By Joy Portella Five years ago, I had a meeting that would change the course of Minerva Strategies. I sat across from Molly Carney, who had recently become the executive director of Evergreen Treatment Services (ETS). I could tell she was a stone-cold pro and scary smart. A former senior-level researcher at the…
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Joy Portella By Sara Veltkamp, Minerva Strategies – I was recently in San Francisco to support our client The Stability Network with their national membership meeting. The Stability Network is a coalition of people who are in the workforce and open about their mental health conditions. They are working together to inspire and encourage others, and…
Sara Veltkamp by Johnny Merolla The United States is the richest country in the world, yet over 40 million people struggle to bring food to their families. How can this be? The problem isn’t a lack of money or fertile land. The U.S. is one of the largest food exporters in the world. Yet in…
Minerva Strategies by Joy Portella The Sustainable Development Goals are a tough sell. It’s a great idea. The world agrees to a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity for all. The goals are timebound, so they’re all supposed to be achieved by 2030. And they’re measurable so…
by Johnny Merolla The Minerva Strategies team has a flexible and dedicated team of partners around the globe. Whether it be a PR agency in Nigeria or a videographer in Portland, we tap into talents in able to tailor a suite of services for our clients. Our team recently finished up a project…
by Joy Portella Last week, a Seattle event brought together a who’s-who of people working to eradicate obstetric fistula around the world. The Minerva Strategies team left inspired and in awe. The cause of combatting fistula is near and dear to our team for a few reasons. First of all, it’s terrible. A…
by Johnny Merolla The leaves are falling, and Seattleites have already begun griping about the cloudy days. The inevitable fall weather means the holiday season is coming. A time when friends and family gather around for animated conversation – and sometimes arguments – about our lives and world. At Minerva, we are a…
by Joy Portella All of Minerva Strategies’ clients do great work to improve people’s lives, but once in a while, one of them has a brilliant idea about how to change an entire system – potentially improving millions of lives. That’s really exciting. Amel Karboul’s recent TED Talk details one such brilliant idea.…
by Joy Portella The Minerva Strategies team gets excited about two things: courageous work to improve people’s lives and top-notch communications that compel people to action. Last week we got our fair share of both. Minerva and our global partners have had the pleasure of working with the Institute for Health Metrics and…
By Joy Portella, President, Minerva Strategies — For me, being heard means being loud. Maybe it’s a Tri-State area learned behavior or the result of growing up in a high-volume Italian-American family or being in one too many musical productions. Whatever the reason, the takeaway is that the higher your volume, the better you’ll be…