PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT ERIN K. FLOOD

I am an impact-driven, systems-oriented consultant and organizational leader with 10+ years helping nonprofits, government, and cross-sector organizations grow stronger, smarter, and more mission-aligned.

Since 2013, I have done independent advisory work under the name Insights for Social Good, helping organizations become effective, stable, and efficient, while keeping their vision and values intact. This work is grounded in my experience as a nonprofit executive, having led organizations through growth, stabilization, and turnaround as an Executive Director and senior leader across social services, public-sector reform, and the arts.

Insights for Social Good operates as a light, ongoing practice, taken on selectively between full-time executive roles and, on a limited basis, alongside them, allowing me to stay engaged in hands-on capacity-building work throughout my career.

I bring a human-centered approach to change, partnering with people and organizations to navigate challenges, amplify strengths, and advance equity. By blending systems thinking, evidence-informed problem-solving, and compassionate leadership, I help build organizations that are resilient, adaptive, and true to their mission.

A global, cross-disciplinary perspective shapes my work: my career began in the arts, teaching and working in arts programs, work that ran in parallel for nearly a decade with designing footwear lines and managing international manufacturing partnerships across Europe, Brazil, China, and India. That early chapter gave me a hands-on education in cross-cultural collaboration, creative problem-solving, and complex systems, well before a deliberate pivot to nonprofit leadership.

After many years in Los Angeles, I now live in New England. Outside of work, I garden, make art, run, and visit botanical gardens and museums, featuring natural history, civil rights history and art.