Clients

While our clients vary in size, sector, and geographic location, their commitments remain the same: imagining and building belonging spaces. We help them translate this commitment into everyday actions that help them achieve personal transformation while their organization also emerges into a new shape.

The following testimonials amplify our successes, which continue to shape our approach to transforming workplace cultures where all stakeholders can authentically show up with agency. We are ready to partner with clients aligned with our vision, mission, and values.

Testimonials

“Rhodes Perry Consulting consistently delivers exceptional results with their deep subject matter expertise and strategic thinking. They are masterful coalition builders, known for their integrity and unwavering commitment to ethical practices. Partnering with them has been invaluable to our organization's successes – they are a trusted partner who always does the right thing, even in challenging situations."

~ Mark Grimes, Give > Take Founder

“Collaborating with Rhodes and his team and was a gift! His expertise and wisdom are impressive, and I truly felt encouraged by all the possibilities. My company now has a clear pathway to build more safety, trust, and belonging at work as we advance our DEI goals. Our work together has greatly reduced my anxiety about the future of work.”

– Autumn Wylder, gPRIDE Chair, Genentech.”
“We successfully launched our supplier diversity program, after working with Rhodes and his team. Our program met two core goals we had going into the project: 1) grow more wealth in our community, and 2) increase the quality of our vendor pool. Rhodes delivered these results and then some!”

– Kitty Miller, Chief Administrative Officer, Home Forward
“Rhodes and his team know how to easily engage with leaders from many different backgrounds. They have the rare ability to reach across the aisle, engage in respectful dialogue, and collaborate with executive leadership teams with diverging opinions on to advance their DEI commitments. The firm brings humor, compassion, and expertise – a winning combination – to meet people where they are at, while forging a shared pathway forward to build a belonging culture at work.”

– Kelli Houston, Chief Diversity Officer, Community Health Plan of Washington
“We needed a tech solution to manage our gender inclusion commitments, particularly monitoring our quarterly goals, and found our solution working closely with Rhodes Perry Consulting. Now we have a much better sense of how we are advancing our DEI goals by sharing tangible results with our stakeholders.”

– Cassie Salinas, Metro
“We had an amazing experience working with Rhodes’ team when creating an inclusive design for people of all genders. Rolling our guidance for how all-user restrooms can benefit people with disabilities, parents with young children, those in need of lactation spaces, and safer facilities for transgender and nonbinary people helped raise awareness and build deeper connections within our workplace.”

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“Graceful leadership comes from a place of confidence and humility. Combing those qualities with passion and a deep understanding of the needs of LGBTQ+ young people navigating the challenges of poverty and you have Rhodes. I’ve learned so much from watching Rhodes help my Agency improve our services for LGBTQ+ communities.”

– Gladys Carrión, Esq., Former Commissioner, NYC Administration for Children’s Services
“Rhodes Perry has worked with us from the beginning of developing the getREAL Initiative. Thanks to his leadership, we have a robust network of child welfare thought leaders working together to improve social safety net services for LGBTQ+ young people involved in child welfare systems, ultimately leading more children and youth thriving into healthy and happy adults.”

– Bill Bettencourt, Senior Associate, Center of the Study of Social Policy
“As one of the nation’s smartest experts on transgender policy matters, Rhodes offers an important perspective to ensure that the needs and concerns of transgender and nonbinary people are appropriately represented. His consultancy helps implement life-saving policies by connecting key stakeholder with concrete practices to improve the well-being of transgender and nonbinary people.”

– Mara Keisling, Founding Executive Director, National Center for Transgender Equality
“Strategic, substantive and creative are three words that immediately come to mind when I think of Rhodes’ leadership style. The support, guidance and collaboration his firm offered my team has and remains an invaluable asset as we continue to improve social services for LGBTQ+ young people living in Los Angeles County. For those organizations struggling to implement inclusive DEI policies designed to transform organizational culture, definitely consider working with Rhodes Perry Consulting.”

— Lisa Parrish, Former RISE Director, Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Community Center