Amia Grashin
Senior Consultant
Associations & Federated Organizations
Domestic Violence & Abuse Survivor Support
Education/Youth
Food Security
Social Justice/ Advocacy/ Policy
ACLU California Action
Battered Women’s Justice Project
California Common Cause
Center for Family Strengthening
Children’s Home Society of California
Cloud Peak Counseling Center
Educare Silicon Valley
National Domestic Violence Hotline Against Domestic Violence
Pearlstone
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Triangle
Science News Media Group
Seva Foundation
Upstart
Meet Amia,
one of our Senior Consultants.
Amia Grashin (she/her) is a dedicated professional committed to making meaningful change. Her work at La Piana is driven by a passion for creating well-designed and thoughtful engagements in collaboration with clients. Building strong relationships through careful listening, trust-building, and a focus on solutions is a top priority for her. Amia has a deep understanding of organizational dynamics and a keen ability to identify what is most important for project success, which helps her bring value to every engagement. She is particularly focused on practical solutions that allow clients to effectively implement and sustain strategies, partnerships, and practices.
Amia has a background in education and a specialty in working with at-risk youth. Prior to joining La Piana in 2015, she worked as deputy campus director with Citizen Schools and was an educator at Tilden Preparatory School. She currently serves on the board of Roxie Theater and is a former member of the board of Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project in Oakland.
🎓 Education
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University of California, Santa Barbara ‒ B.A., Global and International Studies and Women’s Studies
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BoardSource ‒ Certificate of Nonprofit Board Consulting
✏️ Select Publications
- How to Discuss Merger Exploration with Grantees
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The Human Side of Mergers: Nurturing Trust and Overcoming Resistance
“The practitioner in me enjoys getting my hands dirty — experiencing and engaging viscerally with the complexity of the on-the-ground details — while the manager in me relishes a wider lens of context, systems, and strategy. These complementary facets have helped me compassionately lead organizations through major disruptions.”