I am Nyacko Pearl Perry,
an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Consultant and Coach, specializing in leadership development and organizational change.
Official Bio
Nyacko (she/her/hers) is committed to identifying the areas of organizations that need awareness and healing.
Using a data-driven approach, and centering the voices of the most marginalized, Nyacko works with business leaders, working groups, and community organizations in developing a plan for sustainable health, focused on equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Always returning to the question, “Where is there opportunity for more compassion?”, Nyacko facilitates the clarity, awareness, and accountability that allows her clients to make courageous change and foster a healthier, more equitable system and organization.
Nyacko is a 500-hour professional level yoga teacher and an Afro Flow Yoga® certified teacher. She purposefully weaves her mindfulness expertise into her consulting and systems evaluation work.
She holds an M.S. in Organization Development, with distinction, from American University, and is a recipient of the American University’s Segal-Seashore Fellowship award for her demonstrated commitment to social justice. She served in the Peace Corps as a HIV/AIDS Capacity Building Volunteer in Botswana from 2012-2014.
Outside of her independent consulting work, Nyacko continues to live out her values as Organization Development Partner at Comfort Kitchen in Dorchester.
When she isn’t working, you can find Nyacko at home in Dorchester, MA with her spouse, Biplaw, child, Justice and their two Old English Bulldogs, Moxie and Momo.
Comfort Kitchen
Organization Development Partner
Comfort Kitchen is an award-winning cafe by day, and a restaurant by night, celebrating flavors and ingredients of the African diaspora — global comfort food — connected from Asia to the Americas.
As the Organization Development Partner, my work focuses on building equitable and sustainable structures, beginning within the organization itself: how we honor the needs of our employees, how we source food, how we are investing back into the local food economy. Our goal is to be a model for a more equitable and sustainable food system.
Interested in food equity consulting and speaking?
Services
Let’s Create Real Change, Together:
01
1:1 EDI Leadership Development
Are you ready to get started in addressing EDI issues within your organization? Start here.
I highly value working with you one-on-one as a leader to address the main principles of EDI work. I help you bring the principles forward in your behavior, in your thinking, and in your ability to run your organization with an expansive and inclusive mindset. This work is difficult, and you don’t have to do it on your own. In our work together, I provide the tools and insight you need to live out your own values around EDI and move forward with your personal learning and growth.
All sessions are delivered virtually.
02
Organization Retreats
Do you need a seasoned facilitator to lead a retreat for your staff/employees?
Whether you need a starting point for EDI, have problems/conflicts in the workplace, or need someone to help you build momentum in the work you’ve already started, I love coming alongside business leaders to equip your teams.
Organization Retreats are great for groups of 10-100 and can be delivered virtually or in person.
03
EDI Committee Advising
Do you already have a committee developed and interested in EDI work, and you’d like to bring in a consultant for steering and strategy?
A group of passionate people is a great start. Through regular meetings centered around your specific goals, we’ll develop a strategy for ongoing EDI work. Your committee members will learn skills in EDI, develop trust amongst each other, and build a support system to continue work in their small group as well as larger organizational systems.
All sessions are delivered virtually.
04
Small Group EDI Facilitation
Do you need an outside consultant to bring together internal stakeholders to proactively address deep EDI challenges?
Ideal for a group of 3-9 people, during our bi-weekly 2-hour sessions, we will create tools that will allow you to work together to address EDI challenges within your organization. Based on your specific group, I’ll identify and provide the best resources for the group so you can work together more effectively, hold each other accountable, and support each other through the process to ultimately increase interdependence and trust in this and all work.
Small Group Facilitation is delivered virtually.
Recent Work
“Key Considerations for Leaders before creating an internal EDI committee.”
What it’s Like to Work with Me
“Our departmental training and retreat was such a success due to Nyacko's skill, expertise and experience. We achieved all of our goals for the retreat, and all who attended enjoyed the experience while learning and building relationships with one another. Nyacko's grace and compassion shines through in her interactions and presentations and she creates an atmosphere for more openness and sharing. I highly recommend Nyacko's consultation services.”
— Meischa Gasek, LMHC
Director of Quality, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance
“I can best describe Nyacko’s facilitation approach as a perfect balance between challenge and compassion. She guides participants in transforming mindsets and undoing biases by creating a space of learning that balances opportunities to challenge deep assumptions and compassionately move through dissonant beliefs. The result is an experience of transformation and leadership development that enables organizations and members to heal and thrive.”
— Yaro Fong-Olivares, MS
Director of Corporate Education, Center of Women and Business at Bentley University
Nyacko is a fantastic collaborator and a wonderful design partner. She is keenly insightful and exhibits a thoughtful agility that is rare when working with groups. She is empathic, patient and great at meeting people where they are yet firm handed and able to give the right amount of measured push when organizational leaders need a nudge forwards difficult change.
— Candice A. Crawford-Zakian, Psy. D
Human Studio, Principal & Co-Owner
Consulting Psychologist - Leadership & Organizational Dynamics
“Nyacko is a brilliant facilitator of change, healing, and transformation. Individuals and organizations who work with her emerge feeling deeply heard, clearer on their vision, and emboldened to make choices to bring their values to life. She integrates a diverse and holistic set of disciplines and methodologies in her work, and holds both an authentic compassion for all and a tenacious vision for stronger and healthier societies and communities. The power of her work is matched only by the seamless joy and natural flow of how she engages with people in the process.”
— Tip Fallon, MSOD
Founder and Principle, All In Consulting
“Hiring Nyacko is, without question, one of the best decisions I've ever made as a business owner. Her support has had a profound impact on my understanding of anti-racism and DEI work, and my ability to fully integrate the work into my leadership. It's transformed the way I guide my team and serve my clients. Nyacko has helped me step into greater integrity and live my values as both a CEO and a human being.”
— Hannah Koenig
CEO of Hannah Koenig International
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