"Sojourn's approach to leading staff retreats was exceptional. In creative ways, Nancy really drilled down to the core of our issues. She helped us understand each other better and find new opportunities to work together. We were a healthier team after our retreats."

Joan H. Lewis, former Executive Director, IONA Senior Services
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Nancy Reller


President


Each day, Nancy leads her team to fulfill Sojourn's core objective of finding the heart of what matters.

A believer in well developed strategic planning and thorough, precise implementation, Nancy likes to tackle the tough issues that face Americans. Her experience has taken her on journeys into the worlds of nursing homes, hospital systems, end-of-life care, chronic illness, aging, women's issues, mental health, organizational renewal, and family planning and reproductive health. Her clients have included the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Pace Association, the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, National Family Caregivers Association, National Council on Aging, AARP, the Bell Multicultural School and Pro-Choice America.

While traditional communications counsel is Nancy forte, she also provides meeting facilitation; she knows first hand that good communications is at the core of a productive workforce. As a certified facilitator, Nancy uses innovative, imaginative approaches to get to the heart of what matters to organizational boards, executive leaders and teams of dedicated people.





Nancy's career started in Washington, D.C. when she served as a U.S. Senate staff member. Subsequent positions took her into the trenches of healthcare, serving as director of communications for Capitol Hill Hospital, a part of the then Medlantic Healthcare Group, then to Inova Health System, northern Virginia's largest health system, where she directed all aspects of the System's internal and external communications.

"I spend a lot of time probing and stalking a problem. I think deeply about it. Then, I become clear. I can feel it - it clicks and I know it's the right direction. It's such a gratifying feeling to know we've given our clients our best, our deepest consideration."

Nancy lives in McLean, Va. with her husband and two teenage daughters, where they spend most weekends on a soccer field, basketball court, or at a swimming pool.