Our Practice Areas

Justice, Equity & Mobility

Dalberg’s Justice, Equity, and Economic Mobility practice is dedicated to building a more equitable and just society for all people in the United States.

About Justice, Equity & Mobility

We partner with social change leaders across the US, bringing equity-centered analytics and inclusive facilitation to launch new initiatives, shape strategies and investments, strengthen organizations, support program implementation, and measure impact.

What we believe:

Dismantling systemic racism and white supremacy
Advancing equity both internally and externally
Shifting power to the communities most impacted by injustice and inequity

Taking a gender and race explicit intersectional approach
Analyzing root causes and designing systemic, expansive solutions
Challenging patriarchal structures to create systems that work for people of all genders

Our Clients

Our Expertise

Economic Opportunity

We support our clients to strengthen economic security, advance economic mobility, and ensure high quality, rewarding work, especially for underserved populations. Our work spans education, workforce development, worker’s rights, and policy supports.

Gender Equity

We help our clients advance systems where all people can live free of gendered expectations and threats. In addition to a dedicated portfolio focused on building the power of women and girls—including gender lens investing, the care economy, ending gender-based violence, and advancing sexual and reproductive health—we apply a gender equity lens to all our work.

Health Equity

We work across health and its social determinants to close disparities in health outcomes. Our health equity work seeks to increase access and affordability, ensure products and services are designed to meet community needs, bridge siloes across health and other systems of support and care, and elevate community voice and leadership in health system decision-making.

Community Development and Leadership

We recognize that advancing thriving communities requires integrated, coordinated investments across social and economic systems, and that communities themselves shuld be the ones to lead change. We help clients design and implement place-based partnerships for community development, and work to shift and build power among community leaders.

Connect with our Leaders

RACHNA SAXENA

Partner

Rachna Saxena is a Partner in the New York office of Dalberg. She founded and co-leads the firm’s US-focused Justice, Equity, and Economic Mobility Practice. She also co-leads…

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BEN WISE

Partner

Ben is an Associate Partner based in New York. He brings fifteen years of experience in strategy and social impact working primarily in the U.S., Latin America, and…

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Key Insights

Our work focuses on a range of topics, from strengthening equity in early childhood education, to shifting power in the philanthropic sector, to improving economic mobility through quality employment.

Protecting Women’s Health Amid Changing Support and Shrinking Safeguards: A Call to Action for Funders

From Community Engagement to Community-Led: Best Practices for Meaningful Impact

Justice, Equity & MobilityNorthern America

Unconventional Coalitions Will Shape the Future for U.S. Workers: The Role for Funders

Health & NutritionTalent & LeadershipGlobal

Mental Health in the Workplace: Perspectives from Sustainable Finance and Global Health Leaders

Finance & InvestmentNorthern America

Innovative Financing Models to Tackle the Affordable Housing Shortage

National Action Plan for Adult Literacy and the Launch of ALL IN

Self-care Innovations in the Wake of Abortion Bans: A Spotlight on Aya Contigo’s U.S. launch

An Interview with Joe Dougherty, Partner at Dalberg Advisors

Finance & InvestmentNorthern America

How Digital Financial Advisory Tools Can Help Lower Income Americans Retire

Northern America