Cari Harris

With over $1 billion in projects advised and more than 100 clients served across the public and private sectors, The Butterfly Effect has earned its reputation as a trusted expert in launching, scaling, and managing mission-driven ventures. From federal agencies to grassroots startups, our team brings deep subject matter expertise in project management, stakeholder engagement, and analytics . We don’t just help founders build—we take loads off of their plates and get senior-level to-do list...

Case Study: Greater Baltimore Climate Initiative  (GBCI) Conference Design, Program Management & Stakeholder Engagement Engagement Period:  June 2024 – Present Overview GBCI is a regional convening designed to strengthen collaboration, align priorities, and accelerate regional sustainability planning, climate action and environmental justice action across Baltimore City and Central Maryland. The annual summit brings together government agencies, universities, nonprofits, community-based...

As we step into 2026, we’re carrying forward one of the most defining lessons from last year: progress doesn’t come from moving faster — it comes from seeing more clearly. In 2025, our work quietly but decisively shifted. What began as strengthening internal systems evolved into something deeper: organizational transformation rooted in clarity. And the theme that kept emerging — across sectors, across teams, across communities — was clarity. Not the type of clarity you write on a vision...