Why We Exist
Juniper Spark was created from a shared sense of possibility and a desire to help meaningful work make lasting impact.
Across decades of experience, we’ve seen strong missions slowed not by a lack of commitment or expertise, but by misalignment — between people and strategy, intention and execution, vision and day-to-day reality.
Juniper Spark exists to help close those gaps. We partner with organizations at moments of complexity, transition, or possibility, creating clarity, strengthening alignment, and equipping teams with practical tools that move strategy into action.
The Humans Behind Juniper Spark
Juniper Spark is a woman-led consulting collective with domestic roots across the Pacific Northwest and Southwest and deep experience working nationally and globally.
Sara Clements, MPH
Founder & Engagement Lead | Albuquerque, NM
Sara Clements is a global health strategist and behavioral science practitioner with 18+ years of experience leading complex public health and systems initiatives across the U.S. and international settings.
Her work spans federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Indian Health Service, as well as global programs and community-based environments, where she has guided teams through high-stakes challenges including immunization strategy, outbreak response, and health systems strengthening.
She is known for translating complexity into clarity—helping organizations align people, strategy, and storytelling to drive meaningful, measurable impact.
Geographies: U.S. (federal, state & local), Tribal Nations, Africa, Southeast Asia
Expertise: Immunization systems, global health security, behavioral science, risk communication, cross-sector partnerships, workforce safety & morale.
Passions: Expanding access to mental health and preventive care; the human–animal connection as a pathway to trust, healing, and growth; theater, film, and media for social change.
Sara brings both technical precision and deep humanity to work that requires trust, resilience, and real-world impact.
Samara Andrade, MPH
Founder & Lead Strategist | Seattle, WA
Samara Andrade is a senior global health leader with 20+ years of experience leading complex, multi-country initiatives across health, gender, and community systems. She has managed multi-million-dollar programs and partnerships in resource-constrained and high-stakes environments, helping organizations strengthen systems, align strategy, and deliver measurable results.
She has held leadership roles with WomenLift Health, Cure Blindness, and multiple United Nations entities, working across women’s health, health systems strengthening, and gender equity.
Samara is known for bringing strategic clarity to complex environments—aligning priorities, people, data, and funding to move organizations forward with focus and momentum.
Geographies: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe, North & Central America
Expertise: Strategy & operations; Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, & Learning; donor engagement; resource mobilization; grant and funding alignment; gender equity
Passions: Designing equitable systems that work in practice; strengthening organizations to better serve communities; somatic practice and yoga as pathways to resilience and grounded leadership.
Samara brings a steady, systems-level perspective to moments when organizations need focus, alignment, and forward momentum.
Tyanne Conner, MS
Public Health & Health Equity Consultant | Pacific Northwest
Tyanne Conner is a health equity leader and education sociologist with 15+ years of experience advancing public health, research, and community-driven systems change across federal, state, and Tribal contexts. Her work focuses on helping organizations design and implement strategies that center lived experience, cultural wisdom, and equitable outcomes.
She has worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Oregon Health & Science University, Tribal Public Health organizations, and the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, leading public health campaigns, qualitative research, and cross-cultural initiatives—particularly in partnership with Tribal communities across the Pacific Northwest.
Tyanne is known for creating spaces where complex and sensitive issues—such as historical trauma, racism, and inequity—can be addressed with honesty, cultural humility, and care, helping teams build trust, shared understanding, and meaningful progress.
Geographies: United States (Pacific Northwest), Tribal Nations
Expertise: Public health campaign strategy, qualitative research and grounded theory, narrative medicine, cross-cultural facilitation, organizational development
Passions: Centering lived experience and cultural wisdom; advancing equity through co-creation and inclusive dialogue; supporting communities in building systems that reflect their values and strengths
Tyanne brings courage, openness, and a deeply collaborative spirit to organizations ready to move beyond one-size-fits-all approaches and into lasting, meaningful change.
Together, our core team brings 55+ years of experience across public health, global health, community engagement, evaluation, organizational strategy, and systems change. We’ve worked inside and alongside nonprofits, foundations, government, and research institutions, partnering with mission-driven organizations navigating growth, uncertainty, and transformation.
Our consultants combine rigorous analysis with practical execution, and we collaborate with a trusted network of designers, researchers, facilitators, and practitioners as needed — because real impact requires both expertise and adaptability.
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