Jason Craige Harris

Thought Leader

Institutional Strategist

Mediator & Facilitator

Life & Leadership Coach

About

Jason Craige Harris is a strategist, essayist, and storyteller who helps leaders and some of the sharpest minds in the country solve hard problems. When organizations and communities are stuck, polarized, or quietly unraveling, Jason is often the person called in to help steady the room, fix what’s broken, and help people talk to each other again. Trained in ethics, psychology, and systems thinking, he blends science with real life—using humor, deep listening, and storytelling to help people navigate conflict, repair relationships, and make decisions under pressure. A researcher, mediator, and longtime contemplative practitioner, Jason studies how stress, power, and fear hijack our conversations—and how curiosity, dignity, courage, and spiritual practice can bring us back. He brings big ideas down to earth, helping people see that leadership isn’t about being the loudest or the smartest—it’s about being human, especially when it’s hardest.

Jason Craige Harris is an observer, writer, and strategist working at the intersection of culture, conflict, leadership, and impact. Through essays, talks, and advisory work, he explores the forces that shape human connection, institutional dynamics, and social life—power, perception, dignity, and repair. Drawing on ethics, psychology, and systems thinking, Jason helps individuals and organizations navigate complexity, strengthen governance, and pursue accountable success. A trusted facilitator, coach, and mediator, he is known for using storytelling and humor to spark reflection, deepen humility, and catalyze transformation. He is currently writing a book of essays on dignity, relationships, leadership, and the shadow work required of us all.

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Thinking

A collection of essays, thoughts & interviews.

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Dec 11, 2025

Reverse Jenga: Stabilizing Conflict with Dignity

Exploring conflict through the lens of dignity

CSEE

Dec 11, 2025

Reverse Jenga: Stabilizing Conflict with Dignity

Exploring conflict through the lens of dignity

CSEE

Jul 12, 2025

The Politics of Ghosting

On care, dignity, and modern dating

Medium

Jun 23, 2025

Leading and Listening

A vital relationship

Medium

Speaking

The power of voice.

Speaking

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Closing the Gap Between Values and Behavior

2026

Podcast

Closing the Gap Between Values and Behavior

2026

Podcast

Mindfulness and Resilience for Today’s School Leaders

2026

Podcast

Mindfulness and Resilience for Today’s School Leaders

2026

Podcast

"I wake up thinking about faith, healing, and democracy. I long for ways of being, relating, and organizing life that honor each person’s dignity and that cherish the planet we call home. We need the skill and will to repair. Tikkun Olam. Imagine that world, here and now, where when we harm our own or others’ dignity, we acknowledge the harm, take steps to repair it, and change our behavior. This is what it means to become wise.”

- JCH

"I wake up thinking about faith, healing, and democracy.
I long for ways of being, relating, and organizing life that honor each person’s dignity and that cherish the planet we call home. We need the skill and will to repair. Tikkun Olam. Imagine that world, here and now, where when we harm our own or others’ dignity, we acknowledge the harm, take steps to repair it, and change our behavior. This is what it means to become wise.”

