Mission. Vision. Values.
MISSION.
To amplify peopleâs potential to deliver impactful business results.
VISION.
To live in a world where inclusion no longer needs to come before the word leadership.
VALUES.
Courage
We believe that it takes courage to be an inclusive leader and create a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion that bolsters and fosters sustainable belonging.
Fulfillment
We believe that fulfillment is living a deep and meaningful life â a life of purpose, dreams, accomplishments, contentment, and happiness.
Gratitude
We believe demonstrating gratitude creates a culture where people feel seen, heard, and valued â improving connection, building community, increasing productivity, and enhancing engagement.
Growth Mindset
We believe that a growth mindset is grounded in an organization and its people to continuously learn â this opens up boundless potential for innovation and infinite potential.
Vulnerability
We believe that vulnerability is critical to effective leadership â this builds trust, humanizes our workplace, and builds empathy within the organization, the team, and relationships.
Ubuntu ('Onenessâ)
We believe that Ubuntu is the core for human dignity, respect, and compassion â these values make us whole and complete.
Our approach.
Plan
Meet with the client project team to build connections and together create a project plan that will be referenced throughout the initiative.
Needs Assessment
Perform a needs assessment through one-on-one interviews, surveys, focus groups, and document reviews to provide context and content in creating the deliverable.
Creation
Design and develop custom solutions and deliverables to meet the client’s needs.
Delivery
Facilitate the Academy, workshop, program or initiatives to build skills, competencies, and knowledge.
Evaluation
Receive participant and client feedback, input, and comments to evaluate and assess the program’s success.
Our approach.
Our Team.
This is us. A close-knit team with highly diverse backgrounds and skill sets, coming together with a singular purpose to deliver powerfully on your objectives and exceed your expectations.
Josh Saterman [he/him]
Josh was born in Miami but now lives in Harlem New York with his amazing husband and cat. His favorite food is pizzaââis it bad to eat it everyday?
A proud HMI.org executive Board Member, Josh loves all animals (except snakes), traveling the world and exploring new cultures, and his great hope is for a world that listens better.
His superpower is being a connector and his professional passion is unlocking clientâs superpowers and seeing where it takes them. He strongly believes âthereâs awakening when you arenât focused on yourself.â
Favorite quote: âTwo roads diverged in a wood and Iâ I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.â â Robert Frost
Nettie Nitzberg [she/her]
Born in Niagara Falls, NY, Nettie now lives in Portland, Maine. Sheâs the mother of two beautiful independent women, and a rescue dog named âTexâ. She has an awesome husband who loves surprising her with special milestone birthday gifts.
Nettieâs dual passions are eyeglasses in all colors and shapes, and any organizing and decorating project that allows her to play with color, plants, flowers, and pillows. Lots of pillows.
Nettie is always excited to meet new people and make new friends, so itâs no surprise that her superpower is connecting people. Something she especially enjoys putting it to good use over a glass of wine.
My motto: âYou can never have enough friends.â
Favorite quote: âThe most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.â â Rachel Naomi Remen
Michael Saterman [he/him]
A native New Yorker, Michael lived in the midwest and the American south before settling back in Harlem, New York where he lives with his understanding and thoughtful husband and cat.
Michael is very much at home in the creative outlet of a busy kitchen, both baking (try his signature sourdough if you get the chance) and cooking (he makes a mean Korean short rib).
Creative and positive from a young age, Michael loves to exercise and believes that if you donât challenge yourself, you donât know yourself. His superpower is distilling diverse ideas and input from a room full of visionary people to clearly define the best route forward.
My motto: A brand isnât what you say it is. Itâs what employees & customers say about you when youâre not present.
Favorite quote: âGreat companies donât hire skilled people and motivate them, they hire already motivated people and inspire them.â â Simon Sinek
Natalie Spiro [she/her]
Natalie is an authentic globetrotter. Born in Tel Aviv, she grew up in Johannesburg, and now lives in San Diego, California â having spent time in Japan, China, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia in between.
