Generating Circles of Care

Helping networks, organizations, and movements flourish together

About Us

Circle Generation began with a simple image. In a circle, everyone sits the same distance from the center. No one leads from the front, and every voice is part of the whole.

Founded in [XXXX] and based in South Africa, Circle Generation is led by a global team working to elevate and normalize network practice across the Global South and beyond. We bring the circle’s way of being into network leadership, facilitation, and organizational development. We work with networks, funders, and leaders doing important work that often happens in isolation. We help them find each other, build real trust, and act together on what matters.

Our work is relational. We design and facilitate multi-stakeholder gatherings, advise leaders who want to take a relational approach to collaboration, and run learning experiences like our fellowship. Each one is a space where people feel safe enough to show up as themselves and curious enough to learn from one another. They leave with practical tools they can keep using. We think of ourselves less as consultants and more as companions. We hold the space while something new is being born, then make sure the learning keeps moving through people long after we leave.

Our aim is to enable collective flourishing, especially where it’s needed most.

Our Team & Partners

Behind Circle Generation is a deeply committed core team and collaborative partners who care about how we work together as much as what we accomplish. We bring curiosity, clarity, and compassion to every engagement—and we’re honored to work with leaders and advisors who are strengthening collaboration for an interconnected, thriving world.

  • CO-FOUNDER

    Carri is a systems strategist and masterful facilitator who partners with systems change leaders to cultivate thriving organizations and networks. Her clients include regional and global networks, coordination teams, and executives. She brings a bright spirit of generosity, detail-orientation, and a patient, caring essence that facilitates a relaxed state among individuals while navigating change.

    She is based in Portland, Oregon and enjoys working globally. Carri holds a B.A. in Political Theory and a M.A. in Public Administration and Nonprofit Management. She is certified as a True Purpose Coach for individuals and organizations.

  • CO-FOUNDER

    Nono is an experienced network coordinator, facilitator, and stakeholder engagement manager leading in the intersection of Africa’s agri-food system and systems change. Her work leverages building relationships to collaborate on curating enabling environments that foster co-learning, and resources and opportunity sharing around shared value. Nono had the unique pleasure of attending the NLS as a participant in 2020, had time to implement the learning in her work as a network coordinator, then in 2022 participated as a facilitator incorporating her work experience into the curriculum.

    She is based in South Africa with access to a global network in agriculture and the network practice ecosystem. She holds a BCom in Financial Accounting, a few certificates in business management and development, and is currently enrolled in an international master's in agribusiness.

  • MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

    Sara is a narrative strategist and relational creative with 16+ years of experience helping mission-driven organizations navigate complexity through story. Through her consultancy, Saradipity Media, she partners with nonprofits and community organizations to strengthen storytelling, deepen engagement, and design communication systems that foster connection and clarity.

    She holds a B.A. in English and Arts & Ideas in the Humanities from the University of Michigan and is passionate about how story supports collective learning, navigation of tension, and more generative futures. With roots in the Midwest and a home base on Maui with her Aussie husband and two daughters, Sara’s perspective is shaped by movement, the outdoors, and a trust in serendipity.

  • ADMIN & COORDINATION

    Ethel is an intuitive event coordinator and project support lead who anchors Circle Generation’s programs and operations with precision, warmth, and reliability. She brings exceptional organizational skills, clear communication, and thoughtful logistical planning to create seamless, human-centered experiences for partners, fellows, and collaborators.

    With a degree in Business Management, Ethel blends strategic thinking with hands-on execution. Her work is grounded in a deep commitment to excellence, relationship-building, and cultivating supportive environments where teams and networks can thrive. Based in South Africa, she enjoys contributing to globally connected initiatives focused on systems change, collective learning, and meaningful collaboration.

  • Iman is a Kenyan foresight researcher and facilitator with an interdisciplinary background in law and environmental science. Her systems-oriented work explores how social, economic, and environmental forces shape how we understand the present and imagine the future. Grounded in research and guided by people, she designs and facilitates spaces that help individuals and institutions engage meaningfully with long-term systemic questions, with a particular focus on how power and participation influence who gets to shape the future.

    Iman works globally, with a strong focus on African contexts, through collaborations with the School of International Futures, UNICEF, and other partners. Her recent projects include rethinking migration governance with the International Organization for Migration, supporting sustainable energy planning in Kenya, and managing a global network of young climate futurists that brought futures tools into the climate negotiations at COP27.

  • Luz is a strategic facilitator and network development specialist based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with over 20 years of experience building and strengthening collaborative networks for systemic change. She has worked across Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, and other regions, supporting the development of local, national, regional, and international networks, as well as fostering connections and collaboration among them across countries and regions.

    Her work focuses on helping collaborative initiatives develop shared purpose, strengthen relationships, build collaborative leadership, and create the conditions for sustained collective action and systemic impact.

    She holds a degree in Management of Nonprofit Organizations (UNSAM, Argentina), and postgraduate specializations in Social Network Analysis and Education. She brings extensive experience designing and facilitating multi-stakeholder processes in complex, multicultural contexts, and training and accompanying network leaders and weavers. She co-created the Network Weaver Game (Fito Network) and co-designed and co-facilitated the Network Leadership Series for Latin America.

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  • Avani Parekh is a community builder and network weaver based in Bangalore. She scaled SHEROES to two million women, led community partnerships at Meta, and supported more than 120 collaborations at Catalyst Now.

    At Circle Generation she advises on technology and digital community building, helping network leaders and funders design spaces where people keep collaborating long after the convening ends