OUR TEAM

With an average of 20+ years of experience, each member of the Change Well Project team is committed to designing integrated, seamless social service delivery systems that allow all community members to achieve independence and well-being.

Meet our Founders

Inspired by their decades of work as housing and disability

rights advocates, Elena Fiallo and Rebecca Watson founded

the Change Well Project to promote equity, justice,

and healing through our social service systems.

Elena Fiallo

Managing Director

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Rebecca Watson

Managing Director

Meet our Support Team

Senior Project Manager (Technical Assistance)

Apryle Brodie

Apryle Brodie provides senior project management support for the Change Well Project. She has over 11+ years of experience working in the Homeless sector.

Senior Project Manager (Training & Workforce Preparation)

Adria Brodie

Adria Brodie provides senior project management support for the Change Well Project, driving theTraining & Workforce Preparation efforts.

Senior Project Manager, (Digital Experience Manager)

Drew Morton

Drew Morton is the primary manager responsible for graphic design, website management, digital event coordination, and digital human resources at the Change Well Project.

Senior Project Manager, (Communications Manager)

Jessica Hallstrom

As a seasoned writer and communications strategist with over two decades of experience in the public sector, Jessica Hallstrom draws on the power of creative storytelling.

Project Assistant, (Administrative and Operations Support)

Jessica Padilla-Hernandez

Jessica is currently working to further her education in the field of Psychology. She feels hopeful that this will enable her to positively impact lives.

Meet our Project Team

Senior Consultant

Alisa Orduna

Alisa Orduña has been a practitioner, policy analyst, collaborator and thought leader in the urban community development field.

Senior Consultant

Alynn Gausvik

Alynn Gausvik  brings a passion for developing and delivering courses that help anyone build their practice of ending homelessness.

Senior Consultant

Amber Roth-Garcia

Amber has consistently harbored a profound desire to advocate for and serve individuals whose voices are often unheard, aiming to promote social justice for underserved populations.

Senior Consultant

Anna Bialik

Anna Bialik brings over 15 years of experience working within the housing and homeless services community. She advises communities across the country in system improvement work

Senior Consultant

Connor Johnson

Connor T. Johnson has spent the last 13 years working with extremely vulnerable individuals in supportive housing, program development

Senior Consultant

Eve Rutzick

With nearly fifteen years of experience doing Social Security disability work, Eve brings a deep knowledge of Social Security policy and advocacy to her work.

Senior Consultant

John Engstrom

John Engstrom is the General Manager for Ascent Populi, and a Sr. Consultant for Population Change. John Engstrom is a public interest attorney

Senior Consultant

LaCheryl Porter

LaCheryl Porter brings 20 years of experience in housing for vulnerable communities experiencing homelessness, mental health needs

Senior Consultant

Meredith Berkson

Meredith Berkson (she/her) has spent over 15 years working to end homelessness. She started her career in direct services, as a JusticeCorps member in a Self- Help Eviction Clinic in Oakland and then as a case manager at Glide Foundation’s Drop-In Center.

Senior Consultant

Peggy Edwards

Peggy Edwards brings more than three decades of experience working with government agencies, non-profits, and private industry

Senior Consultant

Téo Ortega

Téo (T) Ortega (they/them/theirs) Trans Masc, Nonbinary, Queer, Latine Born & raised as a 6th generation resident of the Mesilla Valley Region

Senior Consultant

Whitney Lawrence

Whitney Lawrence is a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and leads Tribal Engagement for The Change Well Project,

Our Partners

The UCLA, Agile Visual Analytics Lab (AVAL) delivers vital information into the hands of stakeholders in the form of data visualizations that efficiently and effectively meet their diverse and dynamic information needs. We implement Utilization-Focused & Developmental Evaluation of programs and policies with mission-driven organizations and systems. Additionally, we build the capacity of systems and organizations to grow, utilize, and sustain data ecosystems.