About Us

About ILE Strategies

ILE Strategies was shaped by years of nonprofit management and higher-education program leadership. We’ve worked inside mission-driven institutions currently navigating funding constraints, operational complexity, competing priorities, and the human realities of leading change.

That experience grounds how we work today.