Austin Hepworth
📍 Salt Lake City, UT · U.S. rocky mountain region
Legal servicesMediation or conflict resolution
Consultants
Experienced help for your community
Facilitators, mediators, designers, lawyers, land and finance specialists who work with residential intentional communities. Leave any filter blank if you’re open to all options.
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Nicole Hartley Bradford
📍 Sechelt, BC · Canada BC
Mentoring long termGroup facilitationMediation or conflict resolutionGovernance or decision making+5 more
Sky Blue Consults
📍 Chico
Mentoring long termGroup facilitationGovernance or decision makingTeam recreation+5 more
Aimee Champion
📍 Tacoma WA
Legal servicesMediation or conflict resolution
Ano Hanamana
📍 Pahoa, Hawaii · Pacific Islands
Visioning or developmentGroup facilitationMediation or conflict resolutionMentoring long term+3 more
Ardell Broadbent
📍 Glenwood Springs, CO · U.S. rocky mountain region
Mentoring long termMediation or conflict resolutionGrant writing
Bruce Nayowith MD
📍 Santa Fe, NM and happy to travel · U.S. southwest region
Visioning or developmentGroup facilitationMediation or conflict resolutionInstructor in a craft or art
Christo James Dynega
📍 European Union
Visioning or developmentGroup facilitationMediation or conflict resolutionMentoring long term+8 more
Clifford Paulin
📍 Potter Valley
Legal servicesGroup facilitationMediation or conflict resolutionZoning & compliance
Dail Croome
📍 Bend, Oregon · U.S. Oregon
Group facilitationMediation or conflict resolutionMentoring long termGovernance or decision making+5 more
Deborah A
📍 Phoenix, AZ
Mentoring long termGroup facilitationMediation or conflict resolutionGovernance or decision making
Diana Leafe Christian
📍 Black Mountain, NC · U.S. southeast region
Visioning or developmentGroup facilitationMediation or conflict resolutionGovernance or decision making+1 more
Don Hall
📍 Boulder, CO · U.S. rocky mountain region
Visioning or developmentMentoring long termGroup facilitationMediation or conflict resolution+2 more
J. Elliott Butler-Cisneros
📍 Charlottesville · U.S. southeast region
Visioning or developmentGroup facilitationMediation or conflict resolutionMembership or diversity+1 more
Jerry Koch-Gonzalez
📍 Amherst, MA · U.S. northeast region
Membership or diversityMentoring long termGroup facilitationMediation or conflict resolution+2 more
Joseph Rodriguez
📍 Boise Id · U.S. rocky mountain region
Visioning or developmentGroup facilitationMediation or conflict resolutionMentoring long term+2 more
Visioning or developmentMentoring long termGroup facilitationMediation or conflict resolution+2 more
Kavana Tree Bressen
📍 Eugene · U.S. Oregon
Visioning or developmentGroup facilitationMediation or conflict resolutionMentoring long term+5 more
Leland Beaumont
📍 Middletown, New Jersey · U.S. northeast region
Mediation or conflict resolution
Marta Gradilone Rodriguez
📍 Salt Lake City, UT · U.S. rocky mountain region
Group facilitationMediation or conflict resolutionTeam recreationYouth education
Neshama Abraham
📍 Boulder, Colorado · U.S. rocky mountain region
Visioning or developmentMentoring long termGroup facilitationMediation or conflict resolution+3 more
Nicole Reese
📍 Dulzura
Mediation or conflict resolutionMentoring long termMembership or diversityProperty management+1 more
Patricia Alvarenga
📍 Rosario, Argentina
Mediation or conflict resolution
Visioning or developmentMentoring long termGroup facilitationMediation or conflict resolution
Rosie Bolen
📍 Gettysburg, PA · U.S. northeast region
Visioning or developmentMediation or conflict resolutionMembership or diversity
Rowdy Meyer
📍 Kansas, USA · U.S. midwest region
Visioning or developmentGroup facilitationMediation or conflict resolutionMentoring long term
Teri Grunthaner
📍 Lawrence, Kansas · U.S. midwest region
Group facilitationMediation or conflict resolutionTeam recreation
Tristan Holme
📍 Garden Route, South Africa · Africa eastern
Visioning or developmentGroup facilitationMediation or conflict resolutionMentoring long term
Viv Slack
📍 Wales, United Kingdom · united-kingdom
Group facilitationMediation or conflict resolutionGovernance or decision making
Willa Rose
📍 Mountain Home, ID · U.S. rocky mountain region
Mediation or conflict resolutionBusiness managementAnimal husbandry
Zev Paiss
📍 Boulder · U.S. rocky mountain region
Visioning or developmentGroup facilitationMediation or conflict resolution
A new collaboration option
ICmatch is partnering with SpiritDAO
ICmatch is also partnering with SpiritDAO to offer members a free way to explore additional support for community formation and collaboration. SpiritDAO provides governance, communication, and record-keeping options, with tools that can also assist with financial management. You can learn more through the ICmatch Team Up page. I have personally reviewed and vetted SpiritDAO and its founder.
For consultants and founders
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Beyond ICmatch
Additional Intentional Community Consultant List
Combined independent consultant database: This listing of intentional community consultants combines listings by the Foundation for Intentional Community, the Cohousing Association of the United States, Global Ecovillage Network, Upwork, and LinkedIn. Having these combined from several databases simplifies your search for the best fit. It currently covers primarily the U.S. and Canada.
IC Consultant Groups in Canada
There are unique cultural aspects and legal frameworks available in Canada that are beneficial for ICs. Co-operatively owned condominiums/strata are becoming increasingly popular.
- CoHo BC: BC-based services focused on small and large housing acquisition
- Cohousing Development Consulting: BC-based services focused on new large housing developments
- LiveWell Cohousing: BC-based services focused on new large housing developments
- Cohousing Options Canada: Ontario-based services focused on new large housing developments
- Canadian Cohousing Network: variety of Canada-wide directories of services, properties, and events
- Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada: lists regional federations and provides business services
IC Consultant Groups in the U.S.
The following organizations have excellent resources for training and list consultants for intentional communities. Contact those closest to you, to get advice relevant to the restrictions and opportunities available in your specific area.
- Foundation for Intentional Communities: nationwide map of ICs, ads for professional services, courses, and workshops
- CoHoUSing: nationwide directories of professional consultants organized by state, as well as community seekers and events
- Cohousing Solutions: west-coast full suite of services focused on new large housing developments
- National Association of Housing Cooperatives: listing of institutions and consultants offering financial, legal, management, and other services