Our Story

Our instructors met at Harvard University when Lila was an undergrad and Voop was a grad student. They met in a graduate course that Voop co-taught on facilitating and enabling leadership. Sharing a passion for transformative team engagements, they became friends.

Ten years later, after further honing their expertise in facilitating throughout the United States and abroad, they decided to launch Facilitation Academy to bring dynamic facilitation learning and certification to those ready to level up.

Meet Your Instructors

  • Voop is a professional facilitator at Booz Allen Hamilton, one of the country’s elite consulting firms. Voop manages facilitation contracts for the armed services, leading senior military leaders through:

    • Strategy development sessions on complex topics

    • Branding

    • Developing team roles and responsibilities

    • Addressing key challenges on teams

    • Creating team vision & mission

    • Team development

    Facilitation Awards Won

    • Association for Talent Development: BEST Award

    • Harvard Kennedy School: Most Influential Course Award

    • Harvard Kennedy School: Dean’s Award for Excellence in Student Teaching

    Relevant Certifications

    • LEGO Education: LEGO Serious Play© Certified Facilitator

    • LUMA: Human-Centered Design Certified Facilitator

    • International Coaching Federation: Executive Coaching Certification

    • Association for Talent Development: Certified Professional in Talent Development

  • Lila is an expert facilitator who thrives in dynamic settings where individuals come together to achieve outcomes greater than their constituent parts. She runs her own strategic consulting practice, where she facilitates complex conversations, trainings, and retreats with teams at organizations including:

    • The Wildlife Conservation Society

    • The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

    • Community Health Impact Coalition

    • Spotify

    • Collective Impact

    • The Peregrine Fund

    • National, State, and Local Political Campaigns

  • "Voop is a virtuoso in the art of enabling group learning. I have admired her masterfully synthesize insights from participants, creating powerful light bulb moments for everyone. In those remarkably resonant moments of clarity, I could practically hear participants say 'a-ha.'"

    — Erica Dhawan, CEO of Cotential

  • "Lila is a natural listener and guide…. She has an energetic and positive spirit that enables people to think creatively and contribute as individuals and as teams in ways that are empowering and productive. As a facilitator, Lila has the skills and experience that create a seamless and effective program, but it is her authentic self that she brings to the effort which makes it work beyond expectations! Beyond the typical qualities of listening, patience and other facilitation skills, Lila is someone you always remember for her positivity, intelligence, creativity and kindness."

    — Kathi Schaeffer, Executive Director of Public Affairs and Partnerships at the Wildlife Conservation Society

  • "Voop is one of the most gifted and thoughtful facilitators I have ever worked with. She gives her all to the participants and inspires everyone with her engaging personality and stories."

    — Holly Chang, Golden Bridges Foundation

  • "Lila is a phenomenal trainer that has executed dozens of virtual trainings. She is fantastic at designing concise, easy-to-understand concepts built with pedagogical best practices in mind. Her academic background in mind-brain-behavior makes her uniquely qualified to build and deliver trainings that help people to retain information and apply it in real-time. She brings energy to all of her facilitation, working to keep trainings highly engaging and communal."

    — Sarah Stern, Founder at Cultivate