Leadership and organizational systems strategy
The ORI Group develops people, strengthens practice, and builds the systems that allow organizations to grow leaders at every level. Supporting education, nonprofit, healthcare, public-sector, and people-centered organizations.
The ORI methodology
Purpose, values, and direction are established before anything is built. Clarity of identity comes before clarity of strategy.
Practice, culture, and systems are examined with rigor. Honest diagnosis determines what is worth changing and why.
Insight becomes aligned action. This is where identity meets strategy and results begin to compound.
Two verticals, one methodology
Vertical 1
We partner with K-12 districts, universities, and education organizations to develop leaders, strengthen instructional practice, and build the pipelines that sustain strong schools.
Vertical 2
We partner with healthcare, government, nonprofit, and corporate organizations to develop leaders, build cultures of trust, and design the talent pathways that move people and missions forward.
Evidence from the work
The founders
Leadership and organizational systems strategist with 15+ years designing leadership pipelines, developing teachers and school leaders, and building the learning systems that sustain their growth.
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Learning and development leader with 10+ years designing professional learning systems, coaching educators and instructional leaders, and improving performance in complex organizations.
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About The ORI Group
The ORI Group is a leadership development and organizational learning firm serving school districts, universities, healthcare organizations, nonprofits, and other mission-driven organizations.
The firm
The ORI Group works on both. We combine leadership development, adult learning, and organizational design to help organizations build leaders at every level, along with the structures that keep them growing.
Every engagement follows the same method: Orient, Reflect, Create Impact. We begin with purpose and identity, examine practice and culture with rigor, and turn what we learn into aligned action. The method stays constant. The context, the audience, and the design change.
The name comes from Ori, a Yoruba word for personal spirit and inner destiny. It reflects our starting point: organizations grow as far as their people do.
Working with us
We examine how leadership learning, application, and results connect before recommending a program.
Sessions use real scenarios, practical tools, and follow-through, so learning shows up in daily practice.
Surveys, observation, and program data guide each phase, and we report findings to leadership in plain language.
A school district, a hospital, and a public agency need different designs. The method holds. The application is tailored.
The principals
Alexandria is a leadership and organizational systems strategist who helps organizations develop leaders and build the systems that sustain them. Her career began in the classroom and grew through curriculum design, instructional coaching, and district equity strategy to the management of an annual $2M leadership development portfolio, serving more than 600 aspiring and current leaders across 117 schools in a large urban school district. She has coached and designed learning for teachers, developed school leaders through fellowships and cohorts, and advised district executives, so she knows what each group needs from a program. She pairs an equity-centered lens with a practical command of program design, evaluation data, and responsible AI use.
MPS, Branding and Integrated Communications (Public Relations), City College of New York | MS Education, Early Childhood, Childhood and Special Education, Molloy University | BA Africana Studies, University at Albany, SUNY
View LinkedIn profileRacquel is a learning and development leader with more than a decade of experience designing professional learning systems, coaching educators and instructional leaders, and improving performance in complex organizations. She has led large-scale training initiatives, facilitated learning for diverse audiences, and built data systems, including AI-supported tools, that turn results into clear development strategies. Her background spans classroom teaching, data team leadership, and directing a teaching academy for incoming teacher cohorts.
BA English and Secondary Education, Binghamton University, SUNY | Master's, Secondary Education, College of St. Joseph
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Presented at the National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) Annual International Conference, the Courageous Conversation National Summit, the National Education Association (NEA) Conference on Racial and Social Justice, and the LEAD Education Summit, among others.
The work changes shape. The method does not.
Vertical 1
The ORI Group helps districts and education organizations develop leaders and strengthen the instruction, culture, and pipelines that sustain strong schools. We work at every level, from teacher leaders and assistant principals to principals and district teams.
Signature programs
Each program runs four to six sessions and is calibrated to your leadership competencies, strategic priorities, and local context.
Standalone sessions
Every engagement is aligned to your leadership standards and strategic priorities.
Vertical 2
The ORI Group helps organizations develop leaders who lead with clarity, build cultures of trust and belonging, and design the talent pathways that let their people and mission grow. We partner with healthcare, government, nonprofit, and corporate teams at every level.
Signature programs
Each program runs four to six sessions and is adapted to your industry, context, and team structure.
Standalone workshops
Every program adapts to your sector, team size, and priorities, and is delivered in person, virtually, or hybrid.
Speaking
Sessions for educators, school and district leaders, and talent teams. They are practical and participatory, and participants leave with a framework or tool they can apply.
Upcoming
December 2026 | Accepted presenter
National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) 54th Annual International Conference
Many school systems have become more intentional about recruiting leaders of color but have not built the conditions to retain them. Participants use the Leadership Continuity Audit to assess one real system across arrival, development, retention, and succession, then design a change that builds leadership continuity.
Presented
October 2026
Black & Brown Educators of the Capital District Conference
Equity-centered teaching is a stance, and practiced consistently it becomes leadership. Participants use the Equity to Impact Audit to examine one classroom practice through four lenses, then connect it to a leadership action they can take in their own context.
July 2026
National Education Association (NEA) Conference on Racial and Social Justice
This session connects leadership identity to the equity-centered decisions leaders make in real time. Participants leave with an action blueprint to take back to their schools and communities.
July 2026
LEAD Education Summit
Many leadership development programs never reach the classroom. This session introduces a diagnostic framework that helps participants align leadership learning, application, and student-level impact.
December 2025
National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) 53rd Annual International Conference
This session examines how racial identity, lived experience, and community history shape leadership practice. Participants then consider how to build inclusive pathways grounded in community and equity.
October 2025
Courageous Conversation® National Summit
This session explores how community experience and system history shape leadership. Participants consider how leaders can align values, voice, and community wisdom to change outcomes.
December 2024
The Wallace Foundation Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative, Joint District Partnership Team Convening
This session uses a school district's leadership pipeline as a case study in closing the gap between Latinx students and the principals who lead their schools. Participants use empathy mapping and action planning to design pathways that increase representation and strengthen belonging.
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