Who We Are

Midy is the founder and CEO of Civil Strategies and the architect of The CIVIL Framework™. She brings more than 25 years of experience building institutions and integrating business operations, strategic communications, finance, and policy into systems that drive sustainable organizational impact.

Before founding Civil Strategies, Midy served as Chief Experience Officer at Spitfire Strategies, where she founded the firm's Intermountain West office, oversaw a $16M business pipeline, developed profitable pricing models, and built the operational infrastructure that sustained the firm through COVID-19 and periods of rapid growth. She led the firm's international portfolio, managed cross-sector coalitions across Mexico, Africa, Latin America, and Europe, and designed systems for employee development, performance management, and organizational resilience.

Previously, Midy served as the founding executive director of the American Latino Heritage Fund at the National Park Foundation, a position created by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. In this role, she built the fund's national infrastructure, secured federal and corporate partnerships, coordinated across White House and federal agencies, and led grant-making operations that designated three National Historic Landmarks, including the César Chavez National Monument.

Her practice integrates the analytical rigor of management consulting with the implementation discipline required to translate strategy into operational reality. She advises foundations, nonprofits, and mission-driven enterprises navigating institutional transitions, multi-entity structures, leadership realignment, and the systemic challenges that fragment decision-making, resources, and culture.

Midy is based in Portland, Oregon, and maintains a national practice.

Marcelo is a trusted leader in environmental justice, organizational transformation, and leadership development. He brings more than 25 years of experience helping foundations, nonprofits, and environmental institutions improve governance, leadership culture, and long-term systems needed to advance equity and inclusion.

Marcelo founded the Center for Diversity & the Environment, one of the most influential organizations in the environmental movement’s DEI evolution and has advised hundreds of organizations and thousands of leaders across the country. His work integrates executive coaching, systems design, and organizational stability, helping leadership teams navigate change while building alignment across staff, boards, and cross-sector partners.

Marcelo is based in Portland, Oregon.

Mark Costanzo brings deep expertise in financial strategy, business modeling, and operational discipline in the public and private sector. He has spent his career helping organizations build strong financial and structural systems that underpin growth, stability, and long-term sustainability.

Mark’s work includes designing profitability frameworks, pricing models, revenue systems, and internal financial processes that allow organizations to make informed, data-driven decisions. He supports leaders in translating strategy into day-to-day financial architecture, ensuring institutions operate with accountability, and disciplined resource management.

Marcie is a seasoned communications strategist with a career spanning entertainment, nonprofit advocacy, philanthropy, and public-sector engagement. She brings expertise in multichannel communications, multicultural engagement, narrative development, and strategic marketing campaigns that support influence across diverse and complex ecosystems.

Marcie has led communications initiatives for high-profile organizations navigating public issues, reputation dynamics, and stakeholder visibility. Her work focuses on building systems for executive communication, message discipline, and institutional presence — ensuring leaders and organizations market themselves and communicate with credibility.

Marcie is based in Los Angeles.

Lisa is a nationally recognized attorney and public service executive who served in appointed senior leadership roles under the Obama and Biden administrations and in New York State government. Most recently, she was Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, an Aspen Institute Health Innovation Fellow, and is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

Lisa brings expertise in public policy, risk management, compliance, regulatory oversight, and governance to Civil clients. Her background spans civil rights, public health, health equity, immigration, SNAP, and food security. She supports organizations in designing systems that maintain integrity, uphold accountability, and that align organizational structure with changing policy environments.

Lisa is based in New York.