Imago helps create a world that works for everyone.

Imago, LLC is an executive coaching and organizational consulting firm providing services to public, nonprofit, and philanthropic organizations. In business since 2002, services span organizational change and strategy development work to executive coaching, leadership development, and thought partnership.

Our work helps organizations and their communities thrive by transforming systems that no longer serve us into ones that do.

Imago brings a facilitative, holistic and practical approach to working with our clients. We believe strongly in the capacity of individuals and the organizations they create, and know them to be resilient, resourceful and flexible. We design and guide a clear process that ensures those characteristics are leveraged to create the outcomes you are seeking. To that end, our consulting, coaching and facilitation style works to foster full engagement, generate clarity, and create opportunities for clear and concrete decision-making and action planning.

Imago helps people and organizations become radically responsible for the gifts they’ve been given.

Our relationship with our clients is a truly collaborative one, with success hinging on the strong involvement of key stakeholders. We will work with you to create learning opportunities from challenges that may arise during the project and will strive to create a process that is fully inclusive.

Curious about who we've worked with? Check out our client list.

Like you, Imago is invested in doing well by doing good.

As a certified B Corporation, Imago actively contributes to community well-being through time and financial contributions to as well as strictly adhering to fair, transparent, and environmentally sound business practices. You can learn more at: bcorporation.net.

Angela Powell (she/her)

Angela Powell

FOUNDER + CEO

Angela’s gift and passion for initiating and organizing effective change efforts showed early: as a 3rd grader, she instigated a school-wide anti-smoking campaign that empowered kids to support their parents in kicking the habit.

Since then, she has gained over 30 years of consulting and service experience working with for-impact organizations, and earned her M.A. in Organizational Development from Bastyr University in 2001. Having worked with organizations both large and small, Angela has particular interest and expertise in supporting people and organizations to navigate the nuances of quickly changing environments and leading with boldness and creativity. She believes that influence is for EVERY BODY. More…

 

Paola Maranan (she/her)

Paola Maranan

SENIOR Consultant

Paola was born and raised in Seattle and lives on Beacon Hill with her husband, daughter, and one very pink fish. She helps leaders and organizations move forward their commitment to racial equity.

A seasoned non-profit leader, Paola has spent more than 30 years fighting for just policies for kids and families in Washington. She served as Executive Director of Children’s Alliance where she helped build a racial equity-focused public policy practice and integrated a commitment to racial equity into every facet of the organization. More…

 

Katie Diamond (she/her)

Katie Diamond

MANAGING DIRECTOR + Consultant

Awarded “Most Spirited” in the 8th grade, Katie’s enthusiasm for the world around her rarely goes unnoticed. This drove her to her first career in the arts as a professional dancer.

Since retiring from the stage, Katie has spent over a decade exploring all-things-nonprofits, from equity-focused policy advocacy to fund development and grant writing to international performing arts booking + tour management. Guided by her core values of justice, integrity, equity, and honoring diverse perspectives, she has served on advisory boards for local community-led grassroots advocacy and arts organizations, conducted research into non-hierarchical governance methods, and studied systems thinking. More…

 

Jeff Catanese (he/him)

Jeff Catanese

ADMINISTRATIVE COLLABORATOR

Jeff has been working and improving systems for companies across the country (and a few internationally) for several decades and is proud and happy to be providing the same services to Imago. He lends the same integrity and work ethic to Imago as he does to his Asheville, North Carolina-based theater, Attic Salt Theatre Company.

As an actor, writer and director, Jeff has won accolades for his work and has co-authored three theater education books for Scholastic, Inc. More…

 
 

"Our crowns have already been bought and paid for. All we have to do is wear them." ~ James Baldwin

 
 
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This deep wisdom, along with the crown in the styling of Jean-Michel Basquiat, is the essence of Imago’s work. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for – and the wait is over.

The bold brushed "I" of Imago's logo offers this: a world of change begins within. On each point of the crown shines a jewel, each jewel guiding our steps every day:

  • Step out from behind the masks and make it real.

  • Accept what is and become accountable.

  • Create deep meaning – for ourselves and for others.

We have entered an age of unprecedented interdependence, flux, connection, opportunity – and ambiguity-induced chaos. The world has changed – but many of our methods haven’t, and the time has come for a necessary R.EVOLUTION.

As people who are radically responsible to the talent we have been given, WE:

  • Step out from behind the masks and make it real. We get that authenticity is the new black, and that being uncool is not only refreshing – it has the true power to transform.

  • Accept what is and become accountable. There is choice in each and every moment, and we seize those choices making ourselves our greatest and most profound instrument.

  • Create deep meaning – for ourselves and for others. We let go of FOMO, ruthlessly divine signal from noise, play connect the dots, and design brilliant, relevant strategy that creates real movement – and not more motion.

You are the one you've been waiting for.

 
 

Imago helps people and organizations become radically responsible for the gifts they’ve been given.

We are joining with you to create a world that works for everyone – and not just talking about it. Give us a shout to share your thinking and plans for your work. We bet there’s lots to talk about.