Izzy Goodman
Co-founder, Principal, find Izzy on LinkedIn
Izzy has spent over a decade recruiting, training, and mobilizing activists and leaders and helping organizing and advocacy programs staff up and get alignment on values so that they can run impactful organizing campaigns. Throughout the past ten years, she has worked with a wide range of stakeholders and partners from Alaska Native Nations working to protect the Arctic from threats of drilling and development, to college students fighting for healthcare, to everyday citizens forming local groups to build power for their communities and win lasting change. Today, she works with organizations to structure departments and campaigns by centering social and racial equity in hiring, campaigning, and throughout our movements and the organizations that power them. Based in Brooklyn, NY, she is pursuing a Master's of Urban Policy and Leadership at Hunter College focused on housing, climate change, and building sustainable, just futures throughout our cities. She is passionate about supporting organizations that share that vision.
When she’s not organizing she enjoys practicing yoga, baking, or playing with her dog, Bailey.
Izzy uses she/her or they/them pronouns.
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Laura Comer
Co-founder, Principal, find Laura on LinkedIn
Laura is passionate about fostering leadership through practices such as deep listening, political education, strategic training, and feedback. This belief fuels her enthusiasm for strategic planning and engaging communities in meaningful conversations. She holds an MBA in Nonprofit Management from Alaska Pacific University. Teaching in the Navajo Nation taught her the crucial value of inclusive processes, ensuring participation and internal change management success across teams and stakeholders. During her tenure at Sierra Club, Laura led a national organizing program in collaboration with community partners and local teams, which resulted in over 200 communities committing to transition to 100% clean energy. More recently, she worked as the Associate Organizing Director at NARAL Pro-Choice America (now Reproductive Freedom for All), where she focused on building their distributed organizing program.
She chooses both red and green chile, knows what to do during bear encounters, and can’t wait to teach her godchildren how to bike.
Laura uses she/her or they/them pronouns.
Our Mission
Better Outcomes Consulting supports organizations in strategy, inclusivity, and equity. We provide tailored field plans, tools, and trainings for organizers, volunteers, and campaign staff to localize, customize, and build on. We ensure that campaigns are rooted in the communities they aim to serve and have a strong racial justice lens through narrative, outreach, and base-building strategies. Additionally, we support efficiency by finding the right tools, technology, and systems to create strong relationships for meaningful lasting change.