Strengthening leaders and organizations for health and housing equity

“It’s an especially challenging time to be doing justice work. John’s emphasis on mindfulness and his relaxed, collaborative approach helped me clarify both personal and professional goals that are keeping me focused and preventing burnout. I highly recommend him for anyone looking to evaluate the purpose and direction of their work, especially those in the nonprofit and public sectors.”

“John brings a much-needed justice and equity lens to his expert facilitation of strategic conversations with community health center boards of directors and staff. His work is grounded in a first-hand and thorough understanding of the requirements of the community health center program.”

“I would not hesitate to recommend John to community health care and social services leaders grappling with technical, strategic, resource development, Public Health-related, housing, and policy challenges… John is known nationally as a skilled administrator, presenter, and public speaker. He is very well versed on the technical details on topics such as grant compliance and at the same time has a strong understanding of the strategic challenges of integrating services across primary care, behavioral health care, housing, and criminal justice systems.”

“John’s coaching helped me immensely in my career development process. His mindfulness approach to coaching helped me to clarify my goals for career advancement, better understand my strengths as a leader, and create a strong strategy for conveying those strengths throughout the job search and interviewing process. I wholeheartedly recommend John for his deep listening skills and supportive way of helping me to create a plan and then hold myself accountable to follow-through."

“I am very pleased to recommend John Gilvar for consultation work related to Community Health Center (CHC) executive management, management of Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) grants, strategic planning, and technical assistance related to best practices for improving health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness and other vulnerable populations… John has worked extensively with his counterparts across the country in supporting collaborative learning and dissemination of best practices around a variety of common local challenges.”

“John is inquisitive, present, appreciative, intelligent and full of insight. I really appreciated how he obviously cared about my progress and the things I was bringing to the table. He also was able to share great examples from his life, normalizing what I was going through. Finally, he often reminded me to appreciate and celebrate my accomplishments.”

“John's experience and inquisitive nature helped our team become clear in the direction we are headed and why. The additional coaching I received allowed for growth in confidence and ability to take on the new program expansion. His desire and ability to build others up to live life to the fullest both professionally and personally has a lasting ripple effect for those he works with and their circle of influence.”