Pamela Rich is the Director and Founder of Rich Solutions, an organization development firm that promotes strategic thinking, equitable systems, and sustainable change.

When working with organizations, Pam employs a fully participatory process that is founded on her passion for community, collaboration, inquiry, and productive resolu-tions. She brings warmth, hu-mor and curiosity to all her work, recognizing the virtuous cycle of learning that she and her clients bring each other. The final result is a plan for moving forward that has buy-in from all stakeholders.

Pam is versatile in many organization development techniques including Action Research, Process Mapping, Appreciative Inquiry, World Café, Open Space, and Design Thinking. Her deep commitment to lasting and positive change inspires her continual exploration of new organizational development strategies.

Before discovering Organization Development, Pam was a teacher for many years. Her fascination with systems change began while working with the Coalition of Essential Schools, a school reform organization devoted to improving education. Witnessing the power that healthy change can bring to a school—empowered administrators and teachers, engaged learners, a committed community—Pam was inspired to dive more deeply into organizational development.

Pam holds a BA from Brown University and an MA in Organization Development from Sonoma State University. A longtime California resident, she's an avid lover of nature and the outdoors, enjoying whitewater kayaking and backpacking in the High Sierra. She lives in Oakland with her husband and three daughters.