More than fifty work groups, task forces, and collaborative processes across civil rights, education, criminal justice, transportation, public safety, housing, healthcare, and workforce development. What they share is the same methodology, and a record that holds.
Three legislative sessions. A special session. No resolution. In fall 2025, Governor Polis convened a working group with a different mandate: build a new framework from the ground up. The parties had been in direct conflict for two years. They voted unanimously to support the result.
Senate vote on SB26-189 · thirteen days from introduction to law · unanimous working group support
Transit governance reform in Colorado had been discussed for years without resolution. A 15-member committee worked through five months of structured deliberation. A governance recommendation that initially failed to reach the required supermajority was later adopted 11–2 on the same question one week later.
Recommendations codified in SB26-150 · signed by the Governor · including a reformed 9-member board structure
Educators had been reporting unsafe classrooms for years. Available data missed what was actually happening. A survey of more than 1,100 educators surfaced findings that contradicted all prior data and reframed what state action was actually required.
Reported being physically injured by a student · Roadmap for Action published · CDE ongoing implementation
The Colorado legislature created the Task Force with a charge spanning government accessibility, housing, the outdoors, and a full rewrite of the state’s civil rights statutes. Confluence facilitated the full Task Force and all four simultaneous subcommittees, integrating testimony from dozens of stakeholders with direct lived experience.
Recommendations published across four simultaneous subcommittees · Final report January 2025
CTE is an unusual institution: a dedicated-revenue enterprise within CDOT with statutory independence and a mandate to deliver measurable climate outcomes through a network of transit partners across Colorado. Confluence designed and facilitated the full-day Board retreat and is leading the drafting of the FY2026– FY2030 Strategic Plan.
Strategic roadmap in development · Board adoption targeted prior to November 2026
election
After Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated Puerto Rico’s school system, the Governor and Secretary of Education faced a question that went beyond rebuilding facilities: how to redesign career pathways to produce real economic opportunity. Abramson designed and led a multi-phase initiative to modernize pathways as part of the broader school system redesign.
Students matched with employers in year one · 800+ guaranteed a living wage job · Clinton Global Initiative recognition
Senate vote · Colorado AI Governance Framework
House vote · thirteen days from introduction to law
RTD governance vote · reversed one week after initial failure
Work groups managed across nine issue areas
State agency leaders, Governor’s offices, county governments, and organizations navigating problems that have resisted every standard approach reach out directly. The engagement starts with a conversation.
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