Shawna Walsh

About Shawna Walsh

Shawna is passionate about organizational effectiveness, and leverages her skillsets in facilitation, strategic planning, organizational development and learning, and change management to work with her clients to unlock barriers and advance impact at scale. My mission is to architect organizations that don\'t just grow—but grow better.Key areas of expertise include:*Project and Team Leadership–oversee, supervise, mentor, and coach results-driven projects, strategic initiatives, and teams *Strategy Development & Facilitation– designing and implementing highly participatory, inclusive, and impactful strategic planning processes for global organizations across all sectors (working with critical stakeholders such as Leadership Teams, Boards, Staff, Partners, etc.). Making strategy real with OKRs/KPIs and implementation plans.*Stakeholder Engagement and Analysis – expertise in stakeholder engagement, mixed-method and accessible consultation design and analysis, and stakeholder communications to build buy-in and ownership*Organizational Development and Effectiveness– understanding key needs through organizational assessments and diagnostics, organizational design, and co-creating a desired future and pathways to achieve that future (including targeted support to leadership teams, workflows)*Evaluations & Learning – designing utilization-focused evaluations for the purposes of learning and decision-making, including formative evaluations, board diagnostics, and the development of learning agendas *Theory of Change and Results-based Management – enabling clients to revisit theories of change, and set and define clear intended outcomes and indicators as well as supportive performance systems (e.g. results frameworks, logic models, dashboards, etc.)*Operating Model and Organizational Structure – consulting on restructuring exercises, underpinned by clear and unique operating model designs to enhance organizational efficiency and effectiveness *Change Management and Mediation – expertise in effectively managing change, and weaving change management and mediation principles into complex transformation processesTrack Record: USAID (IPI Bureau, AFR, ME, Global Health, Prosper Africa), Green Climate Fund, Global Innovation Fund, Fairtrade International, Hewlett Foundation, Gates Foundation, Women Deliver, Women’s Link Worldwide, Equimundo, Mandela Institute for Development Studies, CGIAR System (AfricaRice, CIAT, Bioversity, ICARDA, others), Global Water Partnership, UNESCO, UNEP, ICCROM, World Green Economy Organization, WWF and many more.

Experience

1. Senior Director, Transformation

   Nexamp

   Sep 2025 — Present · Boston, MA, US

   The Sr. Director, Transformation will serve as a strategic leader driving enterprise-level organizational effectiveness, workforce optimization, and change management initiatives. This role partners closely with the Executive Team and People Team to design and implement operating models, structures, processes, and strategies that accelerate performance and improve agility. • Lead comprehensive organizational assessments to identify inefficiencies, talent gaps, andopportunities for structural improvement across all business units. Design and implemententerprise-wide restructuring, operating model, and workforce optimization strategies alignedto strategic priorities.• Serve as the enterprise change management lead, leveraging frameworks (e.g, ADKAR,Kotter) to drive alignment, adoption, and sustained behavioral change. Act as a trustedadvisor to senior leadership, shaping the cultural and operational transformation agenda andensuring change initiatives are measurable and sustainable. Champion leadership capability-building in change agility, accountability, and high-performance culture.• Serve as a strategic partner to the C-suite and senior leaders, influencing critical decisionsthrough data-driven insights, benchmarking, and scenario planning. Build executiveconsensus on workforce strategies and transformation initiatives ensuring alignment tocorporate strategy, enterprise portfolio priorities, and long-term growth.• Lead and inspire a high-performing transformation team. Build leadershipcapability at all levels and provide direction across transformation, change management, andworkforce planning functions.• Establish rigorous measurement frameworks to track the success of organizational initiatives and monitor KPIs tied to employee performance, operational efficiency, and cultural outcomes• Champion a culture of continuous improvement and Maintain expertise in emerging organizational design trends, workforce transformation

Education

• Boston University

  International Relations

• Trinity College, Dublin

  Master's Degree

Skills

• Policy Analysis
• Positive Team Player
• Marketing
• Strategic Planning
• Politics
• Research
• Event Planning
• Qualitative Research
• Non-Profits
• Organizational Development
• Human Rights
• Logistics Management
• Team Building
• Training
• Analysis
• Budgets
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Social Media
• Powerpoint
• Editing
• Public Relations
• International Relations
• Team-Oriented
• Marketing Communications
• Public Speaking
• Nonprofits
• Leadership