Selected Work
Where trust meets transformation.
A selection of the organizations, movements, and initiatives shaped by the values of equity-centered, trust-based philanthropy.
Organizations Partnered With
Featured Partnership
WA Immigrant & Refugee Funder Collaborative
Designed, facilitated, and hosted a two-day steering committee retreat across six foundations to align strategies, priorities, and operationalize shared structure for the collaborative. Led funder briefings on heightened immigration enforcement and federal deportation policy, convening nonprofit leaders alongside government partners, including the Attorney General’s Policy Director.
Expanded a small learning network into a statewide funding ecosystem, growing engagement from 13 to 150 funders across 64 philanthropic institutions. Established a 9-member steering committee and supported the hiring of dedicated staff for the first time in the collaborative’s 10-year history.
Key Contributions
- Grew network from 13 to 150 funders across 64 institutions
- Established 9-member steering committee with equity-centered practices
- Led strategic transition toward coordinated power-building initiatives
- Organized funder briefings on immigration policy with government leaders
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Philanthropic Advising
Confidential Philanthropic Advising Engagement
Serving as a trusted advisor to an early-retired professional transitioning from a 20-year career in chemical engineering into values-aligned philanthropy. Designing and facilitating a structured advisory process to clarify identity, legacy intentions, and relationship to wealth through a racial equity lens. Guiding exploration of personal history, formative experiences, and long-term vision to align giving strategy with lived values and community accountability. Currently supporting the design and activation of a proposed multi-year giving strategy prioritizing grassroots organizations led by communities of color.
Community Building
Viets in Philanthropy (VIP)
Founded Viets in Philanthropy to address the absence of culturally grounded affinity space for Vietnamese professionals working within philanthropic institutions. Recognizing the isolation and identity-based challenges faced by diaspora leaders navigating predominantly white institutional spaces, Juliet convenes ongoing gatherings that center dialogue on identity, power, professional responsibility, and the complexities of working within philanthropy while remaining accountable to community. Through facilitated conversations, peer exchange, and relational trust-building, VIP strengthens cross-institutional relationships and cultivates a supportive ecosystem for Vietnamese leaders.
Convening & Design
Seattle Equity Summit
One of the lead organizers for the Seattle Equity Summit (2019 in-person; 2020 & 2021 virtual), a community-led convening created under the vision of C’Ardiss (CC) Gardner Gleser that brought together more than 500 participants to deepen racial equity practice and strengthen cross-sector relationships across government, nonprofit, philanthropy, and business. Led end-to-end planning and execution for a $500K convening budget, including program design, speaker recruitment, accessibility supports, communications, and post-convening learning and evaluation.
Community Engagement
Sound Transit Accessibility Initiative
Designed and led a multilingual (English and Vietnamese) community engagement process to inform accessibility and community impact strategies for new light rail station expansions across Seattle. Recruited and coordinated 35 Vietnamese community members across generations, immigration histories, and transit-use experiences—from elders who had never ridden the light rail to daily commuters. Through language justice practices and trust-based facilitation, community feedback directly informed improvements to station signage, ADA access considerations, and inclusive infrastructure planning for current and future expansions.
Areas of Impact
The threads that connect the work.
Philanthropic Strategy & Alignment
AANHPI Community Investment
Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy
Healing-Centered Leadership
Movement Sustainability
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