Meet Our Team

  • Desirée Williams-Rajee (she/her)

    FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL

    Desirée established herself as a leader at the intersection of equity and environment while serving as the City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability’s Equity Program Manager. The first position of its kind in the nation, her work had a national impact on public sector innovation on equity within the sustainability field

  • Belinda Prince (she/her)

    EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

    Belinda joined the Kapwa team in 2023 as the Executive Assistant to Desirée Williams-Rajee. Belinda is responsible for administrative duties, general business, and special project support.

  • Erin Stevanus (she/her)

    COLLABORATOR

    Erin is a design strategist and social entrepreneur. She is a collaboration partner with Kapwa Consulting and currently leads innovation and strategy at the b:ask collective, where she works on a range of projects across the private, nonprofit, political, and philanthropic sectors. She uses her expertise in organizational change management and design strategy coupled with different creative modalities to explore complex systems and create pathways that increase agency and multiply impact.