Erin Kinavey Wennerstrom
Erin (she/her) has worked in the field of early childhood for over 20 years, in a great variety of roles. She has worked as a Head Start coordinator, administrator for an early intervention (Part C, EI/ECSE) home visitor program in child welfare, university lecturer and mental health clinician. She currently leads the Oregon Infant Mental Health Association as the Executive Director.
Erin earned her doctorate in early childhood special education at the University of Oregon and holds certification in early childhood special education and counseling. She is also Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with a specialty in infant and early childhood mental health.
Doctor of Philosophy Special Education (Ph.D.)
National Certified Counselor (NCC)
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Infant Mental Health Specialist (IMH-E®)
Alaska teacher certified
Anders Kinavey Wennerstrom
Anders (he/him) is a facilitator of individual and organizational change with over 20 years of experience in the fields of healthcare and early childhood. He has held practitioner and leadership roles in quality improvement and organizational change management. He has worked as a leadership coach since 2015 after completing his initial training through the Co-Active Institute with additional training in Trauma-Informed Coaching. Anders is also a registered yoga teacher. He brings a systems- and process- thinking approach supported by human-centered and relational practices from yoga, coaching, neuroscience and psychology, integrating emerging knowledge about the brain and well-being with the deep experiential wisdom from traditional practices.
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Bachelor of Science in Systems Analysis (B.S.)
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt (LSSMBB)
Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC)
Trauma Informed Coach Certification (TICC)
Registered Yoga Teacher - 200hr (RYT-200)
“The way we experience the world around us is a direct reflection of the world within us.”
— Gabrielle Bernstein
Our mission is to improve workplaces by helping organizations become places where individuals can be effective and productive and thrive; and by helping individuals develop the skills and resilience to thrive in a demanding workplace.
Why focus on work-force well-being?
Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, education and healthcare were suffering from high and potentially rising rates of stress, burnout and turnover. Shortages of teachers, nurses and primary care doctors will continue to get worse until we effectively address the causes that drive these trends.
Data from before the pandemic suggest that as many as half of new teachers left the profession entirely within 5 years. In healthcare, it may take new registered nurses only 2 years before half of them leave. Imagine 4 years of college and student loans, only to leave your chosen profession after 2-5 years, full of conflicting emotions about what is the right choice – idealism and cynicism on opposite sides of the seesaw, and with few good alternatives.
Unless we want to accept this situation, expensive for our larger society, education and healthcare organizations and individuals alike, we must get to the root causes of these issues. We take the stand that organizational performance is fundamentally rooted in a thriving workforce. Quality, service and financial performance all depend on the humans at the center of these outcomes. We bring evidence-informed practices, mental models and assessment tools to help leaders focus on targeted interventions to reduce harmful stress and increase wellbeing.