Justin A. Lini
Facilitator and Process Designer

Justin A. Lini Facilitator and Process DesignerJustin A. Lini Facilitator and Process DesignerJustin A. Lini Facilitator and Process Designer

Justin A. Lini
Facilitator and Process Designer

Justin A. Lini Facilitator and Process DesignerJustin A. Lini Facilitator and Process DesignerJustin A. Lini Facilitator and Process Designer

Facilitation for Complicated Rooms

Facilitation for Complicated Rooms Facilitation for Complicated Rooms Facilitation for Complicated Rooms

I design, plan, and lead meetings for nonprofits and public agencies where coordination needs to happen.

Call on me when:

  • You have multiple teams that need to align and no one’s sure how to do it.
  • Your meeting keeps spinning without decisions or clear direction 
  • You’re translating technical or policy complexity into something actionable or comprehensible to the public.
  • Your stakeholders have differing priorities, authority, expectations, or might not realize it. 
  • You need a workshop to produce concrete output and clear next steps.

What makes my work different?

While the meeting is important, what happens before and after might be even moreso. I combine facilitation with policy expertise and management experience.


  • Facilitator as system architect: I bring a decade of practical experience in governance, elected office, nonprofit management and strategic planning.
  • Built for complexity: I specialize in environments where authority is unclear, stakeholders conflict, and the path forward isn’t obvious 
  • Designed for outcomes: Agendas, exercises, facilitation, and capacity building services are all built to produce concrete results while being accessible. 
  • Operationally grounded: I’ve worked inside the kinds of systems my clients operate in, complex communities, local and federal agencies, elected office, and  mission-driven environments 

My experience

  

  • I’ve supported, trained, and led nonprofit boards and community serving organizations, ranging from startups to 100+ year old professional associations such as:
    • Ward 7 Resilience Hub Community Coalition
    • Friends of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
    • District of Columbia Advisory Neighborhood Commission 7D
    • The District of Columbia Commission on Climate Change and Resiliency
    • American Physical Therapy Association
    • American Sociological Association
  • I bring expertise in community engagement, local government, resilience, and transportation.
  • Facilitated workshops, trainings, coordination sessions for federal agencies including FEMA, USACE and EPA.
  • Designed and led large-scale deliberative  sessions (100–400+ participants) with real-time synthesis and decision tracking 
  • Supported interagency coordination on resilience, infrastructure, and emergency management efforts 
  • Developed structured outputs (summaries, findings, recommendations) that translate directly into action      

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