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Tracey Greene-Washington

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President at Indigo Innovation Group, LLC
Concord, North Carolina

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Company Name
Indigo Innovation Group, LLC
Position
President
Short Description
A consulting firm dedicated to serving as a thought-partner, advisor and consultant to accelerate change through system-level approaches, equity, and collaboration.
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Concord, North Carolina
United States

About Me and My Work

What kinds of projects, tasks, or challenges do you typically partner with nonprofits on?
Tracey Greene-Washington is the President of Indigo Innovation Group, a consulting firm dedicated to serving as a strategic thought-partner, advisor, coach and consultant to philanthropic, nonprofit, and private/public organizations committed to accelerating change through system-level approaches, equity, and strategic collaboration. In additon to this role she is the Founder of CoThinkk, a social change philanthropy committed to shifting the economic mobility, health, education, and leadership narrative of communities of color in Western NC through strategic investments, network-building, and civic discourse. Lastly, Tracey Greene-Washington is a social entrepreneur and co-owner of No Grease Northlake and No Grease Premium, franchisees under the umbrella of No Grease Inc.
Throughout her twenty + year career she’s led high-level initiatives that address complex issues and gained a reputation as an innovative leader that is committed to partnering with organizations/communities to be more impactful by targeting systemic change, taking risk, and accelerating efforts at the intersection of community economic development, health, education, and leadership development.

Mrs. Greene-Washington most recently served as the Director of Special Initiatives for the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, leading its two long-term place-based initiatives Healthy Places NC-focused on improving the health of 10-12 rural counties and Great Expectations-an early childhood initiative in Forsyth County. Prior to joining the Trust, she served as a Program Officer at the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation leading efforts to address the statewide racial and gender wealth gap; Program Officer and Director of Learning & Evaluation for the National Rural Funders Collaborative focused on rural community transformation; and Director of Technical Assistance, Training & Policy with the South Carolina Association of Community Development Corporations where she supported 45 community development corporations throughout the state.

Mrs. Greene-Washington completed a Tedx titled Addressing Complex Change, What If and currently serves on the board of Education NC. She is the former Board Chair for the Center for Leadership Innovation, Vice Chair for the Southern Rural Development Initiative, Equity Committee Chair for the NC Early Childhood Foundation, and board member of North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research. Mrs. Greene-Washington released her first book on October 20th, 2020, # 1 International Bestseller and 2021 Nautilus Award-Winner , titled Choosing Purposeful Alignment: The Messy Middle of Transformation. She is the recipient of the 2022 Change Agent of the Year Award, 2021 Rosa Parks Award, 2020 Linetta Gilbert Service Award, 2019 Bubbles Griffin Award, and 2019 Best of Women to Know Feature. She is a native of Asheville North Carolina and Certified Coach through Coach Diversity Institute. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Master of Social Work degree from the University of South Carolina.
Why would someone choose to work with you?
Summary of Qualifications:
•Senior-level leader with twenty + years of professional experience in philanthropy, and non- profit sector;
•Career track record for making tough decisions, taking calculated risks, and driving organizations to be more progressive and have greater collective impact;
•Exceptional experience addressing complex issues and leading high level, long-term place-based projects and special initiatives;
•Highly analytical and strategic thinker with the ability to balance intuition and evidence;
•Agile leader, able to engage and influence thought leaders at multiple institutional levels; and
•Demonstrated collaborative management style that is committed to building a pipeline of next generational leaders in the philanthropic and nonprofit sector.

Specialties: Philanthropy, social change philanthropy, equity, leadership development, strategic visioning, strategic implementation, collaboration, facilitation, program design, management and evaluation, community economic development, rural community development, systems change and policy analysis, learning/research, and next generation/succession planning.
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Specialties: Philanthropy, social change philanthropy, nonprofits, equity, leadership development, strategic visioning, strategic implementation, collaboration, facilitation, program design, place-based initiatives, management and evaluation, community economic development, rural community development, systems change and policy analysis, learning/research, and next generation/succession planning.