Education systems · Nonprofits · Foundations
Waymark Collaborative is a consulting practice led by Justin Tyack. We help education systems, nonprofits, and foundations turn intent into lasting impact: shaping the right work, designing plans that match real capacity, and staying with the implementation until it holds.
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What drives this work is a belief I've carried from the start: every young person deserves an excellent education and the chance to build a life that's authentically their own. I've spent my career working with organizations trying to make that real, and watched too many of them stall, not for lack of vision but for lack of the support to carry it through. I built Waymark Collaborative to be that support.
21 years
in education and nonprofit leadership
1,700 schools
Oversaw support for all NYC public schools, with a staff of 1,000
Former COO
of a nationally recognized college of education
Juris Doctor
admitted to the New York State Bar
The approach, in brief
Activation is the work of carrying a plan out: the stretch after strategy where most efforts stall. Waymark works across all components, or joins an organization for the single stretch that matters most.
Identifying the right problems to solve before committing to solutions.
Translating decisions into executable plans matched to real organizational capacity.
Supporting execution in real time and building the internal capacity to sustain it.
Engagements
Engagements take different shapes, but most fall into a few areas.
What partners say
In our first meeting with Justin, he told us, ‘Great curriculum succeeds or dies in implementation.’ Justin is absolutely right, and he’s been our vital partner in ensuring our success-skills curriculum is indeed a success in schools. He knows the classroom and the boardroom.
Justin has been a tremendous resource to the state of Connecticut as we work to build an enrollment and navigation portal that will make the search for child care easier and less time consuming for tens of thousands of parents throughout the state. His attention to detail, ability to build relationships, and skilled project management are unparalleled.
Working with Justin on EPIC’s multi-year strategic roadmap showed me how rare his skill set truly is. He engaged deeply with our board members, founders, supporters and the communities we serve, asking the exact questions needed to ground our ambition in real execution. His smarts and rigorous process positioned our organization for meaningful growth and increasing influence over the next five years.
If your organization is carrying work that has to hold, let’s talk.
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