Margherita Vacchiano, GPHR, SHRM-SCP

Co-Leader of Transformative Action

Margherita Vacchiano, GPHR, SHRM-SCP, serves as Co-Leader of Transformative Action at Be Present, Inc., sharing organizational leadership with Kelley Alexander under Be Present’s collaborative leadership model, and is a member of the Be Present Consulting Consortium. A human-resources strategist with deep experience across the public and private sectors, she specializes in transformative HR, supporting organizations to create mission- and values-driven systems and cultures that foster equity, mutual accountability, and trust, and developing the capacity of leaders to sustain transformative HR practices.

She grounds scientific discipline and rigor and the Be Present Empowerment Model® in one integrated practice, examining how organizational systems function, what they produce, and building the mission- and values-driven systems and relational capacity organizations need as the nature of work continues to change. Her expertise spans organizational design and culture; workforce equity and belonging; talent strategy and acquisition; and leadership development and capacity. Margherita is founder and President of Civis Consulting, LLC. She has served as a senior strategic HR consultant to a range of foundations and organizations, as Director of Total Quality Management at the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice, and as Director of Human Resources at the Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Languages and Linguistics from Georgetown University and is a Birkman Certified Professional.