"Dr. Sam applies a range of gifts and skills to her work as a knowledgeable, meticulously organized and thoughtfully prepared guide for your deep reflections and hard conversations. She offers encouragement, is an excellent active listener and distiller of your ideas/thoughts/questions/concerns. She leaves ample space for you and your team to share and ask, while keeping you on a path moving forward toward your collectively articulated goals. Dr. Sam's portfolio of tools and approach to getting to the core of an organization and working our way, together, back out to reflect and revise was immediately impressive to us - and just flexible enough to honor her approach but also nimbly customize the content and curriculum to really address Scholarship Plus' weak points. She is incredibly easy to talk to, and maintains a striking balance between encouraging and solid in her role, like all the best teachers. Our entire team was sorry to say 'bye' at our last session — an already close-knit team, Dr. Sam helped us grow even closer, more candid and vulnerable, and model the kind of safe, brave and supportive space we aspire to. We are so grateful Dr. Sam is doing what she is doing, and that she offers ways to keep doing the work together!" 

Anna Antoniak

Senior Director at Scholarship Plus