Julian Chender

Advisory Board Liason

Julian is the founder of 11A Collaborative, a consulting firm that works to create healthy society through healthy organizations. He consults to purpose-driven businesses, nonprofits, foundations, public offices, and government agencies seeking to increase their impact.

Julian’s work focuses on facilitating human connection and shaping behavior at scale. In his early years at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Julian’s portfolio included leadership and team development and enterprise strategy, all focused on the agency’s response to the global Ebola and Zika crises. From there, he moved to external consulting, eventually joining Accenture’s Operating Model & Organization Design practice shortly after its acquisition of Kates Kesler.

Over his career, Julian has consulted to purpose-driven organizations across sectors, from the Fortune 10 to nonprofits in education, arts, and public health, from intergovernmental European agencies to New York City public offices. He is a Certified Organization Design Practitioner and an ICF-Certified Coach who holds a master’s degree in Organization Development from American University and a B.A. in History from Swarthmore College. In 2020, he received the Emerging Practitioner Award from the Organization Development Network (ODN). He has also served on the Board of Trustees of ODN.