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About Us

Community Solutions is a small but powerful community development consulting firm that impacts diverse communities such as neighborhoods, healthcare systems, homeless service providers, and foundations, to name a few. Our influence in the community development arena lies not in bricks and mortar, but in people, programs, organizations, and systems. We understand that any community—be it residents within a neighborhood or healthcare providers within a region—can only succeed when its members have the tools, resources, strategies, and partnerships in place to allow them to be nimble, be bold, and be excellent. Community Solutions combines the unique talents of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds: public health, urban planning, fund development, public policy, social work, and non-profit management to achieve results for the people we serve.


Our team members have come together with the common commitment to assist members of diverse communities—both physical places and thematic organizations—in learning how to improve themselves and their work through collaborative problem solving, grassroots involvement, and individual responsibility. We delight in the dual-directional learning that occurs between our team and the communities with which we work.

Meet The Team

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Dwana
Back-Lamberson

Senior Associate

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Ashley Barnett

Senior Associate

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April Angermeier

Vice President, Operations

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Eric Beers

Senior Associate

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Lauren Hansen

Communications Associate

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Andrea Harmon

Associate

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Kinsey Bussell

Marion County Reentry Coalition Associate

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Chad Harrod

Associate

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Lena Hackett

President

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erin marshall

Senior Associate

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Lisa Osterman

Vice President, Strategy

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Shelby Royster

Director

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Tashi Teuschler

Director

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Sarah Ziegler

Office Manager

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