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Building agile and sustainable organizations is our superpower.

The C&A team is made up of trusted advisors, coaches, and strategists for high-impact organizations and their leaders.

Meet the C&A Team

We’ve built a network of trusted associates with specialized skills and deep experience in nonprofit management. We assemble the perfect team to meet your needs.

Damon Colaluca, C&A, Colaluca and Associates

Damon Colaluca

Reinventing organizations is Damon’s superpower. From working in the C-suite of national nonprofit organizations to founding Colaluca & Associates, Damon has been a social impact sector leader for over three decades. He has transformed struggling organizations into flourishing, resilient, and impactful community change engines. With keen insights and discerning assessment, he guides clients from constraining legacy ideals to seize emerging opportunities with renewed freedom and flexibility.

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When you work with C&A, you can expect our personal commitment, genuine collaboration, and custom solutions.

We build solutions that make a real impact.

Our consulting solutions on rooted in decades of experience, high-performance practices, and up-to-date research. 

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Our Approach

At C&A, we prioritize gaining a thorough comprehension of your distinct culture, mission, and programs. As soon as we begin working together, you’ll notice that we are hands-on, strategic, thoughtful, energetic, caring, and enjoyable to collaborate with.

Our approach to each client relationship is guided by six key principles:

  1. Client-Centered Empathy: We genuinely care about each of our clients.
  2. The Magic of Questions: We believe that the right questions can be a catalyst for change.
  3. Authentic Curiosity: We strive to understand and appreciate different perspectives.
  4. Doing is More Than Knowing: We help you transition from knowing to taking action.
  5. AND Creates Possibility: We concentrate on your assets and strengths, emphasizing your untapped potential.
  6. Joy Matters: We take our work seriously but not ourselves. Teams that enjoy working together achieve better outcomes.
"We absolutely recommend Damon and the entire Colaluca & Associates team for organizations that desperately need clarity amidst the chaos. They are insightful, patient, innovative, and so much more. You definitely want them in your corner to help navigate through the fog of social impact.”
Victoria JosephExecutive Director, The Joseph Legacy Foundation
"I highly recommend Damon and the C&A team and expect our Y to turn to him again and again for help when we are looking at any area of significant change.”
Kembe AdamVP of Organizational Culture YMCA of Columbia-Willamette
"The CHANGE workshop was terrific - content, presentation style, timing. It was fresh and relevant – a reinvention of strategic planning. Very relatable for all attendees."
Kristen ObaranecVirtual Training Director-NAYDO
"Damon gave me the skills and tools I needed to embrace the change that was happening in my life. Because of our time together, I feel confident that I can handle anything that comes up, and I'm excited to embrace the future. I can't thank you enough for all your help and continuing support."
Chris VasquezCoaching Client
“This workshop has helped me plan better and engage my Board at a different level.”
Ulises GutierrezExecutive Director iNSPIRE
"I want to thank you for coaching me and taking time to help me think through how to work through challenges and opportunities on our Comms team. Today was exciting, I added another staff member to our team. I felt ready, much in thanks to you. It's been a good day."
Melissa MorganDirector of Communications, Long Beach Forward
"Damon Colaluca thank you so very much for the Master Mind in the Global Alliance of Reinvention Professionals. What was great about it: Your facilitation style and the seemingly never-ending supply of hints and tips. The recording gives perfect clarity, loved loved loved the visuals in your slide deck and am so grateful for the downloadable resource!"
Adeliah JacobsChief Reinvention Officer at Centre4Reinvention
"I want to share with you that Mind-1-1 was awarded the Promotoras grant that you helped us with! I'm so grateful for your time and all your guidance. We definitely got this because of your support!"
Sara Peral, LCSWFounder/CEO Mind-1-1
"Way to go, Damon! Fantastic presentation! Very well done - extremely relevant content and very well presented. Thank you."
Mary ZoellerExecutive Director NAYDO
"Your counsel has provided so much needed clarity and a renewed sense of empowerment as I look to the new year and beyond. I have already incorporated some of the principles you’ve shared with me, to a noticeable effect. I look forward to continuing to do so."
Logan CrowExecutive Director at the Frida Cinema
“Thank you, Damon. I can sleep at night. Your coaching has given me new hope.”
Mario VargasSr. Executive Director, Lakewood YMCA

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