Dominique Samari is a technical advisor at the Collective Impact Forum.
Dominique Samari is the principal at Kin Consultant Group where she leads strategy, planning and training efforts for organizations seeking to drive change and achieve sustainable impact. In 2020, Samari created Kin Universe, a platform that helps individuals build social capital, increase trust and strengthen the connections needed to bridge differences and enhance collaboration.
Samari is also a teacher at the Hoffman Institute where she supports individuals in learning how to transform the counterproductive patterns limiting their lives.
Samari began her career as a criminal defense attorney and a criminal court commissioner. She transitioned from the practice of law to international development, serving in key management positions for the U.S. Department of State’s Rule of Law Program in Afghanistan.
Deeply reflective about race and culture in America, Samari is also a speaker in the U.S. Department of State Speaker’s Bureau and has been published in Nonprofit Quarterly, Milwaukee Magazine, Urban Milwaukee and Our Human Family.
