About
We help leaders and organizations operationalize their values, ensuring that good intentions result in transformative and sustainable positive impact.
approach and beliefs
We are rooted in our belief that individuals and organizations have the power to make the world a better place through their prosperity.
We believe that:
- Society cannot reach its true potential if there is not justice.
- Our collective power lies in our unity.
- The answers needed to achieve our well-being can be found through consultation.
We adopt transformative approaches that simultaneously embrace questioning assumptions, norms, and current structures, while also ensuring that change is pragmatic, actionable, and collaborative.
Our approach to our work is bespoke, collaborative, and value-added.
We appreciate that:
- Every leader and organization’s realities are unique and there is no cookie-cutter solution.
- The answers often lie in collective wisdom, which can be harnessed through authentic collaborative processes.
- No one hires a consultant or advisor to tell them what they already know or make problems more complicated – you need actionable solutions that add value.
We ensure that our work is tailored to your needs, developed in partnership with your wisdom, and adds meaningful value.
Principal Consultant
Layli Miller-Muro, JD, MA
Mission
After 25 years on the frontlines of social justice advocacy and organizational scaling, I have seen what works and what doesn’t. It is urgently clear, that so many have good intentions behind their efforts to make a positive impact in the world, but often underestimate what it takes to be a transformative force for good, which requires refined intention and a mindful application of key strategies. I am passionate about supporting individuals and organizations in their efforts to be a strategic and significant force for good in the world, ensuring that they employ mindsets and tactics that are effective, efficient, authentic, values-aligned, equitable, and in service to enabling real change. (For LinkedIn bio click HERE.)
qualifications
I am a mother to three amazing children, wife to a wonderful man, caretaker to two silly dogs, and spiritual wanderer in the journey to leave the world better than it was when I arrived. Below is the less important stuff.
Experience
- Current member of APCO Worldwide’s International Advisory Council, which consists of internationally recognized leaders from various sectors to offer APCO Worldwide clients expert and multi-dimensional counsel to help them address opportunities and challenges facing their organizations.
- Served as CEO for 20 years of a $24M social impact organization leading the end to gender-based violence (www.tahirih.org)
- A published thought leader, media spokesperson, public speaker, and crisis communicator on social justice issues (particularly women’s rights, immigration issues, access to justice, and human rights)
- Appeared in news outlets including CNN, Fox News, NPR, PBS, the New York Times, and the Washington Post
- Scaled a social justice organization from 8 staff in one location to 120 in 5 locations with 600% revenue growth
- Led a 4-year org-wide DEI strategy resulting in a shift in the leadership team from 6% BIPOC to 56%
- Led the redesign of organizational values fully operationalized with accountably mechanisms and rooted in culture
- Teach ESG, corporate social responsibility, and inclusive decision-making on Udemy
- Practiced law at Arnold & Porter and the U.S. Dept of Justice
Degrees/Certification
- American University, JD (law) & MA (international relations)
- Berkeley School of Law, Sustainable Capitalism & ESG, Executive Education Certificate
- Harvard Business School, Organizational Management, Executive Education Certificate
- Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Organizational Management, Executive Education Certificate
- Northern Illinois University, Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters
- Agnes Scott College, BA (Phi Beta Kappa)
- Member, Bar Associations of Washington, DC and Georgia
Awards
- Race Amity Metal of Honor – National Center for Race Amity (2021)
- Women Inspiring Change Award – Harvard Law School (2015)
- DC Young Mother of the Year – American Mothers Inc. (2015)
- Top 150 Most Fearless Women in the World – Newsweek (Jun 2014)
- Community Human Rights Award – United Nations Association of the United States of America (2013)
- Top 100 Entrepreneurs – Goldman Sachs (2012)
- People’s Choice Award – DVF: Diane von Furstenberg (Nov 2012)
- Women Business Achievement Award (BRAVA) – Smart CEO (2010)
- Exponent Award – Meyer Foundation (2010)
- Excel Award – Center for Nonprofit Advancement (2008)
- Award for Management Excellence – The Washington Post (2007)
- Cicchino Public Service Award – American University Washington College of Law (2006)
- Elsie Austin Justice Award – Germantown Baha’i Community (2005)
- Making a Difference for Women Award – Soroptimist International (2005)
- Young Lawyer of the Year – Bar Association of the District of Columbia (2004)
- Wendy Webster Williams Award – Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law (2004)
- Mentor Award – Public Leadership Education Network (2004 & 2000)
- Feminist Majority Foundation Award (2000)
- African’s Children’s Champion Award – Africa’s Children’s Fund (1999)
- Alumni of the Year – Agnes Scott College (1998)
- Voices of Courage Media Award – Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children (1998)
- Human Relations Award – Agnes Scott College (1993)
- Woodrow Wilson Princeton Community Service Award – Princeton Alumni Association (1990)
Get In Touch
SUBSCRIBE
info@millermuroconsulting.com
Phone
202-556-1928 (USA)
Location
Washington, DC Area