She loves everything adventuresome, gastronomic, and wine related (her favorite food is Asian, unsurprisingly.) Her greatest achievements â and joys â were climbing Machu Pichu in four days and riding 550 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles raising money for AIDS research.
Her âwhyâ is to shift and change energy on this planet by one or by many, and her superpower is being an Inspiring Energy Shifter, unlocking clientsâ abilities to step into the best humans they can possibly be. Natalie strongly believes in the power of community and Ubuntu â âI am who I am because of those around meâ.
My motto: âIf you want to run fast, run alone. If you want to run far, run together.â
Favorite quote: Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. â Ralph waldo Emerson
Delana Glenn [she/her]
Delana Glenn is an Executive Coach, with over forty yearsâ experience leading high performing work teams in Human Resources and Operations. As a senior HR leader, she modeled her vision for diverse, balanced high performing work teams by developing her department to be representative of the standards she expected the organization to uphold. Her hands-on, practical approach to leading teams; transparent communications, growing staff skills, right fitting employees to positions, and establishing mentoring triads, were all instrumental in the high-performance results. She then moved on to the Operations Division to execute the same team-building process to develop several critical teams in the same manner. She retired just her teams received âTeam Excellenceâ recognition from the organization.
She brings this same enthusiasm and clarity to her Executive Coaching. She is most interested in working with new executives and emerging (high potential) managers. These new and emerging leaders are faced with a critical transformation moving from a manager, managing a small team or function to a senior leader, leading a large segment of the organization, a profit center. Coaching provides the individual with an opportunity for self-reflection and assessment. The ability to think through with a coach (partner) personal development required to strengthen individual performance; grow leadership abilities; understand the new power dynamics of influencing others for results and ultimately grasping the impact of the work group to the organization.
Delana is a native New Yorker, growing up in the housing projects of Harlem NY. She graduated high school from the prestigious Bronx High School of Science. She went on to Syracuse University studying History and subsequently earned an MBA at Baruch College. She has completed iCoach New York Professional Coach Program and is pursuing ACC certification with the International Coaching Federation of which she is a member. She is a lifetime learner.
Monica Hickson, MA [she/her]
Jennifer Kopkowski [she/her]
Samia Mansour [she/her]
Dylan Moore [he/they]
Michelle Ostroff [she/her]
Ebony R. Rose [she/her]
Perri Nitzberg [she/her]
Born in Washington, D.C. but a resident of Georgia since the age of 5, Perri is a northerner at heart but a southerner in spirit. She currently resides in Summerhill, a neighborhood in the City of Atlanta, with her fiancĂ©, Casey, and their two cats. You can likely find Perri spending time with friends, exploring the city/finding all the best places to eat, and on the occasion, visiting her favorite place, the beach, with a book in hand. She loves to help people by understanding their problems and then working with them to identify the solution – something she applies in both her work and personal life.
Perri’s motto: What you give, you will get in return.
Favorite quote: âA negative mind will never give you a positive life.â – Ziad KK. Abdelnour
Irene Brank [she/her]
Solomon Masala [he/him]
Gabriela Masala [she/her]
Thea Watkins [she/her]
Raushawna Price [she/her]
Kelly ColĂłn [she/her]
Our Clients.
Our clients rock! We are proud of the work we are doing with them. Here is a sneak peek at a few.
Our Partners.
Give back.
At Saterman Connect, we strive to impact our community. We support many organizations including Hetrick-Martin Institute, Strong Women Strong Girls, Heifer International, the Honor Foundation, and more. Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI) is a New York City-based nonprofit devoted to serving the needs of LGBTQIA+ youth between the ages of 13-25. These young people are looking for community, safety, love, and support. Josh, our Managing Partner and Co-Founder, serves as a co-chair on the HMI board of directors.Â
Each year, Saterman Connect gives a percentage of its profits to HMI and the other organizations mentioned. Saterman Connect is also a LGBT Business Enterprise (LGBTBE) Certified, and Saterman Connect qualifies as a certified diverse supplier.