- JCH

Testimonials

"Jason has a knack for helping mission-driven organizations put their values into practice, starting from the inside. He brings a fresh perspective that helps teams turn daunting challenges into simpler steps that they can take together as part of a clear, cohesive strategy."
Manish Bapna
President and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council
“Jason Craige Harris is an expert guide through the turbulent waters of thorny dialogues and intricate group dynamics. He skillfully guides individuals and teams toward understanding and resolution with his kind, precise approach and exceptional expertise. From my experience, I can attest that his adept methods consistently lead to harmonious and productive results.”
Daisy Auger-Dominguez
National Inclusion Expert
“Jason is engaging. Jason is knowledgeable. Jason is compassionate. These three descriptive words truly just scratch the surface of Jason’s talents as a speaker and educator. He invites everyone into the conversation, makes the room welcoming and then shares his enormous wisdom. Everyone leaves Jason’s sessions with more knowledge and a desire to learn more.”
Casper Caldarola
Founder, Pollyanna
“Working with Jason helped me, and our organization, feel supported, seen and smarter about some of the most complex issues we had to unravel. He is equal parts strategist, scholar, and counselor. And while I turned to him for his leadership, I deeply appreciated his collaborative and generous spirit. We are stronger as a community for the work we did with him.”
Ann Shoket
CEO, TheLi.st
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I have had the privilege of working closely with Jason for nearly 3 years in a variety of capacities, first when Jason facilitated an equity learning group I participated in. Jason’s focus on dignity, empathy, and vulnerability had a profound impact on me and my leadership. When I faced one of the most significant leadership challenges in my career I turned to Jason for support for myself and for the whole team. Jason shepherded a group that was experiencing painful fissures in relationship through a process that brought us to greater understanding, trust, and healing – and to real, meaningful improvement in our ways of working together.
Amanda Skinner
President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
“I have come to know Jason through our work on RACE To Be Human, a film and evidence-based mental health literacy program for schools and businesses. Jason is not only in the film but also our social impact producer. I believe that it is his contribution to the documentary that has made it so well received across all aisles, parties and cultures. He is an exceptional facilitator, mediator and visionary thinker in the realm of conflict resolution. Jason epitomizes the qualities of a skilled professional in creating inclusive spaces, navigating intricate dynamics with empathy, and addressing the root causes of conflicts to establish sustainable solutions.
Scilla Andreen
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Having worked very closely with Jason as a facilitator, coach and strategist for my organization, I've observed his exceptional talent in all of those areas. He reads the tone, cadence and culture of my organization's unique culture with precision and insight, and fashions helpful solutions for organizational leaders and staff to both inspire and pursue an authentic culture of dignity and belonging.”
Vince Warren
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Jason Craige Harris is a gifted speaker and facilitator of content. He has been our primary facilitator of our executive curriculum of Leading & Belonging at Visa for the past two years. Beyond his ability to immediately capture his audience's attention, Jason shines even brighter as he engages people through thoughtful reflection, storytelling and uses relevant and timely examples to make the content real. This is especially evident when the content is complex or challenging for people to accept. Jason’s ability to create a safe space for interaction, for constructive conflict is exceptional. I highly recommend Jason - he is amazing.”
Jon Wheeler
Head of Inclusion & Diversity Learning, Visa
“Jason Craige Harris is an unusually skilled facilitator and teacher. Over the past several years of working together closely, I have often referred to Jason as a magician. I have seen few if any people hold a space as well as he does--including under the most challenging of circumstances. He has an exceptional ability to work with people across a wide range of differences--and for everyone to leave the room or experience with their dignity intact and a greater sense of inclusion and understanding. There is at once power and beauty in how Jason is able to bring ideas and people together.”
John Palfrey
President, MacArthur Foundation
“Jason is the type of leader and facilitator that leaves you with a feeling that you are engaged on a journey toward freedom. He is thoughtful, warm and patient. His style is motivational and very servant led. He isn't a braggart and you won't have the sense that he's just in for the quick fix. It's clear he's in for the long ride toward social justice and liberation for everyone he encounters. It has been my absolute joy to learn and work with him.”
George Walker
Chief Equity Officer, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
“I am so deeply grateful to be part Jason Craige Harris's orbit. He is a strategist, a philosopher, a coach, and a healer. Jason weaves together insights from the mind sciences, organizational development, philosophy, restorative practice, literature, history and is developing new strategies that are having remarkable impacts. He brings wisdom, empathy, compassion, and (often) humor to all of his work, from individual meetings, small groups, to electrifying speeches. And most meaningfully, Jason treats every person with dignity, and by modeling this ideal, he inspires the rest of us to be our best selves.”
Rachel D. Godsil
Distinguished Professor of Law Co-Founder, Perception Institute & Perception Strategies
“Whether doing a keynote, leading a workshop, or facilitating a discussion, I always walk away from experiences with Jason feeling included and enlightened. Jason has great expertise around myriad issues that leaders are facing. What sets Jason apart is the way he goes about creating a community that allows for progress and growth. Whether he is working with people he is familiar with or working with people he has just met, I always feel more connected to others in the spaces that Jason leads. That along with his deep knowledge makes Jason greatly effective. I'm grateful Jason is dedicating his career to helping others achieve and grow.”
José De Jesús
Head of School, The Dalton School
“There are many on the speakers’ circuit who point to issues and goals. Jason is one of the few who give you valuable tools to help your community move from need to goal. He has a wonderful grasp of both theory and the on-the-ground reality of how to make things work in an organization. Further, the care and warmth with which he does his presentations make anyone feel at ease with what can be challenging material.”
Bob Mattingly
Executive Director, The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education
“Jason is an extremely special find - as a practitioner, a board member, teacher, facilitator, colleague, co-collaborator and just a really good friend. He is kind, compassionate, insightful, hard working and smart as a whip. He is a seeker of knowledge, jumps into experiences as a true learner, reads everything and combines it all into his own unique understandings - which he then teaches to others. His emotional intelligence is so high, that I think he could be thrown into any situation - no matter how contentious - and add value.
Elizabeth Clements
Founder and Executive Director, Hidden Water
“It has been an extraordinary privilege for me and my learning community to work with Jason Craige Harris. He has guided us as an organization to collaborate together with more awareness, grace and care for each other. He not only is a master facilitator and educator, but also a healer of souls. To spend time with Jason is to feel grounded and profoundly seen as he holds space for deeper listening and understanding among all the stakeholders in the conversation.
Terry Knickerbocker
Studio Director, Terry Knickerbocker Studio
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“Jason and I have worked together in the context of my work with the Peacemaking Circle process and Restorative Justice. At a personal level I turn to Jason for perspective, insight and hopefulness when I am feeling challenged and uncertain about how to move forward working with people in complex, difficult relationships. At a community level I refer colleagues to Jason’s writings, particularly his writings about organizational change toward organizations founded in equity and care for one another.
Kay Pranis
Author and Trainer
"I was introduced to Jason Craige Harris in January of 2024. He came highly recommended by one of our trustees as someone who had the expertise and knowledge to engage senior leadership teams and boards of trustees. He and I discussed the types of workshops we needed on leading with dignity and respect. He listened to our needs and customized the workshops for each group. They were engaging, insightful and exceeded the expectations of the senior leadership team as well as the trustees. As a result of the positive feedback received from the spring workshops, we invited him to return to campus to lead additional workshops on similar topics for more than 300 staff members.
Vernese Edghill-Walden
Vice President for Equity & Inclusive Excellence Bucknell University
"Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional consultant with a unique ability to guide organizations through complex challenges and conflicts with both clarity and compassion. I personally call him 'the problem whisperer' because of his remarkable talent for resolving difficult issues and developing strategic solutions with ease. His expertise extends beyond DEB work—he excels in conflict mediation and strategy, ensuring meaningful, lasting change. Jason’s contributions to our organization were invaluable, and his calm, thoughtful approach makes him an essential partner for any organization looking to create more inclusive and equitable environments. It's been my privilege to work with him."
Kathryn Crosby
Vice President, Diversity, Equity, & Belonging (DEB)
“A thought partner committed to centering the humanity of every community member and seeing the humanity in every challenging situation, Jason is a trusted adviser for our administrative team. His divinity school training informs his work in schools and guides us to open our minds and hearts to the most important and often difficult questions we must ask of ourselves as we endeavor to create a community based on mutual concern. More than a first-rate facilitator, he is a talented teacher who models for us all what it means to be our best selves. My colleagues and I grow as leaders whenever we have the opportunity to work with him.”
Jane Foley Fried
Head of the Brearley School
"As a family foundation committed to internalizing racial equity, we realized the need to attend to interpersonal racism and power dynamics across and within Board and Staff. Jason powerfully facilitated separate Board and Staff groups in order to address the most salient issues for each group while guiding us along a shared learning journey which culminated in bringing the groups together to incorporate our learnings. Jason created the conditions for us to build trust and move forward. Jason's framework of building a culture of dignity and belonging has resonated so deeply with us that we are incorporating working with him into our regular, ongoing practice."
Ricshawn Adkins Roane
Executive Director Weissberg Foundatiom
"Jason Craige Harris is the diplomatic and empathetic expert that so many schools are looking for. With a deep understanding of the human experience, Jason enters spaces with compassion, care, and interest like none other. His ability to engage audiences through engaged listening is unparalleled. His depth of knowledge and strong emotional intelligence make him the perfect match for his work. Any organization, school, college, or university would be fortunate to have the opportunity to have Jason included in their future."
Kyle Wilkie-Glass
Chief Executive Officer Ethical Culture, Fieldston School
“Jason Craige Harris' facilitation centers dignity in both delivery and outcome. He delivers content and engages complex conversations with a comforting calm that demonstrates respect for all. His material is peppered with psychological research that grounds his presentation in something larger than itself. The outcome for our group was a deeper understanding of ourselves, each other, and our hopes for the workplace -- and, most notably, a concrete set of "Dignity Agreements" that will inform our cultural norms for years to come.”
Vince Watchorn
Executive Director, NYSAIS
“Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional leader and speaker who has made an impact within the AAIE global community. AAIE, a non-profit that works with international schools around the world, had the pleasure of engaging with Jason - and he made a lasting impression. He skillfully led thought-provoking sessions on Dignity, Dialogue, and Depolarization as well as Leading Through Complexity – A Strategic Approach to Tackling Big Challenges. These were timely and often challenging topics, and Jason approached them with deep knowledge, clarity, and a remarkable ability to engage participants in meaningful dialogue.
Laura Light
Executive Director, AAIE
“It is a pleasure to watch Jason Craige Harris work with a room full of people. The calm energy, compassion, and emotional awareness he brings are palpable; he combines genuine warmth and curiosity about people with exceptional commitment to broadening perspectives and helping people find common connections. His skill in leading meditation and mindfulness exercises comes from years of training and practice; no matter what level participants are at, he excels at leading sessions that ground and restore you, and holding discussions as a safe, welcoming space to share experiences. He doesn't shy away from sharing his own vulnerability, but remains in total command of his message and his audience.
Jim Freeman
Faculty, Philosophy and Religious Studies, St. Francis College
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Britta von Schoeler
President, Broadway Video
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Charlie Grode
President & Executive Director, Merit School of Music
"Jason has a knack for helping mission-driven organizations put their values into practice, starting from the inside. He brings a fresh perspective that helps teams turn daunting challenges into simpler steps that they can take together as part of a clear, cohesive strategy."
Manish Bapna
President and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council
“Jason Craige Harris is an expert guide through the turbulent waters of thorny dialogues and intricate group dynamics. He skillfully guides individuals and teams toward understanding and resolution with his kind, precise approach and exceptional expertise. From my experience, I can attest that his adept methods consistently lead to harmonious and productive results.”
Daisy Auger-Dominguez
National Inclusion Expert
“Jason is engaging. Jason is knowledgeable. Jason is compassionate. These three descriptive words truly just scratch the surface of Jason’s talents as a speaker and educator. He invites everyone into the conversation, makes the room welcoming and then shares his enormous wisdom. Everyone leaves Jason’s sessions with more knowledge and a desire to learn more.”
Casper Caldarola
Founder, Pollyanna
“Working with Jason helped me, and our organization, feel supported, seen and smarter about some of the most complex issues we had to unravel. He is equal parts strategist, scholar, and counselor. And while I turned to him for his leadership, I deeply appreciated his collaborative and generous spirit. We are stronger as a community for the work we did with him.”
Ann Shoket
CEO, TheLi.st
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I have had the privilege of working closely with Jason for nearly 3 years in a variety of capacities, first when Jason facilitated an equity learning group I participated in. Jason’s focus on dignity, empathy, and vulnerability had a profound impact on me and my leadership. When I faced one of the most significant leadership challenges in my career I turned to Jason for support for myself and for the whole team. Jason shepherded a group that was experiencing painful fissures in relationship through a process that brought us to greater understanding, trust, and healing – and to real, meaningful improvement in our ways of working together.
Amanda Skinner
President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
“I have come to know Jason through our work on RACE To Be Human, a film and evidence-based mental health literacy program for schools and businesses. Jason is not only in the film but also our social impact producer. I believe that it is his contribution to the documentary that has made it so well received across all aisles, parties and cultures. He is an exceptional facilitator, mediator and visionary thinker in the realm of conflict resolution. Jason epitomizes the qualities of a skilled professional in creating inclusive spaces, navigating intricate dynamics with empathy, and addressing the root causes of conflicts to establish sustainable solutions.
Scilla Andreen
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Having worked very closely with Jason as a facilitator, coach and strategist for my organization, I've observed his exceptional talent in all of those areas. He reads the tone, cadence and culture of my organization's unique culture with precision and insight, and fashions helpful solutions for organizational leaders and staff to both inspire and pursue an authentic culture of dignity and belonging.”
Vince Warren
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Jason Craige Harris is a gifted speaker and facilitator of content. He has been our primary facilitator of our executive curriculum of Leading & Belonging at Visa for the past two years. Beyond his ability to immediately capture his audience's attention, Jason shines even brighter as he engages people through thoughtful reflection, storytelling and uses relevant and timely examples to make the content real. This is especially evident when the content is complex or challenging for people to accept. Jason’s ability to create a safe space for interaction, for constructive conflict is exceptional. I highly recommend Jason - he is amazing.”
Jon Wheeler
Head of Inclusion & Diversity Learning, Visa
“Jason Craige Harris is an unusually skilled facilitator and teacher. Over the past several years of working together closely, I have often referred to Jason as a magician. I have seen few if any people hold a space as well as he does--including under the most challenging of circumstances. He has an exceptional ability to work with people across a wide range of differences--and for everyone to leave the room or experience with their dignity intact and a greater sense of inclusion and understanding. There is at once power and beauty in how Jason is able to bring ideas and people together.”
John Palfrey
President, MacArthur Foundation
“Jason is the type of leader and facilitator that leaves you with a feeling that you are engaged on a journey toward freedom. He is thoughtful, warm and patient. His style is motivational and very servant led. He isn't a braggart and you won't have the sense that he's just in for the quick fix. It's clear he's in for the long ride toward social justice and liberation for everyone he encounters. It has been my absolute joy to learn and work with him.”
George Walker
Chief Equity Officer, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
“I am so deeply grateful to be part Jason Craige Harris's orbit. He is a strategist, a philosopher, a coach, and a healer. Jason weaves together insights from the mind sciences, organizational development, philosophy, restorative practice, literature, history and is developing new strategies that are having remarkable impacts. He brings wisdom, empathy, compassion, and (often) humor to all of his work, from individual meetings, small groups, to electrifying speeches. And most meaningfully, Jason treats every person with dignity, and by modeling this ideal, he inspires the rest of us to be our best selves.”
Rachel D. Godsil
Distinguished Professor of Law Co-Founder, Perception Institute & Perception Strategies
“Whether doing a keynote, leading a workshop, or facilitating a discussion, I always walk away from experiences with Jason feeling included and enlightened. Jason has great expertise around myriad issues that leaders are facing. What sets Jason apart is the way he goes about creating a community that allows for progress and growth. Whether he is working with people he is familiar with or working with people he has just met, I always feel more connected to others in the spaces that Jason leads. That along with his deep knowledge makes Jason greatly effective. I'm grateful Jason is dedicating his career to helping others achieve and grow.”
José De Jesús
Head of School, The Dalton School
“There are many on the speakers’ circuit who point to issues and goals. Jason is one of the few who give you valuable tools to help your community move from need to goal. He has a wonderful grasp of both theory and the on-the-ground reality of how to make things work in an organization. Further, the care and warmth with which he does his presentations make anyone feel at ease with what can be challenging material.”
Bob Mattingly
Executive Director, The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education
“Jason is an extremely special find - as a practitioner, a board member, teacher, facilitator, colleague, co-collaborator and just a really good friend. He is kind, compassionate, insightful, hard working and smart as a whip. He is a seeker of knowledge, jumps into experiences as a true learner, reads everything and combines it all into his own unique understandings - which he then teaches to others. His emotional intelligence is so high, that I think he could be thrown into any situation - no matter how contentious - and add value.
Elizabeth Clements
Founder and Executive Director, Hidden Water
“It has been an extraordinary privilege for me and my learning community to work with Jason Craige Harris. He has guided us as an organization to collaborate together with more awareness, grace and care for each other. He not only is a master facilitator and educator, but also a healer of souls. To spend time with Jason is to feel grounded and profoundly seen as he holds space for deeper listening and understanding among all the stakeholders in the conversation.
Terry Knickerbocker
Studio Director, Terry Knickerbocker Studio
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“Jason and I have worked together in the context of my work with the Peacemaking Circle process and Restorative Justice. At a personal level I turn to Jason for perspective, insight and hopefulness when I am feeling challenged and uncertain about how to move forward working with people in complex, difficult relationships. At a community level I refer colleagues to Jason’s writings, particularly his writings about organizational change toward organizations founded in equity and care for one another.
Kay Pranis
Author and Trainer
"I was introduced to Jason Craige Harris in January of 2024. He came highly recommended by one of our trustees as someone who had the expertise and knowledge to engage senior leadership teams and boards of trustees. He and I discussed the types of workshops we needed on leading with dignity and respect. He listened to our needs and customized the workshops for each group. They were engaging, insightful and exceeded the expectations of the senior leadership team as well as the trustees. As a result of the positive feedback received from the spring workshops, we invited him to return to campus to lead additional workshops on similar topics for more than 300 staff members.
Vernese Edghill-Walden
Vice President for Equity & Inclusive Excellence Bucknell University
"Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional consultant with a unique ability to guide organizations through complex challenges and conflicts with both clarity and compassion. I personally call him 'the problem whisperer' because of his remarkable talent for resolving difficult issues and developing strategic solutions with ease. His expertise extends beyond DEB work—he excels in conflict mediation and strategy, ensuring meaningful, lasting change. Jason’s contributions to our organization were invaluable, and his calm, thoughtful approach makes him an essential partner for any organization looking to create more inclusive and equitable environments. It's been my privilege to work with him."
Kathryn Crosby
Vice President, Diversity, Equity, & Belonging (DEB)
“A thought partner committed to centering the humanity of every community member and seeing the humanity in every challenging situation, Jason is a trusted adviser for our administrative team. His divinity school training informs his work in schools and guides us to open our minds and hearts to the most important and often difficult questions we must ask of ourselves as we endeavor to create a community based on mutual concern. More than a first-rate facilitator, he is a talented teacher who models for us all what it means to be our best selves. My colleagues and I grow as leaders whenever we have the opportunity to work with him.”
Jane Foley Fried
Head of the Brearley School
"As a family foundation committed to internalizing racial equity, we realized the need to attend to interpersonal racism and power dynamics across and within Board and Staff. Jason powerfully facilitated separate Board and Staff groups in order to address the most salient issues for each group while guiding us along a shared learning journey which culminated in bringing the groups together to incorporate our learnings. Jason created the conditions for us to build trust and move forward. Jason's framework of building a culture of dignity and belonging has resonated so deeply with us that we are incorporating working with him into our regular, ongoing practice."
Ricshawn Adkins Roane
Executive Director Weissberg Foundatiom
"Jason Craige Harris is the diplomatic and empathetic expert that so many schools are looking for. With a deep understanding of the human experience, Jason enters spaces with compassion, care, and interest like none other. His ability to engage audiences through engaged listening is unparalleled. His depth of knowledge and strong emotional intelligence make him the perfect match for his work. Any organization, school, college, or university would be fortunate to have the opportunity to have Jason included in their future."
Kyle Wilkie-Glass
Chief Executive Officer Ethical Culture, Fieldston School
“Jason Craige Harris' facilitation centers dignity in both delivery and outcome. He delivers content and engages complex conversations with a comforting calm that demonstrates respect for all. His material is peppered with psychological research that grounds his presentation in something larger than itself. The outcome for our group was a deeper understanding of ourselves, each other, and our hopes for the workplace -- and, most notably, a concrete set of "Dignity Agreements" that will inform our cultural norms for years to come.”
Vince Watchorn
Executive Director, NYSAIS
“Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional leader and speaker who has made an impact within the AAIE global community. AAIE, a non-profit that works with international schools around the world, had the pleasure of engaging with Jason - and he made a lasting impression. He skillfully led thought-provoking sessions on Dignity, Dialogue, and Depolarization as well as Leading Through Complexity – A Strategic Approach to Tackling Big Challenges. These were timely and often challenging topics, and Jason approached them with deep knowledge, clarity, and a remarkable ability to engage participants in meaningful dialogue.
Laura Light
Executive Director, AAIE
“It is a pleasure to watch Jason Craige Harris work with a room full of people. The calm energy, compassion, and emotional awareness he brings are palpable; he combines genuine warmth and curiosity about people with exceptional commitment to broadening perspectives and helping people find common connections. His skill in leading meditation and mindfulness exercises comes from years of training and practice; no matter what level participants are at, he excels at leading sessions that ground and restore you, and holding discussions as a safe, welcoming space to share experiences. He doesn't shy away from sharing his own vulnerability, but remains in total command of his message and his audience.
Jim Freeman
Faculty, Philosophy and Religious Studies, St. Francis College
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Britta von Schoeler
President, Broadway Video
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Charlie Grode
President & Executive Director, Merit School of Music
