We partner with mission-driven organizations to design programs, influence policy, and strengthen partnerships.

Weaver:

  1. One who brings together silos and knowledge bases; skillful in generating common threads and meaningful connection together.

  2. Amy’s ancestry (her whakapapa). Her maternal grandmother and great aunties were Weavers. They were incredible humans and she learned a lot from them.

Weaver Collaborations is based in Aotearoa New Zealand and works with partners around the globe.

Services

Weaver Collaborations is a small consultancy firm with a focus on program design, policy and partnerships. We specialize in helping move from idea to action, and are skilled in co-creating programmatic goals and co-designing the implementation infrastructure needed to deliver on them.

Often working at the intersection of philanthropy and the public sector, we are passionate about the power and potential of both. With expertise in climate resilience, cities, and conservation, we often work on projects that integrate nature, equity and adaptation goals. In all of our collaborations, we value relationships and keep a sense of humor and humility. Our services include:

  • Program design and organizational strategy

  • Policy research, influence, and advocacy

  • Partnership mapping, coalition building, and stakeholder engagement

  • Fund design and grant making strategies

  • Technical guidance on development of resilience building strategies, policies, and practices

Current & Previous Collaborations

Great Barrier Reef Foundation

EcoAdvisors & Conservation International

Strategic Advisor leading design of a new Resilience Accelerator program to grow pipeline of climate adaptation projects in the Pacific.

Developing global guidance on national government policies need to enable high integrity nature markets.

University of Miami Climate Resilience Institute

Co-developed a risk and resilience framework to build capacity of grantees.

The Lever Room

Collaborated on the development of an Oceans Roadmap for New Zealand.

Advising on the design of the new Institute’s theory of change and development of community of practice on resilient infrastructure.

Centre for Public Impact

Partnering on outreach and design of new partnerships with local councils in Aotearoa New Zealand.

BHP Foundation

ABOUT AMY

Amy Armstrong is Founder and Principal at Weaver Collaborations. She brings to this work 20+ years’ experience designing and leading global initiatives to deliver social and environmental impact. She has advised on or led development of theories of change and program strategies undergirding more than USD$600M of philanthropic and public investment, and helped design and lead four mission-driven initiatives and organizations.

She has deep expertise in resilience-building strategies and has worked with some of the world’s largest cities and smallest island nations. This includes helping to stand up and lead two philanthropic climate resilience partnerships—100 Resilient Cities at the Rockefeller Foundation and Resilient Reefs at the Great Barrier Reef Foundation—working at national and subnational levels to co-design equitable climate projects and policies.

She is skilled at translating between research and policy and helped grow and lead two applied research centers at New York University, helping cities make evidence-based decisions on land use, housing and the urban environment. She worked in New York City government to accelerate community and economic development, and has advised a range of non-profits on strategic planning, program development, and policy research and analysis.

An agile facilitator and strategist with experience across sectors and cultures, she brings a rigorous and inclusive approach to helping organizations clarify their vision, design their programs and partnerships, and evaluate and communicate their impact. 

She holds a B.A. in Political Science from Reed College and an MSc in Social Policy and Planning from the London School of Economics. She is an Edmund Hillary Fellow and was previously a Coro Leadership New York Fellow and a New York City Urban Fellow. She is mom to a goofy and curious son who is also figuring out how to do well for the world, and spouse to a talented writer and fisherman.