Shenandoah Chefalo

Shenandoah Chefalo is the founder of Chefalo Consulting and an author, speaker, trainer, and implementation consultant specializing in trauma-informed and human-centered organizational practice.

She works with government agencies, schools, healthcare systems, courts, human-services organizations, nonprofits, and other public-serving systems to strengthen leadership, supervision, workforce wellbeing, communication, accountability, and organizational culture.

Drawing on lived experience in foster care, years of organizational and leadership work, and extensive experience delivering training and implementation support, Shenandoah helps organizations move beyond awareness into the everyday practices that determine whether change lasts. Her work includes leadership development, team facilitation, trauma-informed training, guided learning, Train-the-Trainer, workforce wellbeing, and implementation consulting.

She is the author of the award-winning memoir Garbage Bag Suitcase and has trained large cohorts and leadership teams across public and nonprofit systems throughout the United States.