Our co-foundersMore than a decade of collaboration. More than 25 years across social enterprise, finance, education, operations, and organizational leadership.
Co-founderChristina Hachikian
Christina Hachikian is a fractional executive working with both nonprofit and for-profit social ventures to deliver results and drive social change. She specializes in working hand in hand with leadership teams in times of transition and growth, leveraging her background in finance, entrepreneurship, and academia. She launched her consultancy in 2021, drawing upon more than 25 years of experience working in dynamic social impact environments. As a recognized thought leader, she has presented to audiences across the globe, taught classes at a world-class business school, and was recognized in Crain’s Chicago list of 40 Under 40 in 2019.
Christina’s drive comes from a deep-seated belief in the power of social ventures to rectify the systems that negatively affect people’s lives. Her greatest professional fulfillment comes from engineering social impact ideas into viable business models. At the core, she is an operational leader who consistently moves ambiguous objectives to tangible results, as evidenced during her career at the intersection of social entrepreneurship, academia, and commercial banking.
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Co-founderKelly Powers
A passionate social justice advocate, Kelly Powers has dedicated her career to leading innovative work to positively impact people. An accomplished social entrepreneur and executive leader, Kelly has spent her career building and leading organizations in the social sector. She founded her consulting practice in 2022 and merged with Hatch Gemini in 2024. Kelly supports mission-driven organizations through strategic operations consulting with a focus on people operations and stakeholder engagement. As a consultant, she has held interim COO and VP of Operations roles where she established processes, policies, and team structures for organizations navigating leadership changes and growth.
Prior to establishing her consulting practice, Kelly served as the inaugural Chief Operating Officer at an early education nonprofit organization, where she restructured the finance and human resources functions. Before serving as COO, she was the founding executive director of an early childhood education nonprofit she co-founded in 2013. Under Kelly’s leadership, she grew the organization from an early-stage start-up to a well-established changemaker in Chicago. Kelly’s professional background in education, operations, and entrepreneurship allows her to deliver value to clients as they grow their impact.
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