"Jason has a knack for helping mission-driven organizations put their values into practice, starting from the inside. He brings a fresh perspective that helps teams turn daunting challenges into simpler steps that they can take together as part of a clear, cohesive strategy."
Manish Bapna
President and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council
“Jason Craige Harris is an expert guide through the turbulent waters of thorny dialogues and intricate group dynamics. He skillfully guides individuals and teams toward understanding and resolution with his kind, precise approach and exceptional expertise. From my experience, I can attest that his adept methods consistently lead to harmonious and productive results.”
Daisy Auger-Dominguez
National Inclusion Expert
“Jason is engaging. Jason is knowledgeable. Jason is compassionate. These three descriptive words truly just scratch the surface of Jason’s talents as a speaker and educator. He invites everyone into the conversation, makes the room welcoming and then shares his enormous wisdom. Everyone leaves Jason’s sessions with more knowledge and a desire to learn more.”
Casper Caldarola
Founder, Pollyanna
“Working with Jason helped me, and our organization, feel supported, seen and smarter about some of the most complex issues we had to unravel. He is equal parts strategist, scholar, and counselor. And while I turned to him for his leadership, I deeply appreciated his collaborative and generous spirit. We are stronger as a community for the work we did with him.”
Ann Shoket
CEO, TheLi.st
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I have had the privilege of working closely with Jason for nearly 3 years in a variety of capacities, first when Jason facilitated an equity learning group I participated in. Jason’s focus on dignity, empathy, and vulnerability had a profound impact on me and my leadership. When I faced one of the most significant leadership challenges in my career I turned to Jason for support for myself and for the whole team. Jason shepherded a group that was experiencing painful fissures in relationship through a process that brought us to greater understanding, trust, and healing – and to real, meaningful improvement in our ways of working together.
Amanda Skinner
President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
“I have come to know Jason through our work on RACE To Be Human, a film and evidence-based mental health literacy program for schools and businesses. Jason is not only in the film but also our social impact producer. I believe that it is his contribution to the documentary that has made it so well received across all aisles, parties and cultures. He is an exceptional facilitator, mediator and visionary thinker in the realm of conflict resolution. Jason epitomizes the qualities of a skilled professional in creating inclusive spaces, navigating intricate dynamics with empathy, and addressing the root causes of conflicts to establish sustainable solutions.
Scilla Andreen
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Having worked very closely with Jason as a facilitator, coach and strategist for my organization, I've observed his exceptional talent in all of those areas. He reads the tone, cadence and culture of my organization's unique culture with precision and insight, and fashions helpful solutions for organizational leaders and staff to both inspire and pursue an authentic culture of dignity and belonging.”
Vince Warren
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Jason Craige Harris is a gifted speaker and facilitator of content. He has been our primary facilitator of our executive curriculum of Leading & Belonging at Visa for the past two years. Beyond his ability to immediately capture his audience's attention, Jason shines even brighter as he engages people through thoughtful reflection, storytelling and uses relevant and timely examples to make the content real. This is especially evident when the content is complex or challenging for people to accept. Jason’s ability to create a safe space for interaction, for constructive conflict is exceptional. I highly recommend Jason - he is amazing.”
Jon Wheeler
Head of Inclusion & Diversity Learning, Visa
“Jason Craige Harris is an unusually skilled facilitator and teacher. Over the past several years of working together closely, I have often referred to Jason as a magician. I have seen few if any people hold a space as well as he does--including under the most challenging of circumstances. He has an exceptional ability to work with people across a wide range of differences--and for everyone to leave the room or experience with their dignity intact and a greater sense of inclusion and understanding. There is at once power and beauty in how Jason is able to bring ideas and people together.”
John Palfrey
President, MacArthur Foundation
“Jason is the type of leader and facilitator that leaves you with a feeling that you are engaged on a journey toward freedom. He is thoughtful, warm and patient. His style is motivational and very servant led. He isn't a braggart and you won't have the sense that he's just in for the quick fix. It's clear he's in for the long ride toward social justice and liberation for everyone he encounters. It has been my absolute joy to learn and work with him.”
George Walker
Chief Equity Officer, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
“I am so deeply grateful to be part Jason Craige Harris's orbit. He is a strategist, a philosopher, a coach, and a healer. Jason weaves together insights from the mind sciences, organizational development, philosophy, restorative practice, literature, history and is developing new strategies that are having remarkable impacts. He brings wisdom, empathy, compassion, and (often) humor to all of his work, from individual meetings, small groups, to electrifying speeches. And most meaningfully, Jason treats every person with dignity, and by modeling this ideal, he inspires the rest of us to be our best selves.”
Rachel D. Godsil
Distinguished Professor of Law Co-Founder, Perception Institute & Perception Strategies
“Whether doing a keynote, leading a workshop, or facilitating a discussion, I always walk away from experiences with Jason feeling included and enlightened. Jason has great expertise around myriad issues that leaders are facing. What sets Jason apart is the way he goes about creating a community that allows for progress and growth. Whether he is working with people he is familiar with or working with people he has just met, I always feel more connected to others in the spaces that Jason leads. That along with his deep knowledge makes Jason greatly effective. I'm grateful Jason is dedicating his career to helping others achieve and grow.”
José De Jesús
Head of School, The Dalton School
“There are many on the speakers’ circuit who point to issues and goals. Jason is one of the few who give you valuable tools to help your community move from need to goal. He has a wonderful grasp of both theory and the on-the-ground reality of how to make things work in an organization. Further, the care and warmth with which he does his presentations make anyone feel at ease with what can be challenging material.”
Bob Mattingly
Executive Director, The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education
“Jason is an extremely special find - as a practitioner, a board member, teacher, facilitator, colleague, co-collaborator and just a really good friend. He is kind, compassionate, insightful, hard working and smart as a whip. He is a seeker of knowledge, jumps into experiences as a true learner, reads everything and combines it all into his own unique understandings - which he then teaches to others. His emotional intelligence is so high, that I think he could be thrown into any situation - no matter how contentious - and add value.
Elizabeth Clements
Founder and Executive Director, Hidden Water
“It has been an extraordinary privilege for me and my learning community to work with Jason Craige Harris. He has guided us as an organization to collaborate together with more awareness, grace and care for each other. He not only is a master facilitator and educator, but also a healer of souls. To spend time with Jason is to feel grounded and profoundly seen as he holds space for deeper listening and understanding among all the stakeholders in the conversation.
Terry Knickerbocker
Studio Director, Terry Knickerbocker Studio
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“Jason and I have worked together in the context of my work with the Peacemaking Circle process and Restorative Justice. At a personal level I turn to Jason for perspective, insight and hopefulness when I am feeling challenged and uncertain about how to move forward working with people in complex, difficult relationships. At a community level I refer colleagues to Jason’s writings, particularly his writings about organizational change toward organizations founded in equity and care for one another.
Kay Pranis
Author and Trainer
"I was introduced to Jason Craige Harris in January of 2024. He came highly recommended by one of our trustees as someone who had the expertise and knowledge to engage senior leadership teams and boards of trustees. He and I discussed the types of workshops we needed on leading with dignity and respect. He listened to our needs and customized the workshops for each group. They were engaging, insightful and exceeded the expectations of the senior leadership team as well as the trustees. As a result of the positive feedback received from the spring workshops, we invited him to return to campus to lead additional workshops on similar topics for more than 300 staff members.
Vernese Edghill-Walden
Vice President for Equity & Inclusive Excellence Bucknell University
"Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional consultant with a unique ability to guide organizations through complex challenges and conflicts with both clarity and compassion. I personally call him 'the problem whisperer' because of his remarkable talent for resolving difficult issues and developing strategic solutions with ease. His expertise extends beyond DEB work—he excels in conflict mediation and strategy, ensuring meaningful, lasting change. Jason’s contributions to our organization were invaluable, and his calm, thoughtful approach makes him an essential partner for any organization looking to create more inclusive and equitable environments. It's been my privilege to work with him."
Kathryn Crosby
Vice President, Diversity, Equity, & Belonging (DEB)
“A thought partner committed to centering the humanity of every community member and seeing the humanity in every challenging situation, Jason is a trusted adviser for our administrative team. His divinity school training informs his work in schools and guides us to open our minds and hearts to the most important and often difficult questions we must ask of ourselves as we endeavor to create a community based on mutual concern. More than a first-rate facilitator, he is a talented teacher who models for us all what it means to be our best selves. My colleagues and I grow as leaders whenever we have the opportunity to work with him.”
Jane Foley Fried
Head of the Brearley School
"As a family foundation committed to internalizing racial equity, we realized the need to attend to interpersonal racism and power dynamics across and within Board and Staff. Jason powerfully facilitated separate Board and Staff groups in order to address the most salient issues for each group while guiding us along a shared learning journey which culminated in bringing the groups together to incorporate our learnings. Jason created the conditions for us to build trust and move forward. Jason's framework of building a culture of dignity and belonging has resonated so deeply with us that we are incorporating working with him into our regular, ongoing practice."
Ricshawn Adkins Roane
Executive Director Weissberg Foundatiom
"Jason Craige Harris is the diplomatic and empathetic expert that so many schools are looking for. With a deep understanding of the human experience, Jason enters spaces with compassion, care, and interest like none other. His ability to engage audiences through engaged listening is unparalleled. His depth of knowledge and strong emotional intelligence make him the perfect match for his work. Any organization, school, college, or university would be fortunate to have the opportunity to have Jason included in their future."
Kyle Wilkie-Glass
Chief Executive Officer Ethical Culture, Fieldston School
“Jason Craige Harris' facilitation centers dignity in both delivery and outcome. He delivers content and engages complex conversations with a comforting calm that demonstrates respect for all. His material is peppered with psychological research that grounds his presentation in something larger than itself. The outcome for our group was a deeper understanding of ourselves, each other, and our hopes for the workplace -- and, most notably, a concrete set of "Dignity Agreements" that will inform our cultural norms for years to come.”
Vince Watchorn
Executive Director, NYSAIS
“Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional leader and speaker who has made an impact within the AAIE global community. AAIE, a non-profit that works with international schools around the world, had the pleasure of engaging with Jason - and he made a lasting impression. He skillfully led thought-provoking sessions on Dignity, Dialogue, and Depolarization as well as Leading Through Complexity – A Strategic Approach to Tackling Big Challenges. These were timely and often challenging topics, and Jason approached them with deep knowledge, clarity, and a remarkable ability to engage participants in meaningful dialogue.
Laura Light
Executive Director, AAIE
“It is a pleasure to watch Jason Craige Harris work with a room full of people. The calm energy, compassion, and emotional awareness he brings are palpable; he combines genuine warmth and curiosity about people with exceptional commitment to broadening perspectives and helping people find common connections. His skill in leading meditation and mindfulness exercises comes from years of training and practice; no matter what level participants are at, he excels at leading sessions that ground and restore you, and holding discussions as a safe, welcoming space to share experiences. He doesn't shy away from sharing his own vulnerability, but remains in total command of his message and his audience.
Jim Freeman
Faculty, Philosophy and Religious Studies, St. Francis College
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Britta von Schoeler
President, Broadway Video
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Charlie Grode
President & Executive Director, Merit School of Music
"Jason has a knack for helping mission-driven organizations put their values into practice, starting from the inside. He brings a fresh perspective that helps teams turn daunting challenges into simpler steps that they can take together as part of a clear, cohesive strategy."
Manish Bapna
President and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council
“Jason Craige Harris is an expert guide through the turbulent waters of thorny dialogues and intricate group dynamics. He skillfully guides individuals and teams toward understanding and resolution with his kind, precise approach and exceptional expertise. From my experience, I can attest that his adept methods consistently lead to harmonious and productive results.”
Daisy Auger-Dominguez
National Inclusion Expert
“Jason is engaging. Jason is knowledgeable. Jason is compassionate. These three descriptive words truly just scratch the surface of Jason’s talents as a speaker and educator. He invites everyone into the conversation, makes the room welcoming and then shares his enormous wisdom. Everyone leaves Jason’s sessions with more knowledge and a desire to learn more.”
Casper Caldarola
Founder, Pollyanna
“Working with Jason helped me, and our organization, feel supported, seen and smarter about some of the most complex issues we had to unravel. He is equal parts strategist, scholar, and counselor. And while I turned to him for his leadership, I deeply appreciated his collaborative and generous spirit. We are stronger as a community for the work we did with him.”
Ann Shoket
CEO, TheLi.st
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I have had the privilege of working closely with Jason for nearly 3 years in a variety of capacities, first when Jason facilitated an equity learning group I participated in. Jason’s focus on dignity, empathy, and vulnerability had a profound impact on me and my leadership. When I faced one of the most significant leadership challenges in my career I turned to Jason for support for myself and for the whole team. Jason shepherded a group that was experiencing painful fissures in relationship through a process that brought us to greater understanding, trust, and healing – and to real, meaningful improvement in our ways of working together.
Amanda Skinner
President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
“I have come to know Jason through our work on RACE To Be Human, a film and evidence-based mental health literacy program for schools and businesses. Jason is not only in the film but also our social impact producer. I believe that it is his contribution to the documentary that has made it so well received across all aisles, parties and cultures. He is an exceptional facilitator, mediator and visionary thinker in the realm of conflict resolution. Jason epitomizes the qualities of a skilled professional in creating inclusive spaces, navigating intricate dynamics with empathy, and addressing the root causes of conflicts to establish sustainable solutions.
Scilla Andreen
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Having worked very closely with Jason as a facilitator, coach and strategist for my organization, I've observed his exceptional talent in all of those areas. He reads the tone, cadence and culture of my organization's unique culture with precision and insight, and fashions helpful solutions for organizational leaders and staff to both inspire and pursue an authentic culture of dignity and belonging.”
Vince Warren
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Jason Craige Harris is a gifted speaker and facilitator of content. He has been our primary facilitator of our executive curriculum of Leading & Belonging at Visa for the past two years. Beyond his ability to immediately capture his audience's attention, Jason shines even brighter as he engages people through thoughtful reflection, storytelling and uses relevant and timely examples to make the content real. This is especially evident when the content is complex or challenging for people to accept. Jason’s ability to create a safe space for interaction, for constructive conflict is exceptional. I highly recommend Jason - he is amazing.”
Jon Wheeler
Head of Inclusion & Diversity Learning, Visa
“Jason Craige Harris is an unusually skilled facilitator and teacher. Over the past several years of working together closely, I have often referred to Jason as a magician. I have seen few if any people hold a space as well as he does--including under the most challenging of circumstances. He has an exceptional ability to work with people across a wide range of differences--and for everyone to leave the room or experience with their dignity intact and a greater sense of inclusion and understanding. There is at once power and beauty in how Jason is able to bring ideas and people together.”
John Palfrey
President, MacArthur Foundation
“Jason is the type of leader and facilitator that leaves you with a feeling that you are engaged on a journey toward freedom. He is thoughtful, warm and patient. His style is motivational and very servant led. He isn't a braggart and you won't have the sense that he's just in for the quick fix. It's clear he's in for the long ride toward social justice and liberation for everyone he encounters. It has been my absolute joy to learn and work with him.”
George Walker
Chief Equity Officer, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
“I am so deeply grateful to be part Jason Craige Harris's orbit. He is a strategist, a philosopher, a coach, and a healer. Jason weaves together insights from the mind sciences, organizational development, philosophy, restorative practice, literature, history and is developing new strategies that are having remarkable impacts. He brings wisdom, empathy, compassion, and (often) humor to all of his work, from individual meetings, small groups, to electrifying speeches. And most meaningfully, Jason treats every person with dignity, and by modeling this ideal, he inspires the rest of us to be our best selves.”
Rachel D. Godsil
Distinguished Professor of Law Co-Founder, Perception Institute & Perception Strategies
“Whether doing a keynote, leading a workshop, or facilitating a discussion, I always walk away from experiences with Jason feeling included and enlightened. Jason has great expertise around myriad issues that leaders are facing. What sets Jason apart is the way he goes about creating a community that allows for progress and growth. Whether he is working with people he is familiar with or working with people he has just met, I always feel more connected to others in the spaces that Jason leads. That along with his deep knowledge makes Jason greatly effective. I'm grateful Jason is dedicating his career to helping others achieve and grow.”
José De Jesús
Head of School, The Dalton School
“There are many on the speakers’ circuit who point to issues and goals. Jason is one of the few who give you valuable tools to help your community move from need to goal. He has a wonderful grasp of both theory and the on-the-ground reality of how to make things work in an organization. Further, the care and warmth with which he does his presentations make anyone feel at ease with what can be challenging material.”
Bob Mattingly
Executive Director, The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education
“Jason is an extremely special find - as a practitioner, a board member, teacher, facilitator, colleague, co-collaborator and just a really good friend. He is kind, compassionate, insightful, hard working and smart as a whip. He is a seeker of knowledge, jumps into experiences as a true learner, reads everything and combines it all into his own unique understandings - which he then teaches to others. His emotional intelligence is so high, that I think he could be thrown into any situation - no matter how contentious - and add value.
Elizabeth Clements
Founder and Executive Director, Hidden Water
“It has been an extraordinary privilege for me and my learning community to work with Jason Craige Harris. He has guided us as an organization to collaborate together with more awareness, grace and care for each other. He not only is a master facilitator and educator, but also a healer of souls. To spend time with Jason is to feel grounded and profoundly seen as he holds space for deeper listening and understanding among all the stakeholders in the conversation.
Terry Knickerbocker
Studio Director, Terry Knickerbocker Studio
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“Jason and I have worked together in the context of my work with the Peacemaking Circle process and Restorative Justice. At a personal level I turn to Jason for perspective, insight and hopefulness when I am feeling challenged and uncertain about how to move forward working with people in complex, difficult relationships. At a community level I refer colleagues to Jason’s writings, particularly his writings about organizational change toward organizations founded in equity and care for one another.
Kay Pranis
Author and Trainer
"I was introduced to Jason Craige Harris in January of 2024. He came highly recommended by one of our trustees as someone who had the expertise and knowledge to engage senior leadership teams and boards of trustees. He and I discussed the types of workshops we needed on leading with dignity and respect. He listened to our needs and customized the workshops for each group. They were engaging, insightful and exceeded the expectations of the senior leadership team as well as the trustees. As a result of the positive feedback received from the spring workshops, we invited him to return to campus to lead additional workshops on similar topics for more than 300 staff members.
Vernese Edghill-Walden
Vice President for Equity & Inclusive Excellence Bucknell University
"Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional consultant with a unique ability to guide organizations through complex challenges and conflicts with both clarity and compassion. I personally call him 'the problem whisperer' because of his remarkable talent for resolving difficult issues and developing strategic solutions with ease. His expertise extends beyond DEB work—he excels in conflict mediation and strategy, ensuring meaningful, lasting change. Jason’s contributions to our organization were invaluable, and his calm, thoughtful approach makes him an essential partner for any organization looking to create more inclusive and equitable environments. It's been my privilege to work with him."
Kathryn Crosby
Vice President, Diversity, Equity, & Belonging (DEB)
“A thought partner committed to centering the humanity of every community member and seeing the humanity in every challenging situation, Jason is a trusted adviser for our administrative team. His divinity school training informs his work in schools and guides us to open our minds and hearts to the most important and often difficult questions we must ask of ourselves as we endeavor to create a community based on mutual concern. More than a first-rate facilitator, he is a talented teacher who models for us all what it means to be our best selves. My colleagues and I grow as leaders whenever we have the opportunity to work with him.”
Jane Foley Fried
Head of the Brearley School
"As a family foundation committed to internalizing racial equity, we realized the need to attend to interpersonal racism and power dynamics across and within Board and Staff. Jason powerfully facilitated separate Board and Staff groups in order to address the most salient issues for each group while guiding us along a shared learning journey which culminated in bringing the groups together to incorporate our learnings. Jason created the conditions for us to build trust and move forward. Jason's framework of building a culture of dignity and belonging has resonated so deeply with us that we are incorporating working with him into our regular, ongoing practice."
Ricshawn Adkins Roane
Executive Director Weissberg Foundatiom
"Jason Craige Harris is the diplomatic and empathetic expert that so many schools are looking for. With a deep understanding of the human experience, Jason enters spaces with compassion, care, and interest like none other. His ability to engage audiences through engaged listening is unparalleled. His depth of knowledge and strong emotional intelligence make him the perfect match for his work. Any organization, school, college, or university would be fortunate to have the opportunity to have Jason included in their future."
Kyle Wilkie-Glass
Chief Executive Officer Ethical Culture, Fieldston School
“Jason Craige Harris' facilitation centers dignity in both delivery and outcome. He delivers content and engages complex conversations with a comforting calm that demonstrates respect for all. His material is peppered with psychological research that grounds his presentation in something larger than itself. The outcome for our group was a deeper understanding of ourselves, each other, and our hopes for the workplace -- and, most notably, a concrete set of "Dignity Agreements" that will inform our cultural norms for years to come.”
Vince Watchorn
Executive Director, NYSAIS
“Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional leader and speaker who has made an impact within the AAIE global community. AAIE, a non-profit that works with international schools around the world, had the pleasure of engaging with Jason - and he made a lasting impression. He skillfully led thought-provoking sessions on Dignity, Dialogue, and Depolarization as well as Leading Through Complexity – A Strategic Approach to Tackling Big Challenges. These were timely and often challenging topics, and Jason approached them with deep knowledge, clarity, and a remarkable ability to engage participants in meaningful dialogue.
Laura Light
Executive Director, AAIE
“It is a pleasure to watch Jason Craige Harris work with a room full of people. The calm energy, compassion, and emotional awareness he brings are palpable; he combines genuine warmth and curiosity about people with exceptional commitment to broadening perspectives and helping people find common connections. His skill in leading meditation and mindfulness exercises comes from years of training and practice; no matter what level participants are at, he excels at leading sessions that ground and restore you, and holding discussions as a safe, welcoming space to share experiences. He doesn't shy away from sharing his own vulnerability, but remains in total command of his message and his audience.
Jim Freeman
Faculty, Philosophy and Religious Studies, St. Francis College
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Britta von Schoeler
President, Broadway Video
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Charlie Grode
President & Executive Director, Merit School of Music

