About us
MCG is a strategic consulting firm that partners with social change leaders to ensure communities thrive in place and to transform systems to work for all. We blend creative imagination with technical know-how to make your moonshot a reality through the following differentiated approach.
Align: We create relationships and translate across sector lines & disciplines to align stakeholders for collective impact
Equip: We equip our partners with effective tools to apply the principles and practices of systems change to their work
Mobilize: We work with our partners to take ideas to action through implementable and scalable projects
Our focus areas are:
Economic Mobility: Expanding access to more power for more people
Civic Imagination: Building capacity to imagine alternatives to current conditions
Storytelling: Enabling change & archiving how change occurs in communities
Chandra Christmas-Rouse is the founding principal of Marie Consulting Group (MCG). She is an urban planner, economic mobility strategy and artist based in Chicago, IL. A background in urban planning and environmental justice informs Chandra's design approach of working with community stakeholders in a participatory process to support capacity building, achieve place-based solutions, and reimagine systems. Her past experiences include integrating policy and strategy consulting with technical knowledge to advance economic mobility and sustainability for a number of local, regional and international organizations and firms. She holds a BA in Environmental Sciences & Policy with distinction from Duke University and a Master of Urban Planning with a concentration in real estate finance from Harvard University.