Orange Grove Nine Innovator Mindset

An award-winning author and national speaker, Alicia leads values-driven culture initiatives. Her books include Values Ignite, Values Sustain and Change Philanthropy (a Wiley publication), winner of the Axiom Best Business Book Award. Growing up in several culturally diverse countries, after receiving her degree from Brown University she traveled to Costa Rica on a Fulbright Scholarship to write her first book. Inspired by a three-week trip to Panama, she extended her stay for several years to work with the Kuna, Embera and Wounaan Indigenous Peoples. From their ancient cultures, she learned powerful methods for building community. She founded Orange Grove Nine, and a sister company called The Culture Company, to apply her life's learning about what creates culture to develop thriving values-driven organizations. Clients include household names like Levi's, the United Nations and the Ford Foundation, and fast-growing companies like Mary's Gone Crackers. Alicia lives in Arlington, VA, a community of front porches and neighborhood games, with her husband Lorne.