Strategy that's clear.
Execution that sticks.

J29 Strategies works with organizations navigating complexity, growth, and change — helping leaders move from good intentions to real results.

The most pressing challenges facing organizations today—fragmentation, misalignment, stalled strategy, leadership transitions—rarely have simple solutions. They require clear thinking, skilled facilitation, and the discipline to move from insight to action.

J29 Strategies brings all three.

We work with nonprofits, corporations, healthcare organizations, financial services firms, and public sector leaders who need more than a consultant with a slide deck. We work alongside you—with strategic rigor, practical experience, and a commitment to outcomes that last.

What We Do

Three integrated areas of practice—each designed to move organizations forward.

01

Strategy & Execution

We help organizations develop strategies that are clear, actionable, and built for execution—not just presentation. From strategic planning to organizational transformation, we work at the intersection of vision and reality.

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02

Facilitation & Collaboration

We design and lead high-stakes facilitation—executive sessions, board retreats, cross-sector working groups, and Collaborative Cohorts. We create the conditions for candor, alignment, and decisions that stick.

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03

Interim & Embedded Advisory

When organizations need senior strategic capacity—during a transition, a critical initiative, or a period of growth—we step in as a trusted partner. Embedded, accountable, and focused on results.

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Who We Work With

J29 Strategies works with leaders and organizations navigating complexity—whether that means a strategic inflection point, a leadership transition, a need for better collaboration, or a strategy that hasn't translated into results.

Our clients span sectors:

  • Nonprofits and human services organizations
  • Healthcare and public health systems
  • Financial services and payments companies
  • Education and education technology
  • Public sector and government agencies
  • Corporate and professional services firms
  • Start-ups and growth-stage organizations

What they share: a commitment to doing the work well, and a recognition that the right partner makes a difference.

"The most complex challenges rarely have simple solutions. They require clear thinking, skilled facilitation, and the discipline to move from insight to action."

— Amelia Fox, Founder & Chief Strategist

Flagship Offering

Collaborative Cohorts

Structured collaboration for organizations facing shared challenges.

What Is a Collaborative Cohort?

Collaborative Cohorts bring together 6–10 aligned organizations—nonprofits, businesses, or a mix of both—to work collectively on a shared strategic, operational, or community challenge.

Rather than tackling these issues in isolation, organizations engage in a time-bound, facilitated process designed to produce practical solutions and lasting partnerships.

This is not a peer network.
It's not a discussion group.
It's collaboration with structure, accountability, and outcomes.

What Cohorts Are Designed For

Cohorts are especially effective when organizations are facing:

  • Fragmentation across services or systems
  • Pressure to collaborate without a clear path forward
  • Shared operational or funding challenges
  • Early conversations about partnerships, shared services, or alignment
  • Complexity that no single organization can solve alone

How the Cohort Works

Each cohort runs 3–6 months and includes:

  • Individual onboarding for each organization
  • An initial cohort convening (in-person or virtual)
  • Focused action teams with weekly 30-minute check-ins
  • Midpoint and final cohort sessions
  • Up to 3 hours of 1:1 advisory support per organization

The process moves deliberately from clarity → action → outcomes.

Outcomes You Can Expect

While every cohort is different, common outcomes include:

  • Shared service or partnership models
  • Joint funding or advocacy strategies
  • Clear roadmaps for continued collaboration
  • Stronger relationships built on trust and execution

Most importantly, participants leave with progress, not just insight.

Interested in joining or launching a Collaborative Cohort?

Let's explore whether it's the right fit

About Us / Leadership

Amelia Fox, Founder & Chief Strategist

Making the complex achievable.

I've spent my career being called in when things are complicated — organizations growing faster than their systems, leadership teams that need alignment, strategies that exist on paper but haven't translated to action.

Over 30 years, I've worked in management consulting (Alvarez & Marsal, PwC/BearingPoint), corporate strategy (SVP Strategic Planning at a multibillion-dollar global payments company), entrepreneurship (co-founded a tech start-up), and senior nonprofit leadership (CSO and Acting CEO of a $400M human services organization). I've sat in the boardroom, run the whiteboard, and coached over coffee — whatever the moment called for.

I'm a builder, a fixer, and an executor. I take "back-of-the-napkin" ideas and turn them into plans that work.

A few things I'm particularly good at:

  • Turning ambiguous, complex situations into clear direction
  • Getting leadership teams aligned — especially when they're not
  • Designing strategy that is built to be executed, not shelved
  • Facilitating hard conversations with candor and care
  • Moving fast without losing the people in the room

Career Highlights

Acting CEO

Navigated a large nonprofit through a significant PR and program crisis while simultaneously beginning implementation of a new strategic plan.

Chief Strategy Officer

Developed two 3-year strategic plans for a $350M human services organization; drove alignment across a newly formed executive team during a period of significant growth.

SVP Strategic Planning

Built the strategic planning function from scratch at a multibillion-dollar global payments company; led strategy development domestically and globally.

Organizational Transformation

Reorganized a $90M division of the NYC Public Schools; eliminated $3.6M from the budget and transformed the department from compliance-driven to customer-focused.

Turnaround

Reversed a 2-year revenue decline as Interim VP of Marketing; completed a stalled brand transition and rebuilt the connection between marketing and enrollment.

Management Consulting

Senior Director at Alvarez & Marsal; Senior Manager at PwC/BearingPoint. Led large-scale transformation, CRM, change management, and strategy engagements across financial services, healthcare, pharma, public sector, and more.

Entrepreneur

Co-founded Spotlight Performance, a professional learning technology start-up. Secured clients across higher education, healthcare, and corporate sectors.

Credentials & Recognition

Industries

Financial services · Payments · Human services · Healthcare · Education technology · Public sector · Nonprofit · Start-ups

Credentials

MBA, Yale School of Management · BA Psychology, Davidson College

Recognition

Tampa Titan100 (2024–25, 2025–26) · TBBJ Women of the Year 2023 · Leadership Tampa Bay Class of 2023 · Outthinker Strategy Network

If you're navigating complexity—and want a partner who understands both the strategy and the reality—we'd welcome the conversation.

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