What is The Partnership Collective?
At The Partnership Collective, we know relationships are the foundation of meaningful change.
We work alongside healthcare organizations and educational institutions to build cultures where people feel heard, valued, and connected. Through facilitation, organizational development, strategic planning, and family and community engagement, we help organizations strengthen trust, cultivate thriving workplace cultures, and elevate the voices of patients, families, students, and caregivers.
We help create environments where collaboration can flourish.
From hospitals and health systems to schools, districts, and colleges, we design thoughtful processes that bring people together, elevate diverse perspectives, and transform ideas into action. Whether engaging patients and families, students and caregivers, employees and leaders, or community partners, we create spaces where authentic partnership becomes possible.
Selected Partnerships and Recent Work:
Burlington School District – Facilitated a community-informed strategic planning process and strengthened the Strategic Planning Guiding Coalition.
The Family Room Parent Child Center – Facilitated the development of the organization's first strategic plan as it transitioned to an independent 501(c)(3).
SmartRise Health – Facilitate a Patient and Family-Centered Care learning session for the Equity Fellowship.
Vermont Department of Health – Developed statewide family and community engagement strategies, infrastructure, and evaluation.
University of Vermont Medical Center – Strengthened patient and family partnership initiatives and advisory programs.
Facilitate strategic planning retreats and leadership retreats.
Design and lead listening sessions, focus groups, and community conversations.
Build communities of practice that strengthen collaboration and shared learning.
Design customized workshops on organizational culture, facilitation, restorative practices, and relationship-centered engagement.