Nature-Based Solutions: Performance Measurement and Strategy

We help clients pinpoint the critical factors that determine success.

We turn complex nature-based solutions into rigorous, bankable strategies through upfront systems thinking and practical approaches that delivers more predictable and measurable results.

Heartwood’s quality frameworks and performance monitoring systems bridge the gap between ecological goals and social realities, while strengthening financial accountability - to deliver measurable impact for both ecosystems and communities.

Value Proposition

Systems Thinking in Action

Navigate to the intersection where ecological goals and community needs meet to fast-track execution, functionally link policy to implementation, and avoid expensive course corrections down the road.

Collaborative Strategic Design

Transform ambitious visions into step-by-step roadmaps by bringing together all stakeholders to co-create implementation strategies with shared ownership, clear metrics, and milestones that reflect collective priorities.

Risk Prevention and Resiliency

Identify the critical dependencies that make-or-break projects across scales—from community dynamics to landscape-level vulnerabilities. Invest resources where they'll have maximum impact and prevent cascade failures before they derail initiatives.

Climate Finance Ready

Design comprehensive due diligence protocols and performance measurement systems that enable bankable nature-based solutions and strengthen social and environmental claims.

Adaptive Management

Integrate ecological and social performance monitoring into adaptive systems that enable course corrections before problems become crises.

Hello, I’m Jessi, Owner and Principal Consultant

Where most people see either the forest or the trees, I see the entire ecosystem—how environmental goals connect to community needs, how strategic plans translate to on-the-ground action, and how social dynamics can make or break nature-based solutions.

With a social science and sustainable development background and deep experience in landscape scale initiatives, I help clients navigate the critical intersection where environmental integrity meets community. I specialize in building inclusive strategies and performance monitoring frameworks that account for both ecological and social realities— because, as investors and local communities know, sustainable solutions require both to succeed.

Turn complex nature-based solutions into bankable, resilient strategies