Your trusted partner for transformation

For organizations dedicated to soulful change and meaningful impact, Raymond Whittaker Design is your trusted partner for transformation. Our unique value lies in our understanding of the social and systemic challenges faced by human-centered teams. We combine industry expertise with cultural insight to deliver solutions that help organizations navigate change and cultivate leadership. Through innovative strategies, thoughtful planning, and personalized coaching, we turn your vision into enduring, impactful change—building resilient institutions that honor their missions.

Experienced

Over 20 years supporting transformative leadership

100% Satisfaction Rating

We aim to exceed your expectations at every step—thank you for your trust and collaboration.

Impact

Our impact has reached over 500,000 community members across the nation

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Founder & CEO

Meet Elizabeth Whittaker-Walker

Elizabeth is a trusted strategist, innovator, speaker, and coach who has led projects across the globe. Having trained thousands of non-profit leaders, foundation executives, public officials, educators and more, she centers her practice on reflective listening, principled accountability, empathy and impact. She has created nationally recognized programing, leadership pipelines for marginalized communities, helped build schools, designed anti-racist policy platforms, and supported global teams in advancing their missions. She is a United States-Japan Leadership Program Fellow, a Pahara Institute NextGen Fellow, and the recipient of the 2024 Ida B. Wells Social Justice Award, receiving a senatorial commendation. Elizabeth is a graduate of Northwestern University, a devoted mom, wife, and bookworm who loves to write, travel, and cook soulful vegan food. She is also a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc and has been featured in a wide variety of publications, including Thrive Global, Fast Company, Ladders, Goalcast, Intuit QuickBooks, Her Money, BoardSource, and more.

At-a-glance

Our Services

Strategic Planning

Comprehensive, impactful and equity-centered planning.

Program Design

Custom program structure, strategy, assessment, and evaluation designed to build capacity, grow community, and sustain impact.

Succession Planning

Smooth leadership transitions with cultural integrity.

Team Trainings & Group Facilitation

Team experiences that build capacity and nurture trust.

Evaluation & Assessment Design

Thoughtful evaluations and performance assessments that combine evidence-based methodologies to support impact and capacity-building.

Board Development & Retreats

Engaging trainings and retreats that drive impact and deepen relationships.

Mediation

Conflict mediation to strengthen teams while navigating change.

Since 2019

Building a more just and equitable world, one person, team, and institution at a time.

What Clients Say About Us

Elizabeth was a pleasure to work with and such an asset to us at a critical time in our Elizabeth is a valued partner and collaborator. During our work together, she served a critical role in guiding teams to meet timebound deliverables connected to our long term strategy, goal setting, and OKRs. Ultimately, Elizabeth provided context, research, and strategies for implementing more efficient processes. Her level of detail, organization, and guidance has now prepared our team for the years ahead. Very grateful for her meaningful contributions to our organization.

Kwame Owusu-Kesse, CEO, Harlem Children’s Zone

Our board is ready to tackle our goals and we are closer to each other than ever before. I looked forward to EVERY session. I am glad we have a finished plan (that we can put into action) but sad it is over. You should definitely work with Raymond Whittaker Design.

Strategic Planning Client’s Survey Response

Elizabeth's international travel, constant reading and spiritual groundedness help to give her a broad understanding of the world we live in, compassion and a vision of a more just and equitable future. She leads from her heart and her head!

Malik Yakini, Co-Founder, Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network

Raymond Whittaker Design did a phenomenal job assisting our organization in developing a plan that we are extremely proud of. I would highly recommend this company for their professionalism and expertise without reservation.

Succession Planning Client’s Survey Response

Elizabeth drives impact with speed, while making the pace feel comfortable and doable thanks to her well-designed process and support system. I've found her approach to be engaging, dynamic, and fun, and am already seeing substantial ROI from our investment with her.

Connor Fornier, Finance Leader

We had a great succession planning experience with RWD. Their impeccable attention to detail and overall awareness provided us with thorough solutions to meet our needs. They listen and seem to greatly care not only about the quality of service they provide, but also for the success of our organization.

Succession Planning Client's Survey Response

I fell in love with the way she quickly, yet gently, challenged us to think about how our many intersecting identities show up and are challenged in our work. I have a few theories about why the day went so well, but the one that immediately comes to mind is the way Elizabeth modeled vulnerability as she led us through the various introspective exercises of the day. I felt compelled to show up as my full self and I can confidently say the same for all of the other participants.

Juwon Harris, Health Equity Strategist

Elizabeth and her brilliant team led some foundational research for our Education Team at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, where she helped us to better understand the experiences, barriers and opportunities among our grantees and other experts, specifically those focused on building racially affirmative relationships

Christina Quattrocchi

Elizabeth is a thoughtful and caring colleague that brings a commitment to excellence, diversity, inclusion, and equity to her work. I have enjoyed working with Elizabeth and highly recommend her consultation services.

Dr. Paul Elam, Chief Strategy Officer, Michigan Public Health Institute

Elizabeth was a pleasure to work with and such an asset to us at a critical time in our organization's development. She truly listened to our needs and brought our articulated vision to life. Elizabeth provided grounded, intentional, highly-skilled, and joyful facilitation to our week allowing us to cultivate new spaces for dialogue, relationship building, and growth as an organization.

Strategic Planning Client’s Survey Response

My team and I partnered with Elizabeth over several weeks to create team mission and vision statements. The experience and outcomes were more than I could have hoped for. Elizabeth was a wonderful advisor to me as a leader at the start and throughout the project. She made it a point to be inclusive in her approach, directly engaging team members across all levels. I have several distinct teams and Elizabeth was able to balance a customized and unifying approach that honored the individual ways team members contribute, and most importantly, that brought the overall team closer together in the process.

Brian Ruggiero, Associate Dean of Careers and Corporate Relations, NYU Stern School of Business

She is the single best facilitator that I know. Elizabeth is a master at helping leaders take their teams to the next level. Don’t use Elizabeth if you are not serious about producing results.

Jamaal Nelson, Chief of Staff and Culture, Southern Poverty Law Center

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