We believe collaboration is more effective than competition.

The Co-Lab is a constellation of designers, creatives and healers who are working together in earnest to create new paths forward while also supporting individuals wherever they are on their own journey.

We are a multi-consultancy committed to caring for people while re-imagining systems. Our intentional network of collaborators, each with their own expertise, can wrap cohesively around an organization’s multi-faceted needs.

We are based in Central Vermont, which is the unceded homeland of the Abenaki people. We acknowledge this legacy with grief and gratitude. We honor the interconnectedness of all people and all things.

Core Team

  • Ana Peltz

    FOUNDER & CREATIVE ACTIVATOR

    Ana is an artist, systems designer, and creative guide who helps organizations translate identity and purpose into brand. Through her experience in design implementation, cultural programming and artistic installations, Ana moves complexity into visual, spacial, and verbal clarity.

    Ana's Bio >

  • Ruth Gaviria

    FOUNDER & VISIONARY EXECUTOR

    Ruth is an award-winning fractional CMO specializing in brand strategy & growth who has led campaigns and brand launches reaching 25M+ people. Ruth combines Fortune 500 experience with spiritual insight to unlock organizational alignment and move at the speed of change.

    RUTH'S Bio >

  • Jessie Upson

    FOUNDER & FRACTAL BRIDGE

    Jessie is registered nurse and holistic practitioner bringing clinical precision and nonjudgemental care into organizational change management. Jessie merges her study of shamanism and Gene Keys with strategic insights while holding all relationships as a continuous living laboratory.

    JESSIE'S BIO >

Collaborators

  • Andreas John

    PHOTO & VIDEO

    Andreas provides photography and videography that expresses the highest essence of what is wanting to be captured and shared.

    In THE HANDS OF BEAUTY >

  • Evan Premo & Lisa Masé

    WHOLE SOUNDS

    Evan & Lisa create sonic identities and sound-based experiences for activation & healing through the subconscious.

    THIrd tone project >

  • Julia Fiorello

    STRATEGY & DESIGN

    Julia helps us remember everyday joy while delivering organizational design, strategy in practice, design implementation, and working culture.

    JULIAFIORELLO.COM >

  • Melissa Brough

    ENERGETIC INTELLIGENCE

    Melissa attends to the nervous systems of individuals and organizations so we can move out of protracted states of “fight or flight”.

    ENERGETIC LITERACY PROJECT >

  • Natalya Zahn

    ILLUSTRATION & DESIGN

    Natalya provides out-of-this-world original illustrations as well as strategic design thinking and constructive critique.

    NATALYA.COM >

“True belonging never requires us to change who we are; it requires us to be who we are.”

-BRENÉ BROWN