Establish a Community Think Tank | Build Equitable Food Systems | Get Funded for the Work You are Doing
You’re Done with Talk. Now It’s Time to Build the Systems that Match Your Values and Works for Your Community.
Clancy doesn’t just challenge assumptions; she helps teams rebuild what they’ve outgrown.
The first step? Admit you don’t have it all figured out. Because the second you think you do, you stop listening, and through listening is where the real answers are found.
Humility isn’t a roadblock; it’s the shortcut. It clears the way for learning what needs to shift and for building systems that actually serve the people they’re meant to serve.
Her consulting work focuses on creating food systems that serve everyone, and building collaborative spaces where real community change can take root.
Food System Innovation & Logistics
Equity Isn’t A Buzzword. It’s A Systematic, Multifaceted Issue.
Most “food access” conversations sound like déjà vu—the same ideas, dressed up in new reports.
Clancy brings a different approach.
Her work starts at the ground level—not behind a desk at a policy office, a national hunger nonprofit, or a corporate boardroom.
She helps communities design solutions built with the people, not just for them—lifting up voices that are too often left out of the conversation. Because, let’s be honest: without resilient local food supply chains, Food is Medicine and Food is Health will never be more than catchy slogans.
With experience in agriculture, last-mile logistics, and food equity, Clancy helps communities design systems that don’t just patch gaps—but close them for good. She partners with local governments, nonprofits, funders, and innovators to create and implement solutions.
Whether it’s strengthening the workforce, investing in agriculture, or bringing farmers, tech partners, and policymakers to the same table, Clancy’s work is where innovation meets access.
Areas of Focus:
- Community collaboration
- Funding strategies
- New evaluation metrics
- Last-mile delivery strategy
- Agricultural innovation
- Community-led logistics systems
- Cross-sector alignment
- Root cause solution design
Because no one should be left behind due to a broken supply chain.
Think Tank Development & Facilitation
Collaboration Over Competition. Power Shared, Not Hoarded.
For the last six years, Clancy has facilitated regional Think Tanks designed to break silos and build power together.
These aren’t panels. They’re movement-building sessions that gather diverse voices, including nonprofits, funders, service providers, government officials, educators, and community leaders, to co-create bold, equity-centered solutions.
Think Tanks are a proven model to shift power dynamics, align resources, and elevate communities without replicating effort or competing for visibility.
Think Tanks Are Designed To:
- Align disconnected organizations under shared goals
- Shift power back to those closest to the issue
- Encourage resource sharing and cross-sector synergy
- Build trust, visibility, and collective momentum
- Spark innovative collaborations and equitable leadership
You can’t build an equitable future in isolation. Clancy creates the room where collaboration becomes the strategy.
Who This Is For
Clancy partners with:
- Grassroots organizations
- Local governments & city planners
- Public health departments
- Food and Agriculture Councils
- Nonprofits & philanthropic foundations
- Corporate social impact teams
- Innovation accelerators
- Schools, healthcare systems, and cross-sector collaboratives
- Anyone who wants to create a food system that works for your community.
- Anyone who wants to challenge the satus quo and change systems.
Why Work With Clancy?
She brings:
- Funding strategies that grew a small nonprofit from ZERO funding to over $2M within five years.
- 25+ years of public health, nutrition, and leadership experience
- Ground-level insight from running a food pantry and a national nonprofit
- A proven track record of moving big ideas into community-driven action
- Credibility across nonprofit, government, corporate, and academic sectors, with a track record of turning “silos” into collaboration.
- A facilitation style that’s honest, inclusive, and built to move
Ready to Build the Next Thing—Together?
Whether you're redesigning your local food system or looking to bring siloed leaders into one powerful Think Tank, Clancy helps you move from scattered effort to shared impact.