"Jason has a knack for helping mission-driven organizations put their values into practice, starting from the inside. He brings a fresh perspective that helps teams turn daunting challenges into simpler steps that they can take together as part of a clear, cohesive strategy."
Manish Bapna
President and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council
“Jason Craige Harris is an expert guide through the turbulent waters of thorny dialogues and intricate group dynamics. He skillfully guides individuals and teams toward understanding and resolution with his kind, precise approach and exceptional expertise. From my experience, I can attest that his adept methods consistently lead to harmonious and productive results.”
Daisy Auger-Dominguez
National Inclusion Expert
“Jason is engaging. Jason is knowledgeable. Jason is compassionate. These three descriptive words truly just scratch the surface of Jason’s talents as a speaker and educator. He invites everyone into the conversation, makes the room welcoming and then shares his enormous wisdom. Everyone leaves Jason’s sessions with more knowledge and a desire to learn more.”
Casper Caldarola
Founder, Pollyanna
“Working with Jason helped me, and our organization, feel supported, seen and smarter about some of the most complex issues we had to unravel. He is equal parts strategist, scholar, and counselor. And while I turned to him for his leadership, I deeply appreciated his collaborative and generous spirit. We are stronger as a community for the work we did with him.”
Ann Shoket
CEO, TheLi.st
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I have had the privilege of working closely with Jason for nearly 3 years in a variety of capacities, first when Jason facilitated an equity learning group I participated in. Jason’s focus on dignity, empathy, and vulnerability had a profound impact on me and my leadership. When I faced one of the most significant leadership challenges in my career I turned to Jason for support for myself and for the whole team. Jason shepherded a group that was experiencing painful fissures in relationship through a process that brought us to greater understanding, trust, and healing – and to real, meaningful improvement in our ways of working together.
Amanda Skinner
President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
“I have come to know Jason through our work on RACE To Be Human, a film and evidence-based mental health literacy program for schools and businesses. Jason is not only in the film but also our social impact producer. I believe that it is his contribution to the documentary that has made it so well received across all aisles, parties and cultures. He is an exceptional facilitator, mediator and visionary thinker in the realm of conflict resolution. Jason epitomizes the qualities of a skilled professional in creating inclusive spaces, navigating intricate dynamics with empathy, and addressing the root causes of conflicts to establish sustainable solutions.
Scilla Andreen
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Having worked very closely with Jason as a facilitator, coach and strategist for my organization, I've observed his exceptional talent in all of those areas. He reads the tone, cadence and culture of my organization's unique culture with precision and insight, and fashions helpful solutions for organizational leaders and staff to both inspire and pursue an authentic culture of dignity and belonging.”
Vince Warren
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Jason Craige Harris is a gifted speaker and facilitator of content. He has been our primary facilitator of our executive curriculum of Leading & Belonging at Visa for the past two years. Beyond his ability to immediately capture his audience's attention, Jason shines even brighter as he engages people through thoughtful reflection, storytelling and uses relevant and timely examples to make the content real. This is especially evident when the content is complex or challenging for people to accept. Jason’s ability to create a safe space for interaction, for constructive conflict is exceptional. I highly recommend Jason - he is amazing.”
Jon Wheeler
Head of Inclusion & Diversity Learning, Visa
“Jason Craige Harris is an unusually skilled facilitator and teacher. Over the past several years of working together closely, I have often referred to Jason as a magician. I have seen few if any people hold a space as well as he does--including under the most challenging of circumstances. He has an exceptional ability to work with people across a wide range of differences--and for everyone to leave the room or experience with their dignity intact and a greater sense of inclusion and understanding. There is at once power and beauty in how Jason is able to bring ideas and people together.”
John Palfrey
President, MacArthur Foundation
“Jason is the type of leader and facilitator that leaves you with a feeling that you are engaged on a journey toward freedom. He is thoughtful, warm and patient. His style is motivational and very servant led. He isn't a braggart and you won't have the sense that he's just in for the quick fix. It's clear he's in for the long ride toward social justice and liberation for everyone he encounters. It has been my absolute joy to learn and work with him.”
George Walker
Chief Equity Officer, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
“I am so deeply grateful to be part Jason Craige Harris's orbit. He is a strategist, a philosopher, a coach, and a healer. Jason weaves together insights from the mind sciences, organizational development, philosophy, restorative practice, literature, history and is developing new strategies that are having remarkable impacts. He brings wisdom, empathy, compassion, and (often) humor to all of his work, from individual meetings, small groups, to electrifying speeches. And most meaningfully, Jason treats every person with dignity, and by modeling this ideal, he inspires the rest of us to be our best selves.”
Rachel D. Godsil
Distinguished Professor of Law Co-Founder, Perception Institute & Perception Strategies
“Whether doing a keynote, leading a workshop, or facilitating a discussion, I always walk away from experiences with Jason feeling included and enlightened. Jason has great expertise around myriad issues that leaders are facing. What sets Jason apart is the way he goes about creating a community that allows for progress and growth. Whether he is working with people he is familiar with or working with people he has just met, I always feel more connected to others in the spaces that Jason leads. That along with his deep knowledge makes Jason greatly effective. I'm grateful Jason is dedicating his career to helping others achieve and grow.”
José De Jesús
Head of School, The Dalton School
“There are many on the speakers’ circuit who point to issues and goals. Jason is one of the few who give you valuable tools to help your community move from need to goal. He has a wonderful grasp of both theory and the on-the-ground reality of how to make things work in an organization. Further, the care and warmth with which he does his presentations make anyone feel at ease with what can be challenging material.”
Bob Mattingly
Executive Director, The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education
“Jason is an extremely special find - as a practitioner, a board member, teacher, facilitator, colleague, co-collaborator and just a really good friend. He is kind, compassionate, insightful, hard working and smart as a whip. He is a seeker of knowledge, jumps into experiences as a true learner, reads everything and combines it all into his own unique understandings - which he then teaches to others. His emotional intelligence is so high, that I think he could be thrown into any situation - no matter how contentious - and add value.
Elizabeth Clements
Founder and Executive Director, Hidden Water
“It has been an extraordinary privilege for me and my learning community to work with Jason Craige Harris. He has guided us as an organization to collaborate together with more awareness, grace and care for each other. He not only is a master facilitator and educator, but also a healer of souls. To spend time with Jason is to feel grounded and profoundly seen as he holds space for deeper listening and understanding among all the stakeholders in the conversation.
Terry Knickerbocker
Studio Director, Terry Knickerbocker Studio
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“Jason and I have worked together in the context of my work with the Peacemaking Circle process and Restorative Justice. At a personal level I turn to Jason for perspective, insight and hopefulness when I am feeling challenged and uncertain about how to move forward working with people in complex, difficult relationships. At a community level I refer colleagues to Jason’s writings, particularly his writings about organizational change toward organizations founded in equity and care for one another.
Kay Pranis
Author and Trainer
"I was introduced to Jason Craige Harris in January of 2024. He came highly recommended by one of our trustees as someone who had the expertise and knowledge to engage senior leadership teams and boards of trustees. He and I discussed the types of workshops we needed on leading with dignity and respect. He listened to our needs and customized the workshops for each group. They were engaging, insightful and exceeded the expectations of the senior leadership team as well as the trustees. As a result of the positive feedback received from the spring workshops, we invited him to return to campus to lead additional workshops on similar topics for more than 300 staff members.
Vernese Edghill-Walden
Vice President for Equity & Inclusive Excellence Bucknell University
"Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional consultant with a unique ability to guide organizations through complex challenges and conflicts with both clarity and compassion. I personally call him 'the problem whisperer' because of his remarkable talent for resolving difficult issues and developing strategic solutions with ease. His expertise extends beyond DEB work—he excels in conflict mediation and strategy, ensuring meaningful, lasting change. Jason’s contributions to our organization were invaluable, and his calm, thoughtful approach makes him an essential partner for any organization looking to create more inclusive and equitable environments. It's been my privilege to work with him."
Kathryn Crosby
Vice President, Diversity, Equity, & Belonging (DEB)
“A thought partner committed to centering the humanity of every community member and seeing the humanity in every challenging situation, Jason is a trusted adviser for our administrative team. His divinity school training informs his work in schools and guides us to open our minds and hearts to the most important and often difficult questions we must ask of ourselves as we endeavor to create a community based on mutual concern. More than a first-rate facilitator, he is a talented teacher who models for us all what it means to be our best selves. My colleagues and I grow as leaders whenever we have the opportunity to work with him.”
Jane Foley Fried
Head of the Brearley School
"As a family foundation committed to internalizing racial equity, we realized the need to attend to interpersonal racism and power dynamics across and within Board and Staff. Jason powerfully facilitated separate Board and Staff groups in order to address the most salient issues for each group while guiding us along a shared learning journey which culminated in bringing the groups together to incorporate our learnings. Jason created the conditions for us to build trust and move forward. Jason's framework of building a culture of dignity and belonging has resonated so deeply with us that we are incorporating working with him into our regular, ongoing practice."
Ricshawn Adkins Roane
Executive Director Weissberg Foundatiom
"Jason Craige Harris is the diplomatic and empathetic expert that so many schools are looking for. With a deep understanding of the human experience, Jason enters spaces with compassion, care, and interest like none other. His ability to engage audiences through engaged listening is unparalleled. His depth of knowledge and strong emotional intelligence make him the perfect match for his work. Any organization, school, college, or university would be fortunate to have the opportunity to have Jason included in their future."
Kyle Wilkie-Glass
Chief Executive Officer Ethical Culture, Fieldston School
“Jason Craige Harris' facilitation centers dignity in both delivery and outcome. He delivers content and engages complex conversations with a comforting calm that demonstrates respect for all. His material is peppered with psychological research that grounds his presentation in something larger than itself. The outcome for our group was a deeper understanding of ourselves, each other, and our hopes for the workplace -- and, most notably, a concrete set of "Dignity Agreements" that will inform our cultural norms for years to come.”
Vince Watchorn
Executive Director, NYSAIS
“Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional leader and speaker who has made an impact within the AAIE global community. AAIE, a non-profit that works with international schools around the world, had the pleasure of engaging with Jason - and he made a lasting impression. He skillfully led thought-provoking sessions on Dignity, Dialogue, and Depolarization as well as Leading Through Complexity – A Strategic Approach to Tackling Big Challenges. These were timely and often challenging topics, and Jason approached them with deep knowledge, clarity, and a remarkable ability to engage participants in meaningful dialogue.
Laura Light
Executive Director, AAIE
“It is a pleasure to watch Jason Craige Harris work with a room full of people. The calm energy, compassion, and emotional awareness he brings are palpable; he combines genuine warmth and curiosity about people with exceptional commitment to broadening perspectives and helping people find common connections. His skill in leading meditation and mindfulness exercises comes from years of training and practice; no matter what level participants are at, he excels at leading sessions that ground and restore you, and holding discussions as a safe, welcoming space to share experiences. He doesn't shy away from sharing his own vulnerability, but remains in total command of his message and his audience.
Jim Freeman
Faculty, Philosophy and Religious Studies, St. Francis College
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Britta von Schoeler
President, Broadway Video
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Charlie Grode
President & Executive Director, Merit School of Music
"Jason has a knack for helping mission-driven organizations put their values into practice, starting from the inside. He brings a fresh perspective that helps teams turn daunting challenges into simpler steps that they can take together as part of a clear, cohesive strategy."
Manish Bapna
President and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council
“Jason Craige Harris is an expert guide through the turbulent waters of thorny dialogues and intricate group dynamics. He skillfully guides individuals and teams toward understanding and resolution with his kind, precise approach and exceptional expertise. From my experience, I can attest that his adept methods consistently lead to harmonious and productive results.”
Daisy Auger-Dominguez
National Inclusion Expert
“Jason is engaging. Jason is knowledgeable. Jason is compassionate. These three descriptive words truly just scratch the surface of Jason’s talents as a speaker and educator. He invites everyone into the conversation, makes the room welcoming and then shares his enormous wisdom. Everyone leaves Jason’s sessions with more knowledge and a desire to learn more.”
Casper Caldarola
Founder, Pollyanna
“Working with Jason helped me, and our organization, feel supported, seen and smarter about some of the most complex issues we had to unravel. He is equal parts strategist, scholar, and counselor. And while I turned to him for his leadership, I deeply appreciated his collaborative and generous spirit. We are stronger as a community for the work we did with him.”
Ann Shoket
CEO, TheLi.st
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I have had the privilege of working closely with Jason for nearly 3 years in a variety of capacities, first when Jason facilitated an equity learning group I participated in. Jason’s focus on dignity, empathy, and vulnerability had a profound impact on me and my leadership. When I faced one of the most significant leadership challenges in my career I turned to Jason for support for myself and for the whole team. Jason shepherded a group that was experiencing painful fissures in relationship through a process that brought us to greater understanding, trust, and healing – and to real, meaningful improvement in our ways of working together.
Amanda Skinner
President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
“I have come to know Jason through our work on RACE To Be Human, a film and evidence-based mental health literacy program for schools and businesses. Jason is not only in the film but also our social impact producer. I believe that it is his contribution to the documentary that has made it so well received across all aisles, parties and cultures. He is an exceptional facilitator, mediator and visionary thinker in the realm of conflict resolution. Jason epitomizes the qualities of a skilled professional in creating inclusive spaces, navigating intricate dynamics with empathy, and addressing the root causes of conflicts to establish sustainable solutions.
Scilla Andreen
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Having worked very closely with Jason as a facilitator, coach and strategist for my organization, I've observed his exceptional talent in all of those areas. He reads the tone, cadence and culture of my organization's unique culture with precision and insight, and fashions helpful solutions for organizational leaders and staff to both inspire and pursue an authentic culture of dignity and belonging.”
Vince Warren
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Jason Craige Harris is a gifted speaker and facilitator of content. He has been our primary facilitator of our executive curriculum of Leading & Belonging at Visa for the past two years. Beyond his ability to immediately capture his audience's attention, Jason shines even brighter as he engages people through thoughtful reflection, storytelling and uses relevant and timely examples to make the content real. This is especially evident when the content is complex or challenging for people to accept. Jason’s ability to create a safe space for interaction, for constructive conflict is exceptional. I highly recommend Jason - he is amazing.”
Jon Wheeler
Head of Inclusion & Diversity Learning, Visa
“Jason Craige Harris is an unusually skilled facilitator and teacher. Over the past several years of working together closely, I have often referred to Jason as a magician. I have seen few if any people hold a space as well as he does--including under the most challenging of circumstances. He has an exceptional ability to work with people across a wide range of differences--and for everyone to leave the room or experience with their dignity intact and a greater sense of inclusion and understanding. There is at once power and beauty in how Jason is able to bring ideas and people together.”
John Palfrey
President, MacArthur Foundation
“Jason is the type of leader and facilitator that leaves you with a feeling that you are engaged on a journey toward freedom. He is thoughtful, warm and patient. His style is motivational and very servant led. He isn't a braggart and you won't have the sense that he's just in for the quick fix. It's clear he's in for the long ride toward social justice and liberation for everyone he encounters. It has been my absolute joy to learn and work with him.”
George Walker
Chief Equity Officer, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
“I am so deeply grateful to be part Jason Craige Harris's orbit. He is a strategist, a philosopher, a coach, and a healer. Jason weaves together insights from the mind sciences, organizational development, philosophy, restorative practice, literature, history and is developing new strategies that are having remarkable impacts. He brings wisdom, empathy, compassion, and (often) humor to all of his work, from individual meetings, small groups, to electrifying speeches. And most meaningfully, Jason treats every person with dignity, and by modeling this ideal, he inspires the rest of us to be our best selves.”
Rachel D. Godsil
Distinguished Professor of Law Co-Founder, Perception Institute & Perception Strategies
“Whether doing a keynote, leading a workshop, or facilitating a discussion, I always walk away from experiences with Jason feeling included and enlightened. Jason has great expertise around myriad issues that leaders are facing. What sets Jason apart is the way he goes about creating a community that allows for progress and growth. Whether he is working with people he is familiar with or working with people he has just met, I always feel more connected to others in the spaces that Jason leads. That along with his deep knowledge makes Jason greatly effective. I'm grateful Jason is dedicating his career to helping others achieve and grow.”
José De Jesús
Head of School, The Dalton School
“There are many on the speakers’ circuit who point to issues and goals. Jason is one of the few who give you valuable tools to help your community move from need to goal. He has a wonderful grasp of both theory and the on-the-ground reality of how to make things work in an organization. Further, the care and warmth with which he does his presentations make anyone feel at ease with what can be challenging material.”
Bob Mattingly
Executive Director, The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education
“Jason is an extremely special find - as a practitioner, a board member, teacher, facilitator, colleague, co-collaborator and just a really good friend. He is kind, compassionate, insightful, hard working and smart as a whip. He is a seeker of knowledge, jumps into experiences as a true learner, reads everything and combines it all into his own unique understandings - which he then teaches to others. His emotional intelligence is so high, that I think he could be thrown into any situation - no matter how contentious - and add value.
Elizabeth Clements
Founder and Executive Director, Hidden Water
“It has been an extraordinary privilege for me and my learning community to work with Jason Craige Harris. He has guided us as an organization to collaborate together with more awareness, grace and care for each other. He not only is a master facilitator and educator, but also a healer of souls. To spend time with Jason is to feel grounded and profoundly seen as he holds space for deeper listening and understanding among all the stakeholders in the conversation.
Terry Knickerbocker
Studio Director, Terry Knickerbocker Studio
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“Jason and I have worked together in the context of my work with the Peacemaking Circle process and Restorative Justice. At a personal level I turn to Jason for perspective, insight and hopefulness when I am feeling challenged and uncertain about how to move forward working with people in complex, difficult relationships. At a community level I refer colleagues to Jason’s writings, particularly his writings about organizational change toward organizations founded in equity and care for one another.
Kay Pranis
Author and Trainer
"I was introduced to Jason Craige Harris in January of 2024. He came highly recommended by one of our trustees as someone who had the expertise and knowledge to engage senior leadership teams and boards of trustees. He and I discussed the types of workshops we needed on leading with dignity and respect. He listened to our needs and customized the workshops for each group. They were engaging, insightful and exceeded the expectations of the senior leadership team as well as the trustees. As a result of the positive feedback received from the spring workshops, we invited him to return to campus to lead additional workshops on similar topics for more than 300 staff members.
Vernese Edghill-Walden
Vice President for Equity & Inclusive Excellence Bucknell University
"Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional consultant with a unique ability to guide organizations through complex challenges and conflicts with both clarity and compassion. I personally call him 'the problem whisperer' because of his remarkable talent for resolving difficult issues and developing strategic solutions with ease. His expertise extends beyond DEB work—he excels in conflict mediation and strategy, ensuring meaningful, lasting change. Jason’s contributions to our organization were invaluable, and his calm, thoughtful approach makes him an essential partner for any organization looking to create more inclusive and equitable environments. It's been my privilege to work with him."
Kathryn Crosby
Vice President, Diversity, Equity, & Belonging (DEB)
“A thought partner committed to centering the humanity of every community member and seeing the humanity in every challenging situation, Jason is a trusted adviser for our administrative team. His divinity school training informs his work in schools and guides us to open our minds and hearts to the most important and often difficult questions we must ask of ourselves as we endeavor to create a community based on mutual concern. More than a first-rate facilitator, he is a talented teacher who models for us all what it means to be our best selves. My colleagues and I grow as leaders whenever we have the opportunity to work with him.”
Jane Foley Fried
Head of the Brearley School
"As a family foundation committed to internalizing racial equity, we realized the need to attend to interpersonal racism and power dynamics across and within Board and Staff. Jason powerfully facilitated separate Board and Staff groups in order to address the most salient issues for each group while guiding us along a shared learning journey which culminated in bringing the groups together to incorporate our learnings. Jason created the conditions for us to build trust and move forward. Jason's framework of building a culture of dignity and belonging has resonated so deeply with us that we are incorporating working with him into our regular, ongoing practice."
Ricshawn Adkins Roane
Executive Director Weissberg Foundatiom
"Jason Craige Harris is the diplomatic and empathetic expert that so many schools are looking for. With a deep understanding of the human experience, Jason enters spaces with compassion, care, and interest like none other. His ability to engage audiences through engaged listening is unparalleled. His depth of knowledge and strong emotional intelligence make him the perfect match for his work. Any organization, school, college, or university would be fortunate to have the opportunity to have Jason included in their future."
Kyle Wilkie-Glass
Chief Executive Officer Ethical Culture, Fieldston School
“Jason Craige Harris' facilitation centers dignity in both delivery and outcome. He delivers content and engages complex conversations with a comforting calm that demonstrates respect for all. His material is peppered with psychological research that grounds his presentation in something larger than itself. The outcome for our group was a deeper understanding of ourselves, each other, and our hopes for the workplace -- and, most notably, a concrete set of "Dignity Agreements" that will inform our cultural norms for years to come.”
Vince Watchorn
Executive Director, NYSAIS
“Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional leader and speaker who has made an impact within the AAIE global community. AAIE, a non-profit that works with international schools around the world, had the pleasure of engaging with Jason - and he made a lasting impression. He skillfully led thought-provoking sessions on Dignity, Dialogue, and Depolarization as well as Leading Through Complexity – A Strategic Approach to Tackling Big Challenges. These were timely and often challenging topics, and Jason approached them with deep knowledge, clarity, and a remarkable ability to engage participants in meaningful dialogue.
Laura Light
Executive Director, AAIE
“It is a pleasure to watch Jason Craige Harris work with a room full of people. The calm energy, compassion, and emotional awareness he brings are palpable; he combines genuine warmth and curiosity about people with exceptional commitment to broadening perspectives and helping people find common connections. His skill in leading meditation and mindfulness exercises comes from years of training and practice; no matter what level participants are at, he excels at leading sessions that ground and restore you, and holding discussions as a safe, welcoming space to share experiences. He doesn't shy away from sharing his own vulnerability, but remains in total command of his message and his audience.
Jim Freeman
Faculty, Philosophy and Religious Studies, St. Francis College
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Britta von Schoeler
President, Broadway Video
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Charlie Grode
President & Executive Director, Merit School of Music
