Co-building joyful pathways of impact.

In Kathak, sam (or sum) refers to the return to the first beat of the cycle, placed with special emphasis at a precise moment in time. At Sama, we believe that every organization has the opportunity to return (and return again) to the home beat – to rethink, refresh, and sharpen their strategy to learn and succeed.Founded in 2023, Sama Collective exists to help education and education adjacent organizations build capacity quickly in order to grow thoughtfully and sustainably.We live at the intersections of strategy, execution, and culture – helping to operationalize the plan and enable the right conditions for impactful work. We delight in collaborating with you in your journey to joyful execution.

We focus on:
> education-focused nonprofits
> ed+tech / edtech
> schools and other learning focused organizationsCompetency areas:
> strategic re-design
> operational design & infrastructure
> systems architecture
> business strategy and operations
> program design

Meet Simmi.

Simmi is a learner and leader who has worked at the intersections of technology and learning for almost 20 years, with her roots firmly planted in the NYC specialized public school that she first began her career in. She has led classrooms, schools, and networks across the nonprofit, public, and private sectors.Simmi currently works within the Leadership Programs team at Netflix. Prior to that, Simmi was the Chief Operating Officer at edsUP, leading the public benefit corporation's business strategy, operations, marketing, partner success, and people ops functions. Simmi has also served as the Chief Learning and Impact Officer at the Neurodiversity Alliance, leading the national nonprofit’s research, program, impact, and learning strategy to support neurodivergent students and their educators.Simmi delights in, and is deeply committed to, collaboratively shaping deliberate and emergent strategy, designing and facilitating impactful experiences, driving for operational cohesion, co-constructing communities of care, and stewarding innovative evolution. She also never turns down the opportunity to delight in a good pun and/or a good cup of tea.