Summer Gathercole

Summer is a skilled facilitator who excels at working with contentious groups of people and identifying the common ground that they can all work toward. Summer is most passionate about behavioral health and facilitated the Colorado Crisis Steering Committee in 2018. Two reports resulted from that work: (1) recommendations to improve the crisis system in Colorado, and (2) an independent report produced by Summer who, as an unbiased party, was able to identify more specific areas for enhancement. Summer also served as the Project Manager for The Colorado Health Access Fund when it was first launched by The Denver Foundation. The Fund is increasing access to behavioral health treatment. Summer has also been the Project Director for WellSphere, a startup helping families understand and promote health and wellness using established clinical science and technology. It is easy for Summer to get excited about almost any project that helps to make our communities a better place. Overall, SHG Advisors works to: • Facilitate and assist with the strategic planning process for various entities to determine what needs to happen now to prepare to reach future goals. • Convene stakeholders across multiple sectors to determine how best to leverage their resources and expertise to collectively solve social issues. • Analyze data to understand the root causes of social issues, and develop recommendations based on quantitative and qualitative data. • Solicit input continuously from a variety of stakeholders to ensure that each project is analyzed via multiple lenses. • Use an entity’s assets to help companies execute corporate citizenship programs, foundations launch new funding strategies and nonprofits achieve efficiencies through internal systems change. • Support small- to mid-sized businesses in engaging their employees and implementing “do good” community initiatives that positively impact the company’s bottom line.