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Do you need support with your sociocracy implementation? We offer just the level of hand-holding you want.
By working with a coach, you can benefit from the experience and feedback of someone who has seen dozens of implementations and governance changes.
We never forget that you’re the expert on your organization and culture, and you remain in the driving seat at all times!
What does a sociocracy consultant or coach do for you?
The sociocracy consultant identifies the stage of implementation your organization is currently at and assesses your organization’s needs. They also assess with you what kind of support might be useful to make your next steps effective and successful
Services that are typically part of an implementation:
- assessing training needs
- forming, coaching, and strategizing with the implementation circle/transformation team
- observing and facilitating meetings
- 1:1. or small-group conversations with stakeholders (the board, leadership, or people with concerns) and open Q&A sessions (e.g. for the whole membership or staff)
- Holding and facilitating “kick-off” events – we help you set up the first circles and the General Circle. This can be, for example, a two-day event with deeper training, formal adoption, and “flipping the switch” into your new governance system.
- Designing your circle structure and key roles, as well as documenting your governance system (see our samples and templates)
- Aligning your documents and bylaws with sociocracy
Find a SoFA’s sociocracy consultant on staff
Our consultants and trainers have worked in sociocratic teams and organizations themselves – they know the tools inside out and with a practical foundation and personal experience. They know the stories, excitement, and struggles as well as the inner work necessary to shift power structures into power-with.
You have two options – and both of them are good!
- Our professional partners work independently and directly with clients. They are awesome! Work with our professional partners.
- SoFA staff works with clients directly through SoFA (see below).
Learn about our certification.
Ted Rau
Ted is an advocate, trainer for self-governance and sociocracy consultant. After his PhD in linguistics, he encountered peer-oriented governance systems and became curious about ways of organizing grassroots groups effectively yet equitably. He is co-founder and Executive Director (leader of the General Circle) of Sociocracy For All. Ted identifies as a transgender man; he has 5 children between 10 and 20. He is a German citizen and moved to the US in 2010.
Ted is the author of Who Decides Who Decides (2021) and Collective Power (2023), and co-author of the sociocracy reference manual Many Voices One Song (2018). Read his articles on the SoFA page, on medium and in this LinkedIn Newsletter.
His experience as a sociocracy consultant is with business, nonprofits, academia, and multi-stakeholder organizations.
Amherst, MA, USA
Tübingen, Germany (part time)
ted@sociocracyforall.org 
English, German
Certification:
ISCB certified sociocracy consultant since 2018
Jerry Koch-Gonzalez
Jerry is the co-author of the sociocracy reference manual Many Voices One Song. He is a certified sociocracy consultant.
Jerry has been committed to nonviolent social change all his adult life. He started his career with anti-oppression (especially classism), then became a certified trainer of Nonviolent Communication/NVC, facilitation, consensus. In the last 10 years, he has focused on his work in sociocracy. Jerry used to be part of The Sociocracy Consulting Group, and he is co-founder of Sociocracy For All where he now works full time as rainer and sociocracy consultant. Jerry was born in Cuba and immigrated to the USA as a child. He has lived in community all of his life, since 1994 in Pioneer Valley Cohousing.
Amherst MA, USA
jerry@sociocracyforall.org English, Spanish
Certification:
ISCB certified consultant since 2018
Audrée Morin
Audrée, a trained biologist, has visited 42 intentional communities and aims to foster collaborative culture through sociocracy and restorative circles.
She’s a non-resident member of l’Habitat de l’hêtre and SOFA circle administrator, nearing her trainer certification.
Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada
audree.morin@sociocracyforall.org
French, English
Certification:
SoFA-certified Trainer since 2024
Zujeil Flores
Zujeil Flores is a sociocracy trainer and coach. She has been actively involved in Sociocracy for All since 2018 and has held many roles including coordinating the 1st cohort of the Sociocracy Academy in Spanish (2021-2022). She’s currently a member of the Organizations Support, Training, and Web Content Publishing circles at SoFA.
Zujeil holds a Masters in Public Health. Her study of the social determinants of health led her to an interest in cooperation, collaboration, and support systems which then led her to the study of self-governance. Zujeil was born in Mexico and resides in Philadelphia, PA, USA. She is mom to 2 very active homeschooled boys.
Philadelphia, PA, USA
zujeil@sociocracyforall.org
Spanish, English
Certification:
SoFA-certified facilitator since 2025
Anne Sheridan
Anne is a trained facilitator and self-identified “process nerd” with over two decades of experience in collaborative decision-making and anti-hierarchical organizing.
She enjoys both teaching sociocracy to individuals and helping organizations figure out how sociocracy can address their particular needs.
Anne also has experience with post-growth economies, conflict engagement, and Nonviolent Communication and believes a well-run meeting is one of life’s great joys.
San Diego, CA, USA
anne.sheridan@sociocracyforall.org
English
Certification:
SoFA-certified facilitator since 2024
Michelle Tsutsumi
Michelle Tsutsumi (she/her) is of Norwegian, Swedish, English, French, and Japanese ancestry. She currently lives rurally in Secwepemcúl’ecw (colonially known as Chase, BC, Canada) and brings a depth of experience from her background in body-centred trauma therapy, organic farming and communications.
For over 20 years, Michelle has used a systems lens to co-create participatory spaces where justice and equity are more structurally present within the nonprofit, food justice and co-operative sectors. Michelle practices deep listening and relationship building to co-design processes that enact collective care and the decolonization of both self and organizations. She is especially interested in practices that facilitate emergent spaces and the stamina to navigate transitions.
Michelle’s learning lineage and practice has continued to deepen through Sociocracy For All since she completed SoLT in early 2023, then attended an immersion Academy 1 in fall 2023 (which was amazing!). Michelle attended the classroom part of Academy 2 in early 2024 and is working on completing certification for Trainer and Consultant in 2025. She practices sociocracy within the workers co-op she co-founded, a Farmers Institute and has supported the implementation of sociocracy in a non-profit co-op.
British Columbia CA
michelle.tsutsumi@sociocracyforall.org
English
Certification:
SoFA-certified trainer since 2025
