Jada Shirriel, MS, CLC, owner of J. Shirriel Consulting, brings to her consulting practice 20 years of nonprofit, development, public involvement and project management experience. Jada's niche is focusing on collaborative processes that result in greater efficiencies, synergistic relationships and defined outcomes and she is particularly passionate about community-level change.

Jada is a Certified Human Centered Design Practitioner, is trained in Strategic DoingTM and is a Certified Lactation Counselor. Ms. Shirriel is a graduate of the H. John Heinz II College at Carnegie Mellon University and the Earl Graves School of Business and Management at Morgan State University. She is a graduate of the Coro Center for Civic Leadership Leaders in Learning program, and is a previous honoree of the New Pittsburgh Courier's Fab 40.