Our Story
We've combined our experience and expertise in leading projects, planning, teams, and training and our passion for supporting the development of leaders at all levels into a solutions-focused approach to management consulting for mission-driven organizations. Since 2018, we've offered our clients realistic strategies, actionable consulting, and expert support to bring clarity, order, and impact to their projects, teams, and planning.
Our Team
Jami Yazdani
Founder & Chief Consultant
Jami (she/her) is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 17 years of experience managing a portfolio of innovative projects and planning initiatives. She has a proven track record of leading diverse and collaborative teams and excels at facilitating consensus and keeping (even reluctant) teams on track. Jami also has extensive experience designing and delivering engaging face-to-face and online training sessions and facilitating meetings and programs.
Over a diverse career spanning roles in business, libraries, and public higher education, including over a decade in leadership (Director) and management positions, Jami effectively led teams, championed change, and empowered staff. Jami has also volunteered and actively served on the boards of nonprofits and professional associations, working in leadership (Chair and Vice-Chair), marketing, programming, and mentoring functions.
Jami brings practical experience, management expertise, a love of spreadsheets, and a sense of humor to project management, planning, training, and facilitation.
Jami has been featured in articles by Trello, Smartsheet, ClickUp and Reworked, and appeared on several podcasts.
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, Project Management Institute, 2019
Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM) Certification, Project Management Institute, 2021
Change Management Certificate, Association for Talent Development, 2023
Wicked Problem Solving Practitioner, Certification, Project Management Institute, 2022
Master’s, Technology Management, University of Maryland Global Campus, 2011
Master’s, Library and Information Science, Louisiana State University, 2004
BA, Government and Politics, George Mason University, 1999
Sarah Potts
virtual assistant
Sarah (she/her) is the President and Founder of Joyfully Organized, a strategic team of virtual assistants. She loves helping business owners find the time to live and grow with joy.
Partners
We believe in the power of collaboration and often partner with other consultants and firms to better serve the mission-driven community. Our network of expert partners includes experienced organizational development, planning, nonprofit, and library consultants, as well as technology firms. Recent partnerships include working with Paradox Consulting Partners and Essentiam.
Our Business
Business Certifications
Yazdani Consulting and Facilitation LLC is certified as an Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) by the U.S. Small Business Administration and is a registered entity in the federal System for Award Management (SAM). See our Capability Statement!
Our Services
Yazdani Consulting and Facilitation LLC also operates and manages Consultants for Libraries, a community directory of consultants working in libraries, museums, and archives.