A smiling woman with shoulder-length dark hair looks at the camera. She is wearing a sleeveless purple patterned top, gold hoop earrings, and layered gold necklaces. The background appears to be an indoor event space with neutral-colored walls and stacked chairs.

Cindy Vatalaro

Government Relationships

Cindy’s decades inside government systems enables her to share the knowledge, relationships, and practitioner lens to help human services organizations move faster, work smarter, and deliver results that stick.

Your Partner in How

  • Navigating government systems to help make change for real people
  • Translating policy and legislative intent into real-world outcomes
  • Executive and middle management coaching with empathy and directness

What People Say about Cindy’s Work

“As one of the key humans who made this (grant award) possible, I wanted to share with you and take a moment to say THANK YOU!!!! Your drive, perspective, hard (and soft) love, honesty, never-ending support, and connections make all the difference…..”

“You are really a hero.”

Why Helia LOVES Cindy

Cindy is, without question, one of the most effective government humans we’ve seen. She knows the ins and outs, how to connect the dots, how to spot possibilities, and, at every step of the way, is thinking about how to best help the young people in her orbit. People count on Cindy to cut through the noise, see the big picture, and get it done-with the empathy to bring people along and the directness to keep things moving. We want more humans like Cindy in the world!

Cindy finds joy + ease in

Depending on my mind state, I really love finding solitude in nature. That could be sitting on a beach with my eyes closed and taking in the heightened senses that take over. That’s probably my favorite because i intently focus on the feel of the sun on my face, how the sand squishes under my feet, the smell of the salt water wafting through my nose, and the sounds of the waves that beckons my breathing to join in on the same cadence of movement.

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