Insight.
Strategy.
Transformation.
Verdance helps mission-driven organizations turn climate and sustainability ambitions into community-centered strategy, action, and progress.
How We Help Organizations Lead
Our work is grounded in interdisciplinary fluency, multistakeholder dialogue, and systems thinking — spanning metropolitan and rural sustainability, climate change, environmental justice, parks, and conservation.
See Clearly
Understand what's shifting, what's possible, and what matters most in complex environments.
Advance Justice & Equity
Ground decisions in history, lived experience, and concern for the well-being of those most affected.
Act Responsibly
Bring cultural awareness and deep respect for the communities and beneficiaries you serve.
Move Forward
Develop strategies that are high-impact, resourceful, and actionable in the real world.
Four Ways We Bring Clarity

Cheryl Little, Principal
More than 25 years working at the intersections of strategy, systems thinking, narrative, and institutional change. Cheryl's multidisciplinary work spans sustainable development, equity and environmental justice, climate resilience, land revitalization, and surface transportation with experience inside federal agencies, nonprofits, and civil society.
She brings a rare combination of technical rigor and humanistic depth to strategy work. Trained in chemical engineering and international development, Cheryl understands how systems function and how people within them drive positive change.
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Strategic Partner
Verdance Group collaborates with Metropolitan Group on select engagements. Metropolitan Group is a social change agency with expertise in strategic communications, intercultural engagement, and organizational strategy.
Cheryl has served a wide range of social change organizations.
Ideas on Sustainability, Systems, and Change
Let's talk about your organization's impact.
Whether you're exploring strategic options, seeking research support, or navigating a complex organizational shift, Verdance can bring clarity, structure, and direction. Every engagement starts with listening.














