CONSULTING
Valerie Frost partners with organizations to design ethical engagement structures, strengthen accountability, and integrate lived experience into decision-making in meaningful and sustainable ways.
Her consulting work is grounded in the Ethical Lived Experience Engagement Test™ — a framework for evaluating whether engagement is truly ethical, accountable, and structured for shared authority.
CONSULTING AREAS
Valerie works with public systems, nonprofits, and cross-sector coalitions to redesign how engagement, governance, and accountability function in practice.
Lived Experience Audits:
Evaluating programs, policies, and practices through the perspective of those most impacted to identify structural barriers, accountability gaps, and opportunities for meaningful change.
Advisory Council Design & Support:
Designing and supporting parent and family advisory councils structured for real influence, shared authority, and sustained impact — not symbolic participation.
Systems Engagement Strategy:
Developing tailored strategies that help organizations build trust, navigate power dynamics, and create durable partnerships with families and communities grounded in accountability.
Coalition & Campaign Strategy:
Guiding family-centered coalition and campaign efforts that position lived experience as a driver of policy priorities, strategy, and public accountability.
Workshops & Capacity Building
Valerie offers targeted workshops and working sessions designed to help teams apply the Ethical Engagement Test™ in practice.
These sessions support organizations in moving from intention to implementation, strengthening how lived experience is integrated into decision-making, governance, and accountability structures.
Workshops are often delivered as part of broader consulting engagements or as standalone sessions.