About Emily Braucher, MA, MA

With over two decades of experience in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and equitable community development, Emily is a dynamic leader and the Founder of ReFresh Communication, LLC. Emily and her team collaborate with nonprofit, government, and corporate clients worldwide to embed inclusive leadership, equity, and effective cross-cultural communication into organizational practices and community engagement. Her work helps client create trusting relationships across differences by teaching the tools to overcome the three challenges that inevitably get in the way of trust: ego, culture and power. Her approach to DEI incorporates insights from neuroscience, extensive training and consulting experience, two Masters degrees in topics related to culture and communication, and hands-on experience in over 30 countries.

Emily’s background in the sciences has uniquely equipped her to develop “soft skills” training for analytical professionals, such as engineers. The past several years she has worked with organizations focused on the clean energy transition. Emily’s commitment to climate justice is exemplified through her pivotal role in securing a $5 million grant for Boulder County to establish Equitable EV Charging Stations (2024). Her collaborative approach to instructional design emphasizes experiential methods and practical application, contributing to the development of diverse teams and individuals in various settings, from international organizations like 350.org, Renewable Energy Systems, LLC to local entities such as the City of Boulder’s Office of Sustainability, Catalyze Holdings, and Pivot Energy. Additionally, Emily has taught graduate level communication courses at Regis University and is also co-host of the podcast, Humanize: Stories from the Heart about Social Justice.

Certifications:

BrainStates Management™ Assessment
Global Competencies Inventory™
Intercultural Conflict Styles™
Personal Leadership™

My Story…

When I landed Kiribati in 2000 I was faced with two contradictory pieces of information. First, the Peace Corps told us that most likely the country would be swamped due to global warming within 50 years. The second piece of information was not taught as explicitly, it was a little bit more subtle and the trainings they offered us before we were assigned to a site for two years. That was us the Westerners new. We had figured it out and we were here to teach our way so that these people could be saved. So the message I got was that our actions were destroying their country and saving their country at the same time. I have been working ever since to unravel how we move ahead towards collective liberation while acknowledging our past.