Bringing Strategic Vision to Life. Driving Impact.

Driven by a passion for transformative impact, Cari Kozicki, PMP®, is a certified project management professional and dynamic leader with over 25 years of experience navigating both for-profit and nonprofit landscapes. For the past ten years, she has dedicated herself to making a meaningful difference in the nonprofit sector. A true “project whisperer,” Cari excels in the realms of planning, logistics, strategy implementation, process design, stakeholder engagement, and relationship-building, consistently uncovering creative and practical solutions.

Her extensive portfolio encompasses a diverse range of projects in education, public media, civic advocacy, digital media, technology, radio, payroll, event management, program distribution, and business partnerships. She has managed multi-million-dollar initiatives across diverse organizations and geographies, as well as smaller-scale efforts. Cari is recognized for her collaborative and adaptable leadership style, which prioritizes accountability through a human-centered approach.

Cari describes herself as a people person who has a thirst for knowledge and a knack for helping cultivate an organization's culture. Outside of work, she loves hiking (a recent personal achievement was scaling the highest peak in Bosnia), biking, game nights, and traveling. She has lived in three US states, one international country, and has visited 26 countries, with more to come.

Todd Hoskins helps people and organizations work better together by turning to the rhythms and principles that resonate with life. Through Canopy Gap, he guides people and organizations as they navigate complexity and thrive amid uncertainty rather than trying to control it.

As both a practitioner and guide, Todd works in three interconnected ways: designing organizational systems that enable more adaptive collaboration, facilitating ecosystem partnerships that create value across boundaries, and coaching individuals and teams to discover new ways of seeing, being, and moving with life's natural currents.

Todd brings a unique perspective shaped by his graduate work in psychology, training in somatic awareness, and deep study of natural systems. Since founding Canopy Gap in 2009, he has partnered with organizations ranging from technology startups to mission-driven institutions like NASA, Northwestern University, and public media organizations. His approach reveals new possibilities for individuals and organizations by drawing on patterns and principles that sustain life.

Todd splits his time between the tropical dry forests of Costa Rica and the wilderness of Northern Michigan, where he deepens his understanding of natural dynamics through direct experience. With his partner Pia, he also teaches Argentine Tango – an embodied practice that mirrors his work with organizations, blending structure with spontaneity.

Mission-centered from a young age, Jessica Edris has three decades of experience in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors as a strategic thinker who is driven to make good things better while helping others.  As a graduate of Moravian University and a long-time resident of Lehigh Valley, PA, Jessica has focused on mission-based organizations over her career as senior leadership in development, marketing, communications, strategic planning, and operational vitality.

She excels in leading complex collaborations. For the last eight years, Jessica has served as Event Director for the Lehigh Valley Wine Auction and Gala events, overseeing the successful fundraising collaboration of The Children's Home of Easton and the Northampton Genealogical and Historical Society.  Jessica is also the Executive Director of the Lehigh Valley Funders Network and leads the collaboration Lehigh Valley 250, a celebration of culture, arts, and history, that brings together community partners to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. 

As a past recipient of the Emerging Leader Award from Moravian University, she has served her alma mater as Past President of the Moravian College Alumni Association and former member of the Alumni Board of Directors. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Notre Dame High School, the Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce Nonprofit Business Council and Humanitarian Social Innovations.

Rowena Thakore is an education strategist with global experience across learning, technology, and innovation. She has worked with Fortune 500 companies such as Universal Studios and Disney, and led large-scale learning initiatives in sectors ranging from telecoms and entertainment to VR and education. 

Currently pursuing a Master's in Education and Social Change at the University of Oslo, Rowena is passionate about bridging the gap between national education systems and the evolving global skillsets that students need. She thrives on connecting ideas, people, and systems - especially in the areas of AI in Education and Future Skills - to drive meaningful change.

 Curious by nature and driven by a belief in the power of purposeful collaboration, Rowena thrives on connecting ideas, people, and systems to foster more inclusive and future-ready learning environments. 

Nikole Y. Hollins-Sims, Ed.D., is an internationally-recognized speaker, author and facilitator who serves as the senior educational consultant & strategist for Hollins-Sims Consultation. She is also a research associate for the College of Education at the University of Oregon. 

Nikole has formerly served as a technical assistance coordinator for the Midwest PBIS network, and is a former Special Assistant to the Secretary of Education at the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE). She is a Pennsylvania-certified school psychologist,  and has conducted research around caregivers of children of incarcerated parents and their motivation to engage in family-school partnerships. 

Dr. Hollins-Sims has been awarded as a Moral and Courageous Leader for Education by Cabrini University in 2021, and was named the 2021 Pennsylvania School Psychologist of the Year. Some of her career highlights are serving as the lead author of the book titled: Creating Equitable Practices in PBIS and serving as a selected presenter at the 2024 MTSS Forum at the United States Department of Education.