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Leaders Shift Systems

Cyndi Suarez
December 17, 2021

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About the author
Cyndi Suarez

Cyndi Suarez is the former president and editor-in-chief of NPQ (Nonprofit Quarterly). She is author of "The Power Manual: How to Master Complex Power Dynamics", in which she outlines a new theory and practice of liberatory power. Suarez has worked as a strategy and innovation consultant with a focus on networks and platforms for social movements. She has 20 years of experience in the nonprofit sector—in community-based, advocacy, organizing, consulting, infrastructure, and philanthropic organizations. She is passionate about elegant design and designing for power. Her studies were in feminist theory and organizational development for social change.

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