Lilly Irvin-Vitela, President and CEO of Community Connects Consulting, CCC, was born, raised, and educated in New Mexico. She earned a BA in Political Science and Philosophy as a Presidential Scholar at the University of New Mexico. She also earned a Masters in Community and Regional Planning at UNM. She has over 30 years of experience in cross cultural community and organizational development, facilitation, conflict resolution using restorative practices, training, and executive leadership coaching, public policy, quality improvement, and people-centered evaluation and implementation. Her consultancy works with state, Tribal, federal, and local governments, non-profits, community-based organizations, and grassroots organizations to address important and thorny issues in ways that center the people most impacted in decision-making. Community Connects Consulting supports efforts to engage those most impacted by policy and systems change in decision-making in deep, substantive, culturally responsive, and collaborative ways. From health equity, community and economic development, natural resources, and education to good governance, local media, and organizational development that focuses on DEIJA. We help our clients center principled relationships and a deep understanding of diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and anti-oppression frameworks and strategies.

CCC is a woman-owned, New Mexico-based consultancy that prioritizes supports and services to NM organizations/businesses/governments while maintaining national relationships and clients as well. Trained as a community and regional planner at the University of New Mexico, Ms. Irvin-Vitela has provided technical and procedural support to municipal, county, state, tribal, and federal governments; non-profit and private businesses; community-based, statewide, and national organizations; grassroots initiatives, and front-line staff and executives to strengthen relationships, thoughtfully facilitate decision-making, and support quality implementation and evaluation.

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