Ontaneda Consulting


At Ontaneda Consulting, Evelyn Ontaneda provides professional services centered on talent management; organizational development; and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). 

The mission of Ontaneda Consulting is to contribute to the collaboration and change necessary to transform the workplace. The workplace is one of the many institutions where we need to collaborate and catalyze change to truly experience and embody the equity and inclusion we want in society as a whole.  

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Services

Talent Management & Organizational Development

Evelyn takes a people-centered approach to processes and organizational culture. Centering equity and inclusion requires prioritizing staff's voice and experience. Evelyn can help you examine and interrogate current policies and practices and co-create new ways to align intent and impact.

Training & Facilitation

Learning together and holding space for honest and vulnerable dialogue are important elements of centering equity and inclusion. Evelyn has deep expertise in designing interactive and impactful trainings and facilitation sessions to support teams and organizations in their growth and development.

DEI Strategic Planning & Advising

Operationalizing diversity, equity, and inclusion requires change and transformation at all levels -- individual, interpersonal, institutional, and systemic. Evelyn can help strategize, design, and implement new plans to achieve greater equity and inclusion.

Coaching

Coaching is a valuable opportunity for deep learning and growth to build self-awareness and strengthen one's skills. As an individual and group coach, Evelyn can help explore issues and co-design processes that support learning and growth to achieve goals.

Core Values

Justice & Fairness

Learning & Growth

Honesty & Integrity

Joy & Well-being

Approach

Evelyn strives to center equity and inclusion in how she works. This means exploring options, relationship building, and cultivating feedback.

Here are is a bit of what you can expect when partnering together:

  • We’ll establish norms for collaboration to guide our partnership
  • We’ll co-create processes aligned with our shared goals
  • I show up as my authentic self and create space for you to do so too 

Meet Evelyn

Evelyn’s approach to organizational development is deeply informed by her identity as an Indigenous Latinx, first-generation American woman learning to be successful in white dominant culture. Being born to Ecuadorian parents and raised in Queens, NY, being the daughter of immigrants is an important part of her identity. She applied her personal learning — and unlearning — to embed new practices in organizational development that center humanity, equity, and inclusion.

Evelyn graduated from Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology with a Bachelor of Science in Human Development. She holds a Master of Science in Organizational Change Management from the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy at the New School. She has also been trained by the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond; the Interaction Institute for Social Change; and Coaching for Healing, Justice, and Liberation. As a certified yoga teacher, she also brings mindfulness, meditation, and body awareness to her practice. 

Schedule a brief call to learn more about my services and explore the possibilities of working together. 

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