Convergence Center for Policy Resolution

When tackling complex challenges, process matters.

For leaders working across sectors and politics, lasting progress takes more than messaging. It requires trust-building, stakeholder engagement, and bringing people together to solve problems.

Convergence Leadership Council member Daniel Cherrin explores these themes in a timely new piece for the Michigan Advance.

Read it here ➡ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/06/08/to-change-the-narrative-you-have-to-change-the-reality-that-created-it/

What does it take to break through gridlock and get meaningful policy change across the finish line?🏁

In Kentucky, leaders from across sectors and perspectives came together to advance bipartisan childcare legislation, proving that collaborative problem-solving still works🤝

Join us on June 22🗓️ for a virtual event📍Kentucky’s Child Care Breakthrough: Lessons for Leaders Facing Gridlock to hear practical lessons on building consensus, navigating division, and creating real outcomes for children and families. This event will feature speakers who led and participated in the Collaborative:

Charles Aull | Vice President of Policy, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Ashley Novak Butler | Executive Director of Lift a Life Novak Family Foundation, Mariah Levison | CEO & President at Convergence Center for Policy Resolution, Mandy Marler | Principal at Baldwin Consulting, Gus LaFontaine | Co-Founder of LaFontaine Preparatory School and LaFontaine Early Learning Center

Save your spot and RSVP🎫: https://convergencepolicy.org/event_post/kentuckys-child-care-breakthrough-for-leaders-facing-gridlock/

Join us in welcoming Margaret Richardson to the Convergence Board of Directors!

Margaret leads Global Marketing and Corporate Affairs at GoFundMe. The mission of Margaret’s teams is to tell the extraordinary stories of GoFundMe and its community of customers around the world, and to use these stories to help more people help each other.

She joins the board with expertise that is invaluable as we continue to advance and communicate about our Collaboratives and Learning Lab, strengthening how we solve complex challenges together.

We’re thrilled to have Margaret's leadership and perspective guide our work ahead.