Our Why
We understand the challenges of building and maintaining high-performing teams in today’s ever-changing world of work.
At Amalou Consulting, we empower leaders in nonprofits, schools, and mission-driven businesses undergoing org transformations to cultivate a culture of excellence and impact by providing tailored people and operational strategies and systems.
Our approach combines human-centered strategic vision with real-world application and effective change management.
Katrina Magdol, Our Founder
Katrina Magdol (she/her) is a Strategic People Operations leader and the founder of Amalou Consulting. A former Philadelphia classroom teacher, Katrina brings a practitioner’s heart to her systems-level work. Her career has spanned education, human resources, and solo-preneurship.
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Amalou Consulting partners with social impact organizations to bridge the gaps between mission and operational excellence. We specialize in building scalable talent management structures, elevating people operations systems, and providing fractional or interim leadership.
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Prior to launching Amalou Consulting, Katrina spent a decade at Bottom Line, a national education nonprofit, where she was a key leader during a period of rapid expansion. She designed and executed the operations and HR strategies that allowed the organization to navigate complex growth while multiplying its impact.
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Deeply committed to reshaping the future of work, Katrina is also the co-founder of Listen to Your Mothers, an entrepreneurial venture reimagining the workplace for parents. Through this work, she is transforming policies and practices in order to create inclusive environments where caregivers thrive and organizations multiply their impact.
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Katrina has called Boston home since 2010.
The name Amalou draws on the names of her two daughters.