"Jason has a knack for helping mission-driven organizations put their values into practice, starting from the inside. He brings a fresh perspective that helps teams turn daunting challenges into simpler steps that they can take together as part of a clear, cohesive strategy."
Manish Bapna
President and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council
“Jason Craige Harris is an expert guide through the turbulent waters of thorny dialogues and intricate group dynamics. He skillfully guides individuals and teams toward understanding and resolution with his kind, precise approach and exceptional expertise. From my experience, I can attest that his adept methods consistently lead to harmonious and productive results.”
Daisy Auger-Dominguez
National Inclusion Expert
“Jason is engaging. Jason is knowledgeable. Jason is compassionate. These three descriptive words truly just scratch the surface of Jason’s talents as a speaker and educator. He invites everyone into the conversation, makes the room welcoming and then shares his enormous wisdom. Everyone leaves Jason’s sessions with more knowledge and a desire to learn more.”
Casper Caldarola
Founder, Pollyanna
“Working with Jason helped me, and our organization, feel supported, seen and smarter about some of the most complex issues we had to unravel. He is equal parts strategist, scholar, and counselor. And while I turned to him for his leadership, I deeply appreciated his collaborative and generous spirit. We are stronger as a community for the work we did with him.”
Ann Shoket
CEO, TheLi.st
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I have had the privilege of working closely with Jason for nearly 3 years in a variety of capacities, first when Jason facilitated an equity learning group I participated in. Jason’s focus on dignity, empathy, and vulnerability had a profound impact on me and my leadership. When I faced one of the most significant leadership challenges in my career I turned to Jason for support for myself and for the whole team. Jason shepherded a group that was experiencing painful fissures in relationship through a process that brought us to greater understanding, trust, and healing – and to real, meaningful improvement in our ways of working together.
Amanda Skinner
President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
“I have come to know Jason through our work on RACE To Be Human, a film and evidence-based mental health literacy program for schools and businesses. Jason is not only in the film but also our social impact producer. I believe that it is his contribution to the documentary that has made it so well received across all aisles, parties and cultures. He is an exceptional facilitator, mediator and visionary thinker in the realm of conflict resolution. Jason epitomizes the qualities of a skilled professional in creating inclusive spaces, navigating intricate dynamics with empathy, and addressing the root causes of conflicts to establish sustainable solutions.
Scilla Andreen
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Having worked very closely with Jason as a facilitator, coach and strategist for my organization, I've observed his exceptional talent in all of those areas. He reads the tone, cadence and culture of my organization's unique culture with precision and insight, and fashions helpful solutions for organizational leaders and staff to both inspire and pursue an authentic culture of dignity and belonging.”
Vince Warren
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Jason Craige Harris is a gifted speaker and facilitator of content. He has been our primary facilitator of our executive curriculum of Leading & Belonging at Visa for the past two years. Beyond his ability to immediately capture his audience's attention, Jason shines even brighter as he engages people through thoughtful reflection, storytelling and uses relevant and timely examples to make the content real. This is especially evident when the content is complex or challenging for people to accept. Jason’s ability to create a safe space for interaction, for constructive conflict is exceptional. I highly recommend Jason - he is amazing.”
Jon Wheeler
Head of Inclusion & Diversity Learning, Visa
“Jason Craige Harris is an unusually skilled facilitator and teacher. Over the past several years of working together closely, I have often referred to Jason as a magician. I have seen few if any people hold a space as well as he does--including under the most challenging of circumstances. He has an exceptional ability to work with people across a wide range of differences--and for everyone to leave the room or experience with their dignity intact and a greater sense of inclusion and understanding. There is at once power and beauty in how Jason is able to bring ideas and people together.”
John Palfrey
President, MacArthur Foundation
“Jason is the type of leader and facilitator that leaves you with a feeling that you are engaged on a journey toward freedom. He is thoughtful, warm and patient. His style is motivational and very servant led. He isn't a braggart and you won't have the sense that he's just in for the quick fix. It's clear he's in for the long ride toward social justice and liberation for everyone he encounters. It has been my absolute joy to learn and work with him.”
George Walker
Chief Equity Officer, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
“I am so deeply grateful to be part Jason Craige Harris's orbit. He is a strategist, a philosopher, a coach, and a healer. Jason weaves together insights from the mind sciences, organizational development, philosophy, restorative practice, literature, history and is developing new strategies that are having remarkable impacts. He brings wisdom, empathy, compassion, and (often) humor to all of his work, from individual meetings, small groups, to electrifying speeches. And most meaningfully, Jason treats every person with dignity, and by modeling this ideal, he inspires the rest of us to be our best selves.”
Rachel D. Godsil
Distinguished Professor of Law Co-Founder, Perception Institute & Perception Strategies
“Whether doing a keynote, leading a workshop, or facilitating a discussion, I always walk away from experiences with Jason feeling included and enlightened. Jason has great expertise around myriad issues that leaders are facing. What sets Jason apart is the way he goes about creating a community that allows for progress and growth. Whether he is working with people he is familiar with or working with people he has just met, I always feel more connected to others in the spaces that Jason leads. That along with his deep knowledge makes Jason greatly effective. I'm grateful Jason is dedicating his career to helping others achieve and grow.”
José De Jesús
Head of School, The Dalton School
“There are many on the speakers’ circuit who point to issues and goals. Jason is one of the few who give you valuable tools to help your community move from need to goal. He has a wonderful grasp of both theory and the on-the-ground reality of how to make things work in an organization. Further, the care and warmth with which he does his presentations make anyone feel at ease with what can be challenging material.”
Bob Mattingly
Executive Director, The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education
“Jason is an extremely special find - as a practitioner, a board member, teacher, facilitator, colleague, co-collaborator and just a really good friend. He is kind, compassionate, insightful, hard working and smart as a whip. He is a seeker of knowledge, jumps into experiences as a true learner, reads everything and combines it all into his own unique understandings - which he then teaches to others. His emotional intelligence is so high, that I think he could be thrown into any situation - no matter how contentious - and add value.
Elizabeth Clements
Founder and Executive Director, Hidden Water
“It has been an extraordinary privilege for me and my learning community to work with Jason Craige Harris. He has guided us as an organization to collaborate together with more awareness, grace and care for each other. He not only is a master facilitator and educator, but also a healer of souls. To spend time with Jason is to feel grounded and profoundly seen as he holds space for deeper listening and understanding among all the stakeholders in the conversation.
Terry Knickerbocker
Studio Director, Terry Knickerbocker Studio
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“Jason and I have worked together in the context of my work with the Peacemaking Circle process and Restorative Justice. At a personal level I turn to Jason for perspective, insight and hopefulness when I am feeling challenged and uncertain about how to move forward working with people in complex, difficult relationships. At a community level I refer colleagues to Jason’s writings, particularly his writings about organizational change toward organizations founded in equity and care for one another.
Kay Pranis
Author and Trainer
"I was introduced to Jason Craige Harris in January of 2024. He came highly recommended by one of our trustees as someone who had the expertise and knowledge to engage senior leadership teams and boards of trustees. He and I discussed the types of workshops we needed on leading with dignity and respect. He listened to our needs and customized the workshops for each group. They were engaging, insightful and exceeded the expectations of the senior leadership team as well as the trustees. As a result of the positive feedback received from the spring workshops, we invited him to return to campus to lead additional workshops on similar topics for more than 300 staff members.
Vernese Edghill-Walden
Vice President for Equity & Inclusive Excellence Bucknell University
"Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional consultant with a unique ability to guide organizations through complex challenges and conflicts with both clarity and compassion. I personally call him 'the problem whisperer' because of his remarkable talent for resolving difficult issues and developing strategic solutions with ease. His expertise extends beyond DEB work—he excels in conflict mediation and strategy, ensuring meaningful, lasting change. Jason’s contributions to our organization were invaluable, and his calm, thoughtful approach makes him an essential partner for any organization looking to create more inclusive and equitable environments. It's been my privilege to work with him."
Kathryn Crosby
Vice President, Diversity, Equity, & Belonging (DEB)
“A thought partner committed to centering the humanity of every community member and seeing the humanity in every challenging situation, Jason is a trusted adviser for our administrative team. His divinity school training informs his work in schools and guides us to open our minds and hearts to the most important and often difficult questions we must ask of ourselves as we endeavor to create a community based on mutual concern. More than a first-rate facilitator, he is a talented teacher who models for us all what it means to be our best selves. My colleagues and I grow as leaders whenever we have the opportunity to work with him.”
Jane Foley Fried
Head of the Brearley School
"As a family foundation committed to internalizing racial equity, we realized the need to attend to interpersonal racism and power dynamics across and within Board and Staff. Jason powerfully facilitated separate Board and Staff groups in order to address the most salient issues for each group while guiding us along a shared learning journey which culminated in bringing the groups together to incorporate our learnings. Jason created the conditions for us to build trust and move forward. Jason's framework of building a culture of dignity and belonging has resonated so deeply with us that we are incorporating working with him into our regular, ongoing practice."
Ricshawn Adkins Roane
Executive Director Weissberg Foundatiom
"Jason Craige Harris is the diplomatic and empathetic expert that so many schools are looking for. With a deep understanding of the human experience, Jason enters spaces with compassion, care, and interest like none other. His ability to engage audiences through engaged listening is unparalleled. His depth of knowledge and strong emotional intelligence make him the perfect match for his work. Any organization, school, college, or university would be fortunate to have the opportunity to have Jason included in their future."
Kyle Wilkie-Glass
Chief Executive Officer Ethical Culture, Fieldston School
“Jason Craige Harris' facilitation centers dignity in both delivery and outcome. He delivers content and engages complex conversations with a comforting calm that demonstrates respect for all. His material is peppered with psychological research that grounds his presentation in something larger than itself. The outcome for our group was a deeper understanding of ourselves, each other, and our hopes for the workplace -- and, most notably, a concrete set of "Dignity Agreements" that will inform our cultural norms for years to come.”
Vince Watchorn
Executive Director, NYSAIS
“Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional leader and speaker who has made an impact within the AAIE global community. AAIE, a non-profit that works with international schools around the world, had the pleasure of engaging with Jason - and he made a lasting impression. He skillfully led thought-provoking sessions on Dignity, Dialogue, and Depolarization as well as Leading Through Complexity – A Strategic Approach to Tackling Big Challenges. These were timely and often challenging topics, and Jason approached them with deep knowledge, clarity, and a remarkable ability to engage participants in meaningful dialogue.
Laura Light
Executive Director, AAIE
“It is a pleasure to watch Jason Craige Harris work with a room full of people. The calm energy, compassion, and emotional awareness he brings are palpable; he combines genuine warmth and curiosity about people with exceptional commitment to broadening perspectives and helping people find common connections. His skill in leading meditation and mindfulness exercises comes from years of training and practice; no matter what level participants are at, he excels at leading sessions that ground and restore you, and holding discussions as a safe, welcoming space to share experiences. He doesn't shy away from sharing his own vulnerability, but remains in total command of his message and his audience.
Jim Freeman
Faculty, Philosophy and Religious Studies, St. Francis College
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Britta von Schoeler
President, Broadway Video
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Charlie Grode
President & Executive Director, Merit School of Music
"Jason has a knack for helping mission-driven organizations put their values into practice, starting from the inside. He brings a fresh perspective that helps teams turn daunting challenges into simpler steps that they can take together as part of a clear, cohesive strategy."
Manish Bapna
President and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council
“Jason Craige Harris is an expert guide through the turbulent waters of thorny dialogues and intricate group dynamics. He skillfully guides individuals and teams toward understanding and resolution with his kind, precise approach and exceptional expertise. From my experience, I can attest that his adept methods consistently lead to harmonious and productive results.”
Daisy Auger-Dominguez
National Inclusion Expert
“Jason is engaging. Jason is knowledgeable. Jason is compassionate. These three descriptive words truly just scratch the surface of Jason’s talents as a speaker and educator. He invites everyone into the conversation, makes the room welcoming and then shares his enormous wisdom. Everyone leaves Jason’s sessions with more knowledge and a desire to learn more.”
Casper Caldarola
Founder, Pollyanna
“Working with Jason helped me, and our organization, feel supported, seen and smarter about some of the most complex issues we had to unravel. He is equal parts strategist, scholar, and counselor. And while I turned to him for his leadership, I deeply appreciated his collaborative and generous spirit. We are stronger as a community for the work we did with him.”
Ann Shoket
CEO, TheLi.st
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I have had the privilege of working closely with Jason for nearly 3 years in a variety of capacities, first when Jason facilitated an equity learning group I participated in. Jason’s focus on dignity, empathy, and vulnerability had a profound impact on me and my leadership. When I faced one of the most significant leadership challenges in my career I turned to Jason for support for myself and for the whole team. Jason shepherded a group that was experiencing painful fissures in relationship through a process that brought us to greater understanding, trust, and healing – and to real, meaningful improvement in our ways of working together.
Amanda Skinner
President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
“I have come to know Jason through our work on RACE To Be Human, a film and evidence-based mental health literacy program for schools and businesses. Jason is not only in the film but also our social impact producer. I believe that it is his contribution to the documentary that has made it so well received across all aisles, parties and cultures. He is an exceptional facilitator, mediator and visionary thinker in the realm of conflict resolution. Jason epitomizes the qualities of a skilled professional in creating inclusive spaces, navigating intricate dynamics with empathy, and addressing the root causes of conflicts to establish sustainable solutions.
Scilla Andreen
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Having worked very closely with Jason as a facilitator, coach and strategist for my organization, I've observed his exceptional talent in all of those areas. He reads the tone, cadence and culture of my organization's unique culture with precision and insight, and fashions helpful solutions for organizational leaders and staff to both inspire and pursue an authentic culture of dignity and belonging.”
Vince Warren
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Jason Craige Harris is a gifted speaker and facilitator of content. He has been our primary facilitator of our executive curriculum of Leading & Belonging at Visa for the past two years. Beyond his ability to immediately capture his audience's attention, Jason shines even brighter as he engages people through thoughtful reflection, storytelling and uses relevant and timely examples to make the content real. This is especially evident when the content is complex or challenging for people to accept. Jason’s ability to create a safe space for interaction, for constructive conflict is exceptional. I highly recommend Jason - he is amazing.”
Jon Wheeler
Head of Inclusion & Diversity Learning, Visa
“Jason Craige Harris is an unusually skilled facilitator and teacher. Over the past several years of working together closely, I have often referred to Jason as a magician. I have seen few if any people hold a space as well as he does--including under the most challenging of circumstances. He has an exceptional ability to work with people across a wide range of differences--and for everyone to leave the room or experience with their dignity intact and a greater sense of inclusion and understanding. There is at once power and beauty in how Jason is able to bring ideas and people together.”
John Palfrey
President, MacArthur Foundation
“Jason is the type of leader and facilitator that leaves you with a feeling that you are engaged on a journey toward freedom. He is thoughtful, warm and patient. His style is motivational and very servant led. He isn't a braggart and you won't have the sense that he's just in for the quick fix. It's clear he's in for the long ride toward social justice and liberation for everyone he encounters. It has been my absolute joy to learn and work with him.”
George Walker
Chief Equity Officer, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
“I am so deeply grateful to be part Jason Craige Harris's orbit. He is a strategist, a philosopher, a coach, and a healer. Jason weaves together insights from the mind sciences, organizational development, philosophy, restorative practice, literature, history and is developing new strategies that are having remarkable impacts. He brings wisdom, empathy, compassion, and (often) humor to all of his work, from individual meetings, small groups, to electrifying speeches. And most meaningfully, Jason treats every person with dignity, and by modeling this ideal, he inspires the rest of us to be our best selves.”
Rachel D. Godsil
Distinguished Professor of Law Co-Founder, Perception Institute & Perception Strategies
“Whether doing a keynote, leading a workshop, or facilitating a discussion, I always walk away from experiences with Jason feeling included and enlightened. Jason has great expertise around myriad issues that leaders are facing. What sets Jason apart is the way he goes about creating a community that allows for progress and growth. Whether he is working with people he is familiar with or working with people he has just met, I always feel more connected to others in the spaces that Jason leads. That along with his deep knowledge makes Jason greatly effective. I'm grateful Jason is dedicating his career to helping others achieve and grow.”
José De Jesús
Head of School, The Dalton School
“There are many on the speakers’ circuit who point to issues and goals. Jason is one of the few who give you valuable tools to help your community move from need to goal. He has a wonderful grasp of both theory and the on-the-ground reality of how to make things work in an organization. Further, the care and warmth with which he does his presentations make anyone feel at ease with what can be challenging material.”
Bob Mattingly
Executive Director, The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education
“Jason is an extremely special find - as a practitioner, a board member, teacher, facilitator, colleague, co-collaborator and just a really good friend. He is kind, compassionate, insightful, hard working and smart as a whip. He is a seeker of knowledge, jumps into experiences as a true learner, reads everything and combines it all into his own unique understandings - which he then teaches to others. His emotional intelligence is so high, that I think he could be thrown into any situation - no matter how contentious - and add value.
Elizabeth Clements
Founder and Executive Director, Hidden Water
“It has been an extraordinary privilege for me and my learning community to work with Jason Craige Harris. He has guided us as an organization to collaborate together with more awareness, grace and care for each other. He not only is a master facilitator and educator, but also a healer of souls. To spend time with Jason is to feel grounded and profoundly seen as he holds space for deeper listening and understanding among all the stakeholders in the conversation.
Terry Knickerbocker
Studio Director, Terry Knickerbocker Studio
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“Jason and I have worked together in the context of my work with the Peacemaking Circle process and Restorative Justice. At a personal level I turn to Jason for perspective, insight and hopefulness when I am feeling challenged and uncertain about how to move forward working with people in complex, difficult relationships. At a community level I refer colleagues to Jason’s writings, particularly his writings about organizational change toward organizations founded in equity and care for one another.
Kay Pranis
Author and Trainer
"I was introduced to Jason Craige Harris in January of 2024. He came highly recommended by one of our trustees as someone who had the expertise and knowledge to engage senior leadership teams and boards of trustees. He and I discussed the types of workshops we needed on leading with dignity and respect. He listened to our needs and customized the workshops for each group. They were engaging, insightful and exceeded the expectations of the senior leadership team as well as the trustees. As a result of the positive feedback received from the spring workshops, we invited him to return to campus to lead additional workshops on similar topics for more than 300 staff members.
Vernese Edghill-Walden
Vice President for Equity & Inclusive Excellence Bucknell University
"Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional consultant with a unique ability to guide organizations through complex challenges and conflicts with both clarity and compassion. I personally call him 'the problem whisperer' because of his remarkable talent for resolving difficult issues and developing strategic solutions with ease. His expertise extends beyond DEB work—he excels in conflict mediation and strategy, ensuring meaningful, lasting change. Jason’s contributions to our organization were invaluable, and his calm, thoughtful approach makes him an essential partner for any organization looking to create more inclusive and equitable environments. It's been my privilege to work with him."
Kathryn Crosby
Vice President, Diversity, Equity, & Belonging (DEB)
“A thought partner committed to centering the humanity of every community member and seeing the humanity in every challenging situation, Jason is a trusted adviser for our administrative team. His divinity school training informs his work in schools and guides us to open our minds and hearts to the most important and often difficult questions we must ask of ourselves as we endeavor to create a community based on mutual concern. More than a first-rate facilitator, he is a talented teacher who models for us all what it means to be our best selves. My colleagues and I grow as leaders whenever we have the opportunity to work with him.”
Jane Foley Fried
Head of the Brearley School
"As a family foundation committed to internalizing racial equity, we realized the need to attend to interpersonal racism and power dynamics across and within Board and Staff. Jason powerfully facilitated separate Board and Staff groups in order to address the most salient issues for each group while guiding us along a shared learning journey which culminated in bringing the groups together to incorporate our learnings. Jason created the conditions for us to build trust and move forward. Jason's framework of building a culture of dignity and belonging has resonated so deeply with us that we are incorporating working with him into our regular, ongoing practice."
Ricshawn Adkins Roane
Executive Director Weissberg Foundatiom
"Jason Craige Harris is the diplomatic and empathetic expert that so many schools are looking for. With a deep understanding of the human experience, Jason enters spaces with compassion, care, and interest like none other. His ability to engage audiences through engaged listening is unparalleled. His depth of knowledge and strong emotional intelligence make him the perfect match for his work. Any organization, school, college, or university would be fortunate to have the opportunity to have Jason included in their future."
Kyle Wilkie-Glass
Chief Executive Officer Ethical Culture, Fieldston School
“Jason Craige Harris' facilitation centers dignity in both delivery and outcome. He delivers content and engages complex conversations with a comforting calm that demonstrates respect for all. His material is peppered with psychological research that grounds his presentation in something larger than itself. The outcome for our group was a deeper understanding of ourselves, each other, and our hopes for the workplace -- and, most notably, a concrete set of "Dignity Agreements" that will inform our cultural norms for years to come.”
Vince Watchorn
Executive Director, NYSAIS
“Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional leader and speaker who has made an impact within the AAIE global community. AAIE, a non-profit that works with international schools around the world, had the pleasure of engaging with Jason - and he made a lasting impression. He skillfully led thought-provoking sessions on Dignity, Dialogue, and Depolarization as well as Leading Through Complexity – A Strategic Approach to Tackling Big Challenges. These were timely and often challenging topics, and Jason approached them with deep knowledge, clarity, and a remarkable ability to engage participants in meaningful dialogue.
Laura Light
Executive Director, AAIE
“It is a pleasure to watch Jason Craige Harris work with a room full of people. The calm energy, compassion, and emotional awareness he brings are palpable; he combines genuine warmth and curiosity about people with exceptional commitment to broadening perspectives and helping people find common connections. His skill in leading meditation and mindfulness exercises comes from years of training and practice; no matter what level participants are at, he excels at leading sessions that ground and restore you, and holding discussions as a safe, welcoming space to share experiences. He doesn't shy away from sharing his own vulnerability, but remains in total command of his message and his audience.
Jim Freeman
Faculty, Philosophy and Religious Studies, St. Francis College
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Britta von Schoeler
President, Broadway Video
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Charlie Grode
President & Executive Director, Merit School of Music

