The Team
Who We Are

Monica Molina Austin
Partner, Organizational Behavior Consultant and Executive Coach
Monica is President of Westwind LLC and an Executive Coach and Organizational Consultant with over 25 years of executive coaching experience and proven results in the corporate, education and not-for-profit sectors. Monica’s approach affirms and builds on strengths and assets to accelerate change and optimize leader and business performance.
Jason B Austin
Partner, Analyst, Consultant, Researcher and Educator
Jason is a dynamic policy analyst, educator and consultant with a successful track record in leadership development, organizational capacity building and facilitating strategic change in the community development, health and human services and education sectors. Jason’s expertise includes workforce development, fiscal and public policy analysis, program design, diversity awareness, and Civic MInded Management.


Raquel López
Partner, Mediator, Coach and Consultant
Raquel López consulting practice is rooted in a strong passion for social justice, systems change, and service to community. Her work is geared toward helping nonprofits build organizational capacity working within a team approach of strong partnerships between board, staff, and volunteers. Raquel’s consulting expertise includes strategic planning, board development/governance work, board and staff meeting facilitation, organizational development, policy formulation and implementation, and funds and resource development.
Tia Purnell
Partner, Analyst, and Talent Acquisition Consultant
Tia is a Strategic Talent Acquisition and Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) leader with a demonstrated ability to manage, coach, and develop small and large local and geographically dispersed recruitment teams. Successfully built partnerships and served as a trusted advisor to stakeholders in large matrixed organizations of 5,000 – 13,000 employees in union and non-union environments. Adept at creating short-term and pipeline recruitment strategies with a focus on the customer experience to achieve successful outcomes.


Refujio “Cuco” Rodriguez
Partner, Equity and REDI Programs ConsultantTrainer, Facilitator, and Coach
Refujio “Cuco” Rodriguez is acting Chief Equity & Program Officer at Hope and Heal Fund. Prior to joining the fund, Cuco served as a Program Officer for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and was a member of the foundation’s Racial Equity and Community Engagement team. He was responsible for developing and coordinating strategic grantmaking activities aimed at addressing racial equity, community engagement, and nurturing opportunities for positive systemic change for historically marginalized communities and vulnerable children.