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) has partnered with more than 250 nonprofits and foundations across every subsector since joining the firm in 2015. She brings a collaborative and solutions-oriented approach to helping organizations navigate strategy, structure, and partnerships with clarity and confidence.
Amia’s work centers on governance and leadership, mergers and partnerships, and strategy development and planning. She is known for her thoughtful facilitation, ability to synthesize complex perspectives, and practical focus on implementation. Her consulting approach emphasizes strong relationships, trust-building, and grounded solutions that help clients sustain meaningful change over time.
Amia has a background in education and a specialty in working with at-risk youth. Prior to joining La Piana, she worked as deputy campus director with Citizen Schools and was an educator at Tilden Preparatory School.
Amia is on the board of the Roxie Theater in San Francisco and is an active member of the local Junior League. She also served previously as a board member for 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.”