Listening, learning and ​making change happen.

We believe a better future is possible for people and the planet, ​and we develop and activate strategies that make progress ​toward that future.


With social science research, recognized best practices and ​insights from across the communication sector, we work for ​racial, social and environmental justice.


Let’s make change together. Contact us.


Our Services

Strategic communication and campaign plans, brand development, message guides, narrative shifts, and related research guide mission-driven organizations and special projects — and boost their effectiveness at reaching their goals for social change.


Communication Strategy

Learning Experiences

Thoughtfully crafted trainings and special events, from online sessions to multi-day experiences, forge stronger bonds, help learning stick and engage people in becoming more effective change makers in our world.

Fractional Roles

We can serve in fractional roles, ​such as part-time executive ​director, chief communication ​officer or strategy officer, to ​support organizations that need ​to augment their teams as they ​strive to achieve meaningful, ​positive social change.

Erin is a strategist, storyteller and​ professor putting strategic ​communication to work for good.

She’s helped launch and build social movements, safeguard fragile habitats, grow and diversify California’s healthcare workforce, reduce the number of U.S. smokers, and get more philanthropic dollars into communities to spend on what they know matters most. She’s built learning experiences that resulted in more effective science communicators, stronger LGBTQIA+ storytelling, teams committed to learning opportunities after high school, everyday behaviors protecting natural environments and better-prepared advocates advancing health policy.


Erin is a first-generation college graduate who appreciates what education and mentoring opportunities have made possible in her life. She loves partnering with universities and the Center for Public Interest Communications, and she continues work with frank. She’s received honors including the PRSA Silver Anvil, Women in Social Responsibility, and University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Hall of Fame.


To accomplish and scale her work, she collaborates with a network of practitioners and specialists who share her commitment to making positive social change happen. Erin and her family call California home.



Let’s make change.

Reach out to us at info@hartstratcomm.com​ to partner on your work and together build the ​world we want to see.

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