CLIENTS
At Bonsai Leadership Group, a significant portion of our clientele comes from the nonprofit sector, particularly focusing on environmental and social justice causes.
Explore the diverse range of organizations that have engaged us in exploring opportunities, addressing challenges and achieving their goals.
Hear from our clients
“Bonsai Leadership Group provided indispensable coaching to my management team members at a critical time of growth and change in our organization. Our 30-member team is our most important priority and LaTresse created a trusted space for our leaders who all identify with underrepresented communities. That trust, support, guidance, and confidentiality coupled with her deep understanding of equity made the difference. We've decided to provide more members of our team's Bonsai Leadership Group's coaching support.”
~ Maite Arce
President & CEO, Hispanic Access Foundation,
I am grateful to have had the life-changing opportunity to be coached by LaTresse through Bonsai Leadership Group. I have deeply admired and learned from LaTresse's leadership for many years, so to now benefit from her coaching services has been an incredible full-circle moment. During our very first session, I gained more clarity and insight about my own trajectory and motivations than I had over literal years of effort. From understanding my own leadership style to identifying and setting concrete goals for clarifying my vision, LaTresse's expertise has been invaluable.
So many Black early-career scientists like myself are thrust into a space of activism around racial, economic, and environmental justice, and it forces us to address these issues in professional contexts, many times or being incorporated into, or becoming our jobs.
From my experience and conversations, this leaves many of us wondering how we move forward in our careers given our priorities -- our passions for science and dismantling systemic oppression and exclusion -- and navigating socially challenging professional environments, ranging from taxing to hostile in the process. I have personally witnessed how well-equipped LaTresse is for helping professionals like me through these very challenges and I am thankful. I cannot recommend her services enough.
~ Corina Newsome
Conservation scientist
I had the pleasure of working with LaTresse as my executive coach in 2022. I knew from our time together in the nonprofit world that she was a smart strategist and thoughtful conservation leader. But her wisdom and grace as a career adviser were transformative. She helped me better manage my day-to-day challenges while opening my thinking to big-picture career planning for the next five to ten years. My future professional success will be because of our work together and I'm so grateful to know her!
~ Misty Ann Edgecomb
Communications strategist
Running a business is hard work. Operating a consulting firm is grueling. Anchoring your mission in equity and justice can feel impossible each time you reach a growth edge. And Keecha Harris and Associates, Inc. was teetering on that edge, holding on by its nail beds. I was even wondering if I should shutter my business.
At “hello,” I knew I had connected with someone who was vastly competent, believed in me wholeheartedly, and would help me reorder the pieces effectively. LaTresse made no bones about her fidelity and deep regard for me as a Black woman who has something to offer the world through others.
What a ride it’s been. LaTresse and her team have provided:
Answers to the most important question an entrepreneur can ask herself: What does my business need now?
Permission to make hard calls while balancing care for oneself, dignity for others, and integrity for the business
Sourcing for staffing, team development, and change management
Connections to other immensely talented consultants
Launch support for our deeply anticipated Executive Council to help us navigate our next stages of growth
Lotsa humor
Somehow words are inadequate to express how much I appreciate LaTresse. The patience, precision, and unique attention to detail she provided -- just as you would a bonsai tree -- has been game changing.
~ Keecha Harris, DrPH, RD
President, Keecha Harris and Associates, Inc.,
“My team and I loved partnering with LaTresse! She brought positivity, creativity and a keen understanding of our needs to her approach. LaTresse worked well with both our staff and board members and delivered a high-quality product. I would absolutely work with her and the team at Bonsai Leadership Group again! “
~ Sarah Charlop-Powers
Executive Director, Natural Areas Conservancy,
“I had the pleasure of working with LaTresse as an executive coach through 2022. My business, Grow Well Consulting, was entering its 4th year of operation. After growing rapidly, I needed to take some time outside of the day-to-day tasks to reinvestigate where I was going with the business to more effectively traverse forks in the road related to resourcing, service offerings, and generally just growing. LaTresse was a reliable and thoughtful source of guidance throughout this time and her support in navigating some difficult decisions was invaluable.
For entrepreneurs who are thinking about how to assemble their own personal board of directors or scale from a sole proprietorship to a multi-member organization, working with LaTresse is a great way to get started. She brings the perspective of a neutral external advisor that I found invaluable in improving clarity around my own and in turn the business's needs, desires, and next steps.”
~ Alison Grantham, PhD
President and Founder, Grow Well Consulting,