Advisory Council
The Advisory Council is TRANSFORM’s oversight body, collectively managing business operations and the grant process. TRANSFORM has decentralized power in its organizational structure. This means we do not have a hierarchy among our Advisory Council members. Advisory Council members are all accountable for the responsible and ethical management and distribution of the organization’s resources.
Jenny Koch
Jenny Koch (she/her) is an incoming Associate in the Denver office of McKinsey & Company. As an undergraduate at Swarthmore College, Jenny was passionate about community-based innovation to address the school-to-prison pipeline in Philadelphia schools, which lead her to being a co-founder of Chester Youth Court Volunteers; an organization that now teaches at over 40 schools across Pennsylvania. After college Jenny worked in healthcare consulting, where she saw the power of business in sharing knowledge and creating systematic change for local communities, and is excited to continue this work on the Advisory Council of Transform. She is also a 2021 graduate of the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. Find Jenny here on LinkedIn.
Sara Powell
Sara (she/her & she/they) is a Marketing Associate for Destination Pet and is based in Denver, CO. She is passionate about giving back to her community and lifting up traditionally marginalized groups, which is why she is thrilled to be a part of TRANSFORM. Sara has a degree in Business Administration with a focus in Marketing from Colorado State University, and currently volunteers as the Education Advisor for the Beta Iota chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta in Boulder, CO. Connect with Sara on LinkedIn.
Nora Rahimian
Nora (she/they) is a creative consultant and co-founder of #CultureFix, a global network of artists and entrepreneurs who use their platforms to create meaningful social change. She has managed a popular hip hop artist, run crisis intervention programs, produced music festivals, led peacebuilding projects, and spoken on stages all around the world. At the core of everything, Nora is invested in the redistribution of power and wealth, believes that art and culture are necessary for replacing systems of oppression with something better, and trusts in the power of the people. Learn more about her work here, or connect online at @NoraRahimian.
Alissa M. Trumbull
Alissa (she/her/they) loves gardening, hiking, and reading. She has benefited from generational welath in her own life and founded TRANSFORM as a way to harness the collective welath of individuals and communities in order to creat meaningful and sustainable opportunitie sfor entrepreneurs. Alissa is committed to dismantling oppressive systems of power by redefining business success and creating new structures from the ground up. Find Alissa here on LinkedIn.