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Kacy O’Brien (Director of Programming) is a nonprofit professional with over 20 years of experience across fields and disciplines, applying her skills in facilitation, community engagement, strategic planning, organizational infrastructure, and event planning to her work Gathering Ground. At Gathering Ground, Kacy’s work focuses on designing and implementing inclusive, collaborative, action-focused spaces, and has led cross-sector teams in every major NJ city, several county and statewide convenings, and smaller communities through Gathering Ground’s flagship Call to Collaboration program. She also spearheads all virtual programs, in collaboration with Gathering Ground’s amazing staff, facilitators and practitioners.
She has designed, facilitated, and implemented over 110 in-person and virtual retreats, peer learning cohorts, workshops, conferences, community gatherings, focus groups and networking events with highly diverse groups of people from around the country. Her facilitation style is informed by deep listening, curiosity, and a genuine love of passionate, mission-driven people and what is possible when trust and relationship are the foundations of change.
Kacy is a Victoria Emerging Leaders Program (VELP) ’18 Fellow, and Lead NJ ’15 Fellow.