"Jason has a knack for helping mission-driven organizations put their values into practice, starting from the inside. He brings a fresh perspective that helps teams turn daunting challenges into simpler steps that they can take together as part of a clear, cohesive strategy."
Manish Bapna
President and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council
“Jason Craige Harris is an expert guide through the turbulent waters of thorny dialogues and intricate group dynamics. He skillfully guides individuals and teams toward understanding and resolution with his kind, precise approach and exceptional expertise. From my experience, I can attest that his adept methods consistently lead to harmonious and productive results.”
Daisy Auger-Dominguez
National Inclusion Expert
“Jason is engaging. Jason is knowledgeable. Jason is compassionate. These three descriptive words truly just scratch the surface of Jason’s talents as a speaker and educator. He invites everyone into the conversation, makes the room welcoming and then shares his enormous wisdom. Everyone leaves Jason’s sessions with more knowledge and a desire to learn more.”
Casper Caldarola
Founder, Pollyanna
“Working with Jason helped me, and our organization, feel supported, seen and smarter about some of the most complex issues we had to unravel. He is equal parts strategist, scholar, and counselor. And while I turned to him for his leadership, I deeply appreciated his collaborative and generous spirit. We are stronger as a community for the work we did with him.”
Ann Shoket
CEO, TheLi.st
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I have had the privilege of working closely with Jason for nearly 3 years in a variety of capacities, first when Jason facilitated an equity learning group I participated in. Jason’s focus on dignity, empathy, and vulnerability had a profound impact on me and my leadership. When I faced one of the most significant leadership challenges in my career I turned to Jason for support for myself and for the whole team. Jason shepherded a group that was experiencing painful fissures in relationship through a process that brought us to greater understanding, trust, and healing – and to real, meaningful improvement in our ways of working together.
Amanda Skinner
President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
“I have come to know Jason through our work on RACE To Be Human, a film and evidence-based mental health literacy program for schools and businesses. Jason is not only in the film but also our social impact producer. I believe that it is his contribution to the documentary that has made it so well received across all aisles, parties and cultures. He is an exceptional facilitator, mediator and visionary thinker in the realm of conflict resolution. Jason epitomizes the qualities of a skilled professional in creating inclusive spaces, navigating intricate dynamics with empathy, and addressing the root causes of conflicts to establish sustainable solutions.
Scilla Andreen
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Having worked very closely with Jason as a facilitator, coach and strategist for my organization, I've observed his exceptional talent in all of those areas. He reads the tone, cadence and culture of my organization's unique culture with precision and insight, and fashions helpful solutions for organizational leaders and staff to both inspire and pursue an authentic culture of dignity and belonging.”
Vince Warren
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Jason Craige Harris is a gifted speaker and facilitator of content. He has been our primary facilitator of our executive curriculum of Leading & Belonging at Visa for the past two years. Beyond his ability to immediately capture his audience's attention, Jason shines even brighter as he engages people through thoughtful reflection, storytelling and uses relevant and timely examples to make the content real. This is especially evident when the content is complex or challenging for people to accept. Jason’s ability to create a safe space for interaction, for constructive conflict is exceptional. I highly recommend Jason - he is amazing.”
Jon Wheeler
Head of Inclusion & Diversity Learning, Visa
“Jason Craige Harris is an unusually skilled facilitator and teacher. Over the past several years of working together closely, I have often referred to Jason as a magician. I have seen few if any people hold a space as well as he does--including under the most challenging of circumstances. He has an exceptional ability to work with people across a wide range of differences--and for everyone to leave the room or experience with their dignity intact and a greater sense of inclusion and understanding. There is at once power and beauty in how Jason is able to bring ideas and people together.”
John Palfrey
President, MacArthur Foundation
“Jason is the type of leader and facilitator that leaves you with a feeling that you are engaged on a journey toward freedom. He is thoughtful, warm and patient. His style is motivational and very servant led. He isn't a braggart and you won't have the sense that he's just in for the quick fix. It's clear he's in for the long ride toward social justice and liberation for everyone he encounters. It has been my absolute joy to learn and work with him.”
George Walker
Chief Equity Officer, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
“I am so deeply grateful to be part Jason Craige Harris's orbit. He is a strategist, a philosopher, a coach, and a healer. Jason weaves together insights from the mind sciences, organizational development, philosophy, restorative practice, literature, history and is developing new strategies that are having remarkable impacts. He brings wisdom, empathy, compassion, and (often) humor to all of his work, from individual meetings, small groups, to electrifying speeches. And most meaningfully, Jason treats every person with dignity, and by modeling this ideal, he inspires the rest of us to be our best selves.”
Rachel D. Godsil
Distinguished Professor of Law Co-Founder, Perception Institute & Perception Strategies
“Whether doing a keynote, leading a workshop, or facilitating a discussion, I always walk away from experiences with Jason feeling included and enlightened. Jason has great expertise around myriad issues that leaders are facing. What sets Jason apart is the way he goes about creating a community that allows for progress and growth. Whether he is working with people he is familiar with or working with people he has just met, I always feel more connected to others in the spaces that Jason leads. That along with his deep knowledge makes Jason greatly effective. I'm grateful Jason is dedicating his career to helping others achieve and grow.”
José De Jesús
Head of School, The Dalton School
“There are many on the speakers’ circuit who point to issues and goals. Jason is one of the few who give you valuable tools to help your community move from need to goal. He has a wonderful grasp of both theory and the on-the-ground reality of how to make things work in an organization. Further, the care and warmth with which he does his presentations make anyone feel at ease with what can be challenging material.”
Bob Mattingly
Executive Director, The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education
“Jason is an extremely special find - as a practitioner, a board member, teacher, facilitator, colleague, co-collaborator and just a really good friend. He is kind, compassionate, insightful, hard working and smart as a whip. He is a seeker of knowledge, jumps into experiences as a true learner, reads everything and combines it all into his own unique understandings - which he then teaches to others. His emotional intelligence is so high, that I think he could be thrown into any situation - no matter how contentious - and add value.
Elizabeth Clements
Founder and Executive Director, Hidden Water
“It has been an extraordinary privilege for me and my learning community to work with Jason Craige Harris. He has guided us as an organization to collaborate together with more awareness, grace and care for each other. He not only is a master facilitator and educator, but also a healer of souls. To spend time with Jason is to feel grounded and profoundly seen as he holds space for deeper listening and understanding among all the stakeholders in the conversation.
Terry Knickerbocker
Studio Director, Terry Knickerbocker Studio
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“Jason and I have worked together in the context of my work with the Peacemaking Circle process and Restorative Justice. At a personal level I turn to Jason for perspective, insight and hopefulness when I am feeling challenged and uncertain about how to move forward working with people in complex, difficult relationships. At a community level I refer colleagues to Jason’s writings, particularly his writings about organizational change toward organizations founded in equity and care for one another.
Kay Pranis
Author and Trainer
"I was introduced to Jason Craige Harris in January of 2024. He came highly recommended by one of our trustees as someone who had the expertise and knowledge to engage senior leadership teams and boards of trustees. He and I discussed the types of workshops we needed on leading with dignity and respect. He listened to our needs and customized the workshops for each group. They were engaging, insightful and exceeded the expectations of the senior leadership team as well as the trustees. As a result of the positive feedback received from the spring workshops, we invited him to return to campus to lead additional workshops on similar topics for more than 300 staff members.
Vernese Edghill-Walden
Vice President for Equity & Inclusive Excellence Bucknell University
"Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional consultant with a unique ability to guide organizations through complex challenges and conflicts with both clarity and compassion. I personally call him 'the problem whisperer' because of his remarkable talent for resolving difficult issues and developing strategic solutions with ease. His expertise extends beyond DEB work—he excels in conflict mediation and strategy, ensuring meaningful, lasting change. Jason’s contributions to our organization were invaluable, and his calm, thoughtful approach makes him an essential partner for any organization looking to create more inclusive and equitable environments. It's been my privilege to work with him."
Kathryn Crosby
Vice President, Diversity, Equity, & Belonging (DEB)
“A thought partner committed to centering the humanity of every community member and seeing the humanity in every challenging situation, Jason is a trusted adviser for our administrative team. His divinity school training informs his work in schools and guides us to open our minds and hearts to the most important and often difficult questions we must ask of ourselves as we endeavor to create a community based on mutual concern. More than a first-rate facilitator, he is a talented teacher who models for us all what it means to be our best selves. My colleagues and I grow as leaders whenever we have the opportunity to work with him.”
Jane Foley Fried
Head of the Brearley School
"As a family foundation committed to internalizing racial equity, we realized the need to attend to interpersonal racism and power dynamics across and within Board and Staff. Jason powerfully facilitated separate Board and Staff groups in order to address the most salient issues for each group while guiding us along a shared learning journey which culminated in bringing the groups together to incorporate our learnings. Jason created the conditions for us to build trust and move forward. Jason's framework of building a culture of dignity and belonging has resonated so deeply with us that we are incorporating working with him into our regular, ongoing practice."
Ricshawn Adkins Roane
Executive Director Weissberg Foundatiom
"Jason Craige Harris is the diplomatic and empathetic expert that so many schools are looking for. With a deep understanding of the human experience, Jason enters spaces with compassion, care, and interest like none other. His ability to engage audiences through engaged listening is unparalleled. His depth of knowledge and strong emotional intelligence make him the perfect match for his work. Any organization, school, college, or university would be fortunate to have the opportunity to have Jason included in their future."
Kyle Wilkie-Glass
Chief Executive Officer Ethical Culture, Fieldston School
“Jason Craige Harris' facilitation centers dignity in both delivery and outcome. He delivers content and engages complex conversations with a comforting calm that demonstrates respect for all. His material is peppered with psychological research that grounds his presentation in something larger than itself. The outcome for our group was a deeper understanding of ourselves, each other, and our hopes for the workplace -- and, most notably, a concrete set of "Dignity Agreements" that will inform our cultural norms for years to come.”
Vince Watchorn
Executive Director, NYSAIS
“Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional leader and speaker who has made an impact within the AAIE global community. AAIE, a non-profit that works with international schools around the world, had the pleasure of engaging with Jason - and he made a lasting impression. He skillfully led thought-provoking sessions on Dignity, Dialogue, and Depolarization as well as Leading Through Complexity – A Strategic Approach to Tackling Big Challenges. These were timely and often challenging topics, and Jason approached them with deep knowledge, clarity, and a remarkable ability to engage participants in meaningful dialogue.
Laura Light
Executive Director, AAIE
“It is a pleasure to watch Jason Craige Harris work with a room full of people. The calm energy, compassion, and emotional awareness he brings are palpable; he combines genuine warmth and curiosity about people with exceptional commitment to broadening perspectives and helping people find common connections. His skill in leading meditation and mindfulness exercises comes from years of training and practice; no matter what level participants are at, he excels at leading sessions that ground and restore you, and holding discussions as a safe, welcoming space to share experiences. He doesn't shy away from sharing his own vulnerability, but remains in total command of his message and his audience.
Jim Freeman
Faculty, Philosophy and Religious Studies, St. Francis College
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Britta von Schoeler
President, Broadway Video
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Charlie Grode
President & Executive Director, Merit School of Music
"Jason has a knack for helping mission-driven organizations put their values into practice, starting from the inside. He brings a fresh perspective that helps teams turn daunting challenges into simpler steps that they can take together as part of a clear, cohesive strategy."
Manish Bapna
President and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council
“Jason Craige Harris is an expert guide through the turbulent waters of thorny dialogues and intricate group dynamics. He skillfully guides individuals and teams toward understanding and resolution with his kind, precise approach and exceptional expertise. From my experience, I can attest that his adept methods consistently lead to harmonious and productive results.”
Daisy Auger-Dominguez
National Inclusion Expert
“Jason is engaging. Jason is knowledgeable. Jason is compassionate. These three descriptive words truly just scratch the surface of Jason’s talents as a speaker and educator. He invites everyone into the conversation, makes the room welcoming and then shares his enormous wisdom. Everyone leaves Jason’s sessions with more knowledge and a desire to learn more.”
Casper Caldarola
Founder, Pollyanna
“Working with Jason helped me, and our organization, feel supported, seen and smarter about some of the most complex issues we had to unravel. He is equal parts strategist, scholar, and counselor. And while I turned to him for his leadership, I deeply appreciated his collaborative and generous spirit. We are stronger as a community for the work we did with him.”
Ann Shoket
CEO, TheLi.st
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I have had the privilege of working closely with Jason for nearly 3 years in a variety of capacities, first when Jason facilitated an equity learning group I participated in. Jason’s focus on dignity, empathy, and vulnerability had a profound impact on me and my leadership. When I faced one of the most significant leadership challenges in my career I turned to Jason for support for myself and for the whole team. Jason shepherded a group that was experiencing painful fissures in relationship through a process that brought us to greater understanding, trust, and healing – and to real, meaningful improvement in our ways of working together.
Amanda Skinner
President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
“I have come to know Jason through our work on RACE To Be Human, a film and evidence-based mental health literacy program for schools and businesses. Jason is not only in the film but also our social impact producer. I believe that it is his contribution to the documentary that has made it so well received across all aisles, parties and cultures. He is an exceptional facilitator, mediator and visionary thinker in the realm of conflict resolution. Jason epitomizes the qualities of a skilled professional in creating inclusive spaces, navigating intricate dynamics with empathy, and addressing the root causes of conflicts to establish sustainable solutions.
Scilla Andreen
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Having worked very closely with Jason as a facilitator, coach and strategist for my organization, I've observed his exceptional talent in all of those areas. He reads the tone, cadence and culture of my organization's unique culture with precision and insight, and fashions helpful solutions for organizational leaders and staff to both inspire and pursue an authentic culture of dignity and belonging.”
Vince Warren
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Jason Craige Harris is a gifted speaker and facilitator of content. He has been our primary facilitator of our executive curriculum of Leading & Belonging at Visa for the past two years. Beyond his ability to immediately capture his audience's attention, Jason shines even brighter as he engages people through thoughtful reflection, storytelling and uses relevant and timely examples to make the content real. This is especially evident when the content is complex or challenging for people to accept. Jason’s ability to create a safe space for interaction, for constructive conflict is exceptional. I highly recommend Jason - he is amazing.”
Jon Wheeler
Head of Inclusion & Diversity Learning, Visa
“Jason Craige Harris is an unusually skilled facilitator and teacher. Over the past several years of working together closely, I have often referred to Jason as a magician. I have seen few if any people hold a space as well as he does--including under the most challenging of circumstances. He has an exceptional ability to work with people across a wide range of differences--and for everyone to leave the room or experience with their dignity intact and a greater sense of inclusion and understanding. There is at once power and beauty in how Jason is able to bring ideas and people together.”
John Palfrey
President, MacArthur Foundation
“Jason is the type of leader and facilitator that leaves you with a feeling that you are engaged on a journey toward freedom. He is thoughtful, warm and patient. His style is motivational and very servant led. He isn't a braggart and you won't have the sense that he's just in for the quick fix. It's clear he's in for the long ride toward social justice and liberation for everyone he encounters. It has been my absolute joy to learn and work with him.”
George Walker
Chief Equity Officer, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
“I am so deeply grateful to be part Jason Craige Harris's orbit. He is a strategist, a philosopher, a coach, and a healer. Jason weaves together insights from the mind sciences, organizational development, philosophy, restorative practice, literature, history and is developing new strategies that are having remarkable impacts. He brings wisdom, empathy, compassion, and (often) humor to all of his work, from individual meetings, small groups, to electrifying speeches. And most meaningfully, Jason treats every person with dignity, and by modeling this ideal, he inspires the rest of us to be our best selves.”
Rachel D. Godsil
Distinguished Professor of Law Co-Founder, Perception Institute & Perception Strategies
“Whether doing a keynote, leading a workshop, or facilitating a discussion, I always walk away from experiences with Jason feeling included and enlightened. Jason has great expertise around myriad issues that leaders are facing. What sets Jason apart is the way he goes about creating a community that allows for progress and growth. Whether he is working with people he is familiar with or working with people he has just met, I always feel more connected to others in the spaces that Jason leads. That along with his deep knowledge makes Jason greatly effective. I'm grateful Jason is dedicating his career to helping others achieve and grow.”
José De Jesús
Head of School, The Dalton School
“There are many on the speakers’ circuit who point to issues and goals. Jason is one of the few who give you valuable tools to help your community move from need to goal. He has a wonderful grasp of both theory and the on-the-ground reality of how to make things work in an organization. Further, the care and warmth with which he does his presentations make anyone feel at ease with what can be challenging material.”
Bob Mattingly
Executive Director, The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education
“Jason is an extremely special find - as a practitioner, a board member, teacher, facilitator, colleague, co-collaborator and just a really good friend. He is kind, compassionate, insightful, hard working and smart as a whip. He is a seeker of knowledge, jumps into experiences as a true learner, reads everything and combines it all into his own unique understandings - which he then teaches to others. His emotional intelligence is so high, that I think he could be thrown into any situation - no matter how contentious - and add value.
Elizabeth Clements
Founder and Executive Director, Hidden Water
“It has been an extraordinary privilege for me and my learning community to work with Jason Craige Harris. He has guided us as an organization to collaborate together with more awareness, grace and care for each other. He not only is a master facilitator and educator, but also a healer of souls. To spend time with Jason is to feel grounded and profoundly seen as he holds space for deeper listening and understanding among all the stakeholders in the conversation.
Terry Knickerbocker
Studio Director, Terry Knickerbocker Studio
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“Jason and I have worked together in the context of my work with the Peacemaking Circle process and Restorative Justice. At a personal level I turn to Jason for perspective, insight and hopefulness when I am feeling challenged and uncertain about how to move forward working with people in complex, difficult relationships. At a community level I refer colleagues to Jason’s writings, particularly his writings about organizational change toward organizations founded in equity and care for one another.
Kay Pranis
Author and Trainer
"I was introduced to Jason Craige Harris in January of 2024. He came highly recommended by one of our trustees as someone who had the expertise and knowledge to engage senior leadership teams and boards of trustees. He and I discussed the types of workshops we needed on leading with dignity and respect. He listened to our needs and customized the workshops for each group. They were engaging, insightful and exceeded the expectations of the senior leadership team as well as the trustees. As a result of the positive feedback received from the spring workshops, we invited him to return to campus to lead additional workshops on similar topics for more than 300 staff members.
Vernese Edghill-Walden
Vice President for Equity & Inclusive Excellence Bucknell University
"Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional consultant with a unique ability to guide organizations through complex challenges and conflicts with both clarity and compassion. I personally call him 'the problem whisperer' because of his remarkable talent for resolving difficult issues and developing strategic solutions with ease. His expertise extends beyond DEB work—he excels in conflict mediation and strategy, ensuring meaningful, lasting change. Jason’s contributions to our organization were invaluable, and his calm, thoughtful approach makes him an essential partner for any organization looking to create more inclusive and equitable environments. It's been my privilege to work with him."
Kathryn Crosby
Vice President, Diversity, Equity, & Belonging (DEB)
“A thought partner committed to centering the humanity of every community member and seeing the humanity in every challenging situation, Jason is a trusted adviser for our administrative team. His divinity school training informs his work in schools and guides us to open our minds and hearts to the most important and often difficult questions we must ask of ourselves as we endeavor to create a community based on mutual concern. More than a first-rate facilitator, he is a talented teacher who models for us all what it means to be our best selves. My colleagues and I grow as leaders whenever we have the opportunity to work with him.”
Jane Foley Fried
Head of the Brearley School
"As a family foundation committed to internalizing racial equity, we realized the need to attend to interpersonal racism and power dynamics across and within Board and Staff. Jason powerfully facilitated separate Board and Staff groups in order to address the most salient issues for each group while guiding us along a shared learning journey which culminated in bringing the groups together to incorporate our learnings. Jason created the conditions for us to build trust and move forward. Jason's framework of building a culture of dignity and belonging has resonated so deeply with us that we are incorporating working with him into our regular, ongoing practice."
Ricshawn Adkins Roane
Executive Director Weissberg Foundatiom
"Jason Craige Harris is the diplomatic and empathetic expert that so many schools are looking for. With a deep understanding of the human experience, Jason enters spaces with compassion, care, and interest like none other. His ability to engage audiences through engaged listening is unparalleled. His depth of knowledge and strong emotional intelligence make him the perfect match for his work. Any organization, school, college, or university would be fortunate to have the opportunity to have Jason included in their future."
Kyle Wilkie-Glass
Chief Executive Officer Ethical Culture, Fieldston School
“Jason Craige Harris' facilitation centers dignity in both delivery and outcome. He delivers content and engages complex conversations with a comforting calm that demonstrates respect for all. His material is peppered with psychological research that grounds his presentation in something larger than itself. The outcome for our group was a deeper understanding of ourselves, each other, and our hopes for the workplace -- and, most notably, a concrete set of "Dignity Agreements" that will inform our cultural norms for years to come.”
Vince Watchorn
Executive Director, NYSAIS
“Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional leader and speaker who has made an impact within the AAIE global community. AAIE, a non-profit that works with international schools around the world, had the pleasure of engaging with Jason - and he made a lasting impression. He skillfully led thought-provoking sessions on Dignity, Dialogue, and Depolarization as well as Leading Through Complexity – A Strategic Approach to Tackling Big Challenges. These were timely and often challenging topics, and Jason approached them with deep knowledge, clarity, and a remarkable ability to engage participants in meaningful dialogue.
Laura Light
Executive Director, AAIE
“It is a pleasure to watch Jason Craige Harris work with a room full of people. The calm energy, compassion, and emotional awareness he brings are palpable; he combines genuine warmth and curiosity about people with exceptional commitment to broadening perspectives and helping people find common connections. His skill in leading meditation and mindfulness exercises comes from years of training and practice; no matter what level participants are at, he excels at leading sessions that ground and restore you, and holding discussions as a safe, welcoming space to share experiences. He doesn't shy away from sharing his own vulnerability, but remains in total command of his message and his audience.
Jim Freeman
Faculty, Philosophy and Religious Studies, St. Francis College
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Britta von Schoeler
President, Broadway Video
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Charlie Grode
President & Executive Director, Merit School of Music
"Jason has a knack for helping mission-driven organizations put their values into practice, starting from the inside. He brings a fresh perspective that helps teams turn daunting challenges into simpler steps that they can take together as part of a clear, cohesive strategy."
Manish Bapna
President and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council
“Jason Craige Harris is an expert guide through the turbulent waters of thorny dialogues and intricate group dynamics. He skillfully guides individuals and teams toward understanding and resolution with his kind, precise approach and exceptional expertise. From my experience, I can attest that his adept methods consistently lead to harmonious and productive results.”
Daisy Auger-Dominguez
National Inclusion Expert
“Jason is engaging. Jason is knowledgeable. Jason is compassionate. These three descriptive words truly just scratch the surface of Jason’s talents as a speaker and educator. He invites everyone into the conversation, makes the room welcoming and then shares his enormous wisdom. Everyone leaves Jason’s sessions with more knowledge and a desire to learn more.”
Casper Caldarola
Founder, Pollyanna
“Working with Jason helped me, and our organization, feel supported, seen and smarter about some of the most complex issues we had to unravel. He is equal parts strategist, scholar, and counselor. And while I turned to him for his leadership, I deeply appreciated his collaborative and generous spirit. We are stronger as a community for the work we did with him.”
Ann Shoket
CEO, TheLi.st
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I have had the privilege of working closely with Jason for nearly 3 years in a variety of capacities, first when Jason facilitated an equity learning group I participated in. Jason’s focus on dignity, empathy, and vulnerability had a profound impact on me and my leadership. When I faced one of the most significant leadership challenges in my career I turned to Jason for support for myself and for the whole team. Jason shepherded a group that was experiencing painful fissures in relationship through a process that brought us to greater understanding, trust, and healing – and to real, meaningful improvement in our ways of working together.
Amanda Skinner
President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
“I have come to know Jason through our work on RACE To Be Human, a film and evidence-based mental health literacy program for schools and businesses. Jason is not only in the film but also our social impact producer. I believe that it is his contribution to the documentary that has made it so well received across all aisles, parties and cultures. He is an exceptional facilitator, mediator and visionary thinker in the realm of conflict resolution. Jason epitomizes the qualities of a skilled professional in creating inclusive spaces, navigating intricate dynamics with empathy, and addressing the root causes of conflicts to establish sustainable solutions.
Scilla Andreen
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Having worked very closely with Jason as a facilitator, coach and strategist for my organization, I've observed his exceptional talent in all of those areas. He reads the tone, cadence and culture of my organization's unique culture with precision and insight, and fashions helpful solutions for organizational leaders and staff to both inspire and pursue an authentic culture of dignity and belonging.”
Vince Warren
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Jason Craige Harris is a gifted speaker and facilitator of content. He has been our primary facilitator of our executive curriculum of Leading & Belonging at Visa for the past two years. Beyond his ability to immediately capture his audience's attention, Jason shines even brighter as he engages people through thoughtful reflection, storytelling and uses relevant and timely examples to make the content real. This is especially evident when the content is complex or challenging for people to accept. Jason’s ability to create a safe space for interaction, for constructive conflict is exceptional. I highly recommend Jason - he is amazing.”
Jon Wheeler
Head of Inclusion & Diversity Learning, Visa
“Jason Craige Harris is an unusually skilled facilitator and teacher. Over the past several years of working together closely, I have often referred to Jason as a magician. I have seen few if any people hold a space as well as he does--including under the most challenging of circumstances. He has an exceptional ability to work with people across a wide range of differences--and for everyone to leave the room or experience with their dignity intact and a greater sense of inclusion and understanding. There is at once power and beauty in how Jason is able to bring ideas and people together.”
John Palfrey
President, MacArthur Foundation
“Jason is the type of leader and facilitator that leaves you with a feeling that you are engaged on a journey toward freedom. He is thoughtful, warm and patient. His style is motivational and very servant led. He isn't a braggart and you won't have the sense that he's just in for the quick fix. It's clear he's in for the long ride toward social justice and liberation for everyone he encounters. It has been my absolute joy to learn and work with him.”
George Walker
Chief Equity Officer, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
“I am so deeply grateful to be part Jason Craige Harris's orbit. He is a strategist, a philosopher, a coach, and a healer. Jason weaves together insights from the mind sciences, organizational development, philosophy, restorative practice, literature, history and is developing new strategies that are having remarkable impacts. He brings wisdom, empathy, compassion, and (often) humor to all of his work, from individual meetings, small groups, to electrifying speeches. And most meaningfully, Jason treats every person with dignity, and by modeling this ideal, he inspires the rest of us to be our best selves.”
Rachel D. Godsil
Distinguished Professor of Law Co-Founder, Perception Institute & Perception Strategies
“Whether doing a keynote, leading a workshop, or facilitating a discussion, I always walk away from experiences with Jason feeling included and enlightened. Jason has great expertise around myriad issues that leaders are facing. What sets Jason apart is the way he goes about creating a community that allows for progress and growth. Whether he is working with people he is familiar with or working with people he has just met, I always feel more connected to others in the spaces that Jason leads. That along with his deep knowledge makes Jason greatly effective. I'm grateful Jason is dedicating his career to helping others achieve and grow.”
José De Jesús
Head of School, The Dalton School
“There are many on the speakers’ circuit who point to issues and goals. Jason is one of the few who give you valuable tools to help your community move from need to goal. He has a wonderful grasp of both theory and the on-the-ground reality of how to make things work in an organization. Further, the care and warmth with which he does his presentations make anyone feel at ease with what can be challenging material.”
Bob Mattingly
Executive Director, The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education
“Jason is an extremely special find - as a practitioner, a board member, teacher, facilitator, colleague, co-collaborator and just a really good friend. He is kind, compassionate, insightful, hard working and smart as a whip. He is a seeker of knowledge, jumps into experiences as a true learner, reads everything and combines it all into his own unique understandings - which he then teaches to others. His emotional intelligence is so high, that I think he could be thrown into any situation - no matter how contentious - and add value.
Elizabeth Clements
Founder and Executive Director, Hidden Water
“It has been an extraordinary privilege for me and my learning community to work with Jason Craige Harris. He has guided us as an organization to collaborate together with more awareness, grace and care for each other. He not only is a master facilitator and educator, but also a healer of souls. To spend time with Jason is to feel grounded and profoundly seen as he holds space for deeper listening and understanding among all the stakeholders in the conversation.
Terry Knickerbocker
Studio Director, Terry Knickerbocker Studio
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“Jason and I have worked together in the context of my work with the Peacemaking Circle process and Restorative Justice. At a personal level I turn to Jason for perspective, insight and hopefulness when I am feeling challenged and uncertain about how to move forward working with people in complex, difficult relationships. At a community level I refer colleagues to Jason’s writings, particularly his writings about organizational change toward organizations founded in equity and care for one another.
Kay Pranis
Author and Trainer
"I was introduced to Jason Craige Harris in January of 2024. He came highly recommended by one of our trustees as someone who had the expertise and knowledge to engage senior leadership teams and boards of trustees. He and I discussed the types of workshops we needed on leading with dignity and respect. He listened to our needs and customized the workshops for each group. They were engaging, insightful and exceeded the expectations of the senior leadership team as well as the trustees. As a result of the positive feedback received from the spring workshops, we invited him to return to campus to lead additional workshops on similar topics for more than 300 staff members.
Vernese Edghill-Walden
Vice President for Equity & Inclusive Excellence Bucknell University
"Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional consultant with a unique ability to guide organizations through complex challenges and conflicts with both clarity and compassion. I personally call him 'the problem whisperer' because of his remarkable talent for resolving difficult issues and developing strategic solutions with ease. His expertise extends beyond DEB work—he excels in conflict mediation and strategy, ensuring meaningful, lasting change. Jason’s contributions to our organization were invaluable, and his calm, thoughtful approach makes him an essential partner for any organization looking to create more inclusive and equitable environments. It's been my privilege to work with him."
Kathryn Crosby
Vice President, Diversity, Equity, & Belonging (DEB)
“A thought partner committed to centering the humanity of every community member and seeing the humanity in every challenging situation, Jason is a trusted adviser for our administrative team. His divinity school training informs his work in schools and guides us to open our minds and hearts to the most important and often difficult questions we must ask of ourselves as we endeavor to create a community based on mutual concern. More than a first-rate facilitator, he is a talented teacher who models for us all what it means to be our best selves. My colleagues and I grow as leaders whenever we have the opportunity to work with him.”
Jane Foley Fried
Head of the Brearley School
"As a family foundation committed to internalizing racial equity, we realized the need to attend to interpersonal racism and power dynamics across and within Board and Staff. Jason powerfully facilitated separate Board and Staff groups in order to address the most salient issues for each group while guiding us along a shared learning journey which culminated in bringing the groups together to incorporate our learnings. Jason created the conditions for us to build trust and move forward. Jason's framework of building a culture of dignity and belonging has resonated so deeply with us that we are incorporating working with him into our regular, ongoing practice."
Ricshawn Adkins Roane
Executive Director Weissberg Foundatiom
"Jason Craige Harris is the diplomatic and empathetic expert that so many schools are looking for. With a deep understanding of the human experience, Jason enters spaces with compassion, care, and interest like none other. His ability to engage audiences through engaged listening is unparalleled. His depth of knowledge and strong emotional intelligence make him the perfect match for his work. Any organization, school, college, or university would be fortunate to have the opportunity to have Jason included in their future."
Kyle Wilkie-Glass
Chief Executive Officer Ethical Culture, Fieldston School
“Jason Craige Harris' facilitation centers dignity in both delivery and outcome. He delivers content and engages complex conversations with a comforting calm that demonstrates respect for all. His material is peppered with psychological research that grounds his presentation in something larger than itself. The outcome for our group was a deeper understanding of ourselves, each other, and our hopes for the workplace -- and, most notably, a concrete set of "Dignity Agreements" that will inform our cultural norms for years to come.”
Vince Watchorn
Executive Director, NYSAIS
“Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional leader and speaker who has made an impact within the AAIE global community. AAIE, a non-profit that works with international schools around the world, had the pleasure of engaging with Jason - and he made a lasting impression. He skillfully led thought-provoking sessions on Dignity, Dialogue, and Depolarization as well as Leading Through Complexity – A Strategic Approach to Tackling Big Challenges. These were timely and often challenging topics, and Jason approached them with deep knowledge, clarity, and a remarkable ability to engage participants in meaningful dialogue.
Laura Light
Executive Director, AAIE
“It is a pleasure to watch Jason Craige Harris work with a room full of people. The calm energy, compassion, and emotional awareness he brings are palpable; he combines genuine warmth and curiosity about people with exceptional commitment to broadening perspectives and helping people find common connections. His skill in leading meditation and mindfulness exercises comes from years of training and practice; no matter what level participants are at, he excels at leading sessions that ground and restore you, and holding discussions as a safe, welcoming space to share experiences. He doesn't shy away from sharing his own vulnerability, but remains in total command of his message and his audience.
Jim Freeman
Faculty, Philosophy and Religious Studies, St. Francis College
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Britta von Schoeler
President, Broadway Video
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Charlie Grode
President & Executive Director, Merit School of Music
"Jason has a knack for helping mission-driven organizations put their values into practice, starting from the inside. He brings a fresh perspective that helps teams turn daunting challenges into simpler steps that they can take together as part of a clear, cohesive strategy."
Manish Bapna
President and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council
“Jason Craige Harris is an expert guide through the turbulent waters of thorny dialogues and intricate group dynamics. He skillfully guides individuals and teams toward understanding and resolution with his kind, precise approach and exceptional expertise. From my experience, I can attest that his adept methods consistently lead to harmonious and productive results.”
Daisy Auger-Dominguez
National Inclusion Expert
“Jason is engaging. Jason is knowledgeable. Jason is compassionate. These three descriptive words truly just scratch the surface of Jason’s talents as a speaker and educator. He invites everyone into the conversation, makes the room welcoming and then shares his enormous wisdom. Everyone leaves Jason’s sessions with more knowledge and a desire to learn more.”
Casper Caldarola
Founder, Pollyanna
“Working with Jason helped me, and our organization, feel supported, seen and smarter about some of the most complex issues we had to unravel. He is equal parts strategist, scholar, and counselor. And while I turned to him for his leadership, I deeply appreciated his collaborative and generous spirit. We are stronger as a community for the work we did with him.”
Ann Shoket
CEO, TheLi.st
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I cannot recommend Jason Craige Harris highly enough. As a coach he has helped me to see new perspectives, connect ideas in creative and impactful ways, and he has taught me new approaches and concepts. As a facilitator he has done wonders with our board of trustees. He is, without a doubt, the best board facilitator I have ever worked with. Above all else, he is simply a wonderful human being, filled with compassion, love, and wisdom.”
Dr. Michael Riera
Head of School, The Brentwood School
“I have had the privilege of working closely with Jason for nearly 3 years in a variety of capacities, first when Jason facilitated an equity learning group I participated in. Jason’s focus on dignity, empathy, and vulnerability had a profound impact on me and my leadership. When I faced one of the most significant leadership challenges in my career I turned to Jason for support for myself and for the whole team. Jason shepherded a group that was experiencing painful fissures in relationship through a process that brought us to greater understanding, trust, and healing – and to real, meaningful improvement in our ways of working together.
Amanda Skinner
President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
“I have come to know Jason through our work on RACE To Be Human, a film and evidence-based mental health literacy program for schools and businesses. Jason is not only in the film but also our social impact producer. I believe that it is his contribution to the documentary that has made it so well received across all aisles, parties and cultures. He is an exceptional facilitator, mediator and visionary thinker in the realm of conflict resolution. Jason epitomizes the qualities of a skilled professional in creating inclusive spaces, navigating intricate dynamics with empathy, and addressing the root causes of conflicts to establish sustainable solutions.
Scilla Andreen
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Having worked very closely with Jason as a facilitator, coach and strategist for my organization, I've observed his exceptional talent in all of those areas. He reads the tone, cadence and culture of my organization's unique culture with precision and insight, and fashions helpful solutions for organizational leaders and staff to both inspire and pursue an authentic culture of dignity and belonging.”
Vince Warren
Founder and CEO of Impactful
“Jason Craige Harris is a gifted speaker and facilitator of content. He has been our primary facilitator of our executive curriculum of Leading & Belonging at Visa for the past two years. Beyond his ability to immediately capture his audience's attention, Jason shines even brighter as he engages people through thoughtful reflection, storytelling and uses relevant and timely examples to make the content real. This is especially evident when the content is complex or challenging for people to accept. Jason’s ability to create a safe space for interaction, for constructive conflict is exceptional. I highly recommend Jason - he is amazing.”
Jon Wheeler
Head of Inclusion & Diversity Learning, Visa
“Jason Craige Harris is an unusually skilled facilitator and teacher. Over the past several years of working together closely, I have often referred to Jason as a magician. I have seen few if any people hold a space as well as he does--including under the most challenging of circumstances. He has an exceptional ability to work with people across a wide range of differences--and for everyone to leave the room or experience with their dignity intact and a greater sense of inclusion and understanding. There is at once power and beauty in how Jason is able to bring ideas and people together.”
John Palfrey
President, MacArthur Foundation
“Jason is the type of leader and facilitator that leaves you with a feeling that you are engaged on a journey toward freedom. He is thoughtful, warm and patient. His style is motivational and very servant led. He isn't a braggart and you won't have the sense that he's just in for the quick fix. It's clear he's in for the long ride toward social justice and liberation for everyone he encounters. It has been my absolute joy to learn and work with him.”
George Walker
Chief Equity Officer, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
“I am so deeply grateful to be part Jason Craige Harris's orbit. He is a strategist, a philosopher, a coach, and a healer. Jason weaves together insights from the mind sciences, organizational development, philosophy, restorative practice, literature, history and is developing new strategies that are having remarkable impacts. He brings wisdom, empathy, compassion, and (often) humor to all of his work, from individual meetings, small groups, to electrifying speeches. And most meaningfully, Jason treats every person with dignity, and by modeling this ideal, he inspires the rest of us to be our best selves.”
Rachel D. Godsil
Distinguished Professor of Law Co-Founder, Perception Institute & Perception Strategies
“Whether doing a keynote, leading a workshop, or facilitating a discussion, I always walk away from experiences with Jason feeling included and enlightened. Jason has great expertise around myriad issues that leaders are facing. What sets Jason apart is the way he goes about creating a community that allows for progress and growth. Whether he is working with people he is familiar with or working with people he has just met, I always feel more connected to others in the spaces that Jason leads. That along with his deep knowledge makes Jason greatly effective. I'm grateful Jason is dedicating his career to helping others achieve and grow.”
José De Jesús
Head of School, The Dalton School
“There are many on the speakers’ circuit who point to issues and goals. Jason is one of the few who give you valuable tools to help your community move from need to goal. He has a wonderful grasp of both theory and the on-the-ground reality of how to make things work in an organization. Further, the care and warmth with which he does his presentations make anyone feel at ease with what can be challenging material.”
Bob Mattingly
Executive Director, The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education
“Jason is an extremely special find - as a practitioner, a board member, teacher, facilitator, colleague, co-collaborator and just a really good friend. He is kind, compassionate, insightful, hard working and smart as a whip. He is a seeker of knowledge, jumps into experiences as a true learner, reads everything and combines it all into his own unique understandings - which he then teaches to others. His emotional intelligence is so high, that I think he could be thrown into any situation - no matter how contentious - and add value.
Elizabeth Clements
Founder and Executive Director, Hidden Water
“It has been an extraordinary privilege for me and my learning community to work with Jason Craige Harris. He has guided us as an organization to collaborate together with more awareness, grace and care for each other. He not only is a master facilitator and educator, but also a healer of souls. To spend time with Jason is to feel grounded and profoundly seen as he holds space for deeper listening and understanding among all the stakeholders in the conversation.
Terry Knickerbocker
Studio Director, Terry Knickerbocker Studio
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“There are facilitators who lead amazing professional development workshops and then there's Jason Craige Harris. Simply put...Jason is gifted! His deep knowledge and research based approach combined with his emphasis on human dignity and empathy gave the team at Student Leadership Network the clarity, language and tools needed to engage in productive dialogue across lines of difference. Jason's energy is infectious and the way he answered questions and utilized "real life" examples allowed us to see the tools in action immediately. We are forever transformed as a result of working with Jason. It was the best professional development I've received.”
Yolonda Marshall
CEO, Student Leadership Network
“Jason and I have worked together in the context of my work with the Peacemaking Circle process and Restorative Justice. At a personal level I turn to Jason for perspective, insight and hopefulness when I am feeling challenged and uncertain about how to move forward working with people in complex, difficult relationships. At a community level I refer colleagues to Jason’s writings, particularly his writings about organizational change toward organizations founded in equity and care for one another.
Kay Pranis
Author and Trainer
"I was introduced to Jason Craige Harris in January of 2024. He came highly recommended by one of our trustees as someone who had the expertise and knowledge to engage senior leadership teams and boards of trustees. He and I discussed the types of workshops we needed on leading with dignity and respect. He listened to our needs and customized the workshops for each group. They were engaging, insightful and exceeded the expectations of the senior leadership team as well as the trustees. As a result of the positive feedback received from the spring workshops, we invited him to return to campus to lead additional workshops on similar topics for more than 300 staff members.
Vernese Edghill-Walden
Vice President for Equity & Inclusive Excellence Bucknell University
"Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional consultant with a unique ability to guide organizations through complex challenges and conflicts with both clarity and compassion. I personally call him 'the problem whisperer' because of his remarkable talent for resolving difficult issues and developing strategic solutions with ease. His expertise extends beyond DEB work—he excels in conflict mediation and strategy, ensuring meaningful, lasting change. Jason’s contributions to our organization were invaluable, and his calm, thoughtful approach makes him an essential partner for any organization looking to create more inclusive and equitable environments. It's been my privilege to work with him."
Kathryn Crosby
Vice President, Diversity, Equity, & Belonging (DEB)
“A thought partner committed to centering the humanity of every community member and seeing the humanity in every challenging situation, Jason is a trusted adviser for our administrative team. His divinity school training informs his work in schools and guides us to open our minds and hearts to the most important and often difficult questions we must ask of ourselves as we endeavor to create a community based on mutual concern. More than a first-rate facilitator, he is a talented teacher who models for us all what it means to be our best selves. My colleagues and I grow as leaders whenever we have the opportunity to work with him.”
Jane Foley Fried
Head of the Brearley School
"As a family foundation committed to internalizing racial equity, we realized the need to attend to interpersonal racism and power dynamics across and within Board and Staff. Jason powerfully facilitated separate Board and Staff groups in order to address the most salient issues for each group while guiding us along a shared learning journey which culminated in bringing the groups together to incorporate our learnings. Jason created the conditions for us to build trust and move forward. Jason's framework of building a culture of dignity and belonging has resonated so deeply with us that we are incorporating working with him into our regular, ongoing practice."
Ricshawn Adkins Roane
Executive Director Weissberg Foundatiom
"Jason Craige Harris is the diplomatic and empathetic expert that so many schools are looking for. With a deep understanding of the human experience, Jason enters spaces with compassion, care, and interest like none other. His ability to engage audiences through engaged listening is unparalleled. His depth of knowledge and strong emotional intelligence make him the perfect match for his work. Any organization, school, college, or university would be fortunate to have the opportunity to have Jason included in their future."
Kyle Wilkie-Glass
Chief Executive Officer Ethical Culture, Fieldston School
“Jason Craige Harris' facilitation centers dignity in both delivery and outcome. He delivers content and engages complex conversations with a comforting calm that demonstrates respect for all. His material is peppered with psychological research that grounds his presentation in something larger than itself. The outcome for our group was a deeper understanding of ourselves, each other, and our hopes for the workplace -- and, most notably, a concrete set of "Dignity Agreements" that will inform our cultural norms for years to come.”
Vince Watchorn
Executive Director, NYSAIS
“Jason Craige Harris is an exceptional leader and speaker who has made an impact within the AAIE global community. AAIE, a non-profit that works with international schools around the world, had the pleasure of engaging with Jason - and he made a lasting impression. He skillfully led thought-provoking sessions on Dignity, Dialogue, and Depolarization as well as Leading Through Complexity – A Strategic Approach to Tackling Big Challenges. These were timely and often challenging topics, and Jason approached them with deep knowledge, clarity, and a remarkable ability to engage participants in meaningful dialogue.
Laura Light
Executive Director, AAIE
“It is a pleasure to watch Jason Craige Harris work with a room full of people. The calm energy, compassion, and emotional awareness he brings are palpable; he combines genuine warmth and curiosity about people with exceptional commitment to broadening perspectives and helping people find common connections. His skill in leading meditation and mindfulness exercises comes from years of training and practice; no matter what level participants are at, he excels at leading sessions that ground and restore you, and holding discussions as a safe, welcoming space to share experiences. He doesn't shy away from sharing his own vulnerability, but remains in total command of his message and his audience.
Jim Freeman
Faculty, Philosophy and Religious Studies, St. Francis College
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Britta von Schoeler
President, Broadway Video
“Jason Craige Harris is a rare and vital presence in any room—equal parts strategist, sage, and steward of the human spirit. I’ve seen firsthand how his presence and deep emotional intelligence create space for honesty and accountability. Jason specializes in the hard work of repair and redemption—for leaders who have faltered and for institutions seeking to become whole again. In an industry like mine, where pressure, ego, and complexity abound, voices like Jason’s are not just refreshing—they are essential.
Charlie Grode
President & Executive Director, Merit School of Music

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