, presence, and a commitment to transformation that lasts.

Wilson and Associates Coaching and Consulting's Expert Professionals

People are at the heart of everything we do.

Wilson & Associates brings together a diverse team of facilitators, strategists, coaches, and well-being experts who are passionate about helping organizations work better—together.

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We bring fresh perspectives and deep expertise to every engagement—building custom teams around each client’s unique needs. Guided by respect, collaboration, and integrity, we help organizations move from intention to impact, and from aspiration to lasting change.

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Elizabeth Sunwoo, CPC

Expertise: Coalition Building, Organizational Development, Strategic Planning, Inclusive Governance,

Healing Justice

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Monique Castro, LMFT, CPC

Expertise:  Executive Coaching, Organizational Development, Leadership Development, Healing Justice and Workplace-Wellbeing

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Mariko Ryono, PCC

Expertise:  Organizational Development, Coalition Building, Executive Coaching, Healing Justice, Leadership Development

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Strela Cervas 

Expertise:  Organizational Development, Coalition Building, Healing Justice, Forest Therapy

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Jasmin Haley

Expertise: Curriculum Development, Leadership Development, Executive Presence, Public Speaking and Communications, Burnout Prevention

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Founded in 2008, Wilson and Associates Coaching and Consulting, LLC, is a Los Angeles, California-based change management, organizational culture transformation, & leadership development consulting firm that equips leaders with the skills and strategies to create equitable and inclusive environments where people thrive. 

We are a Black-woman owned business, proudly WBE. WSOB, and MBE certified. 

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If you're ready to change the world (starting with your organization) for good, you'll want a strategist like us with decades of experience who will help make your dreams a reality.  You'll love what we can do together.

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We recognize that we occupy land originally and still inhabited and cared for by the Kizh, Tongva,

Tataviam, and Chumash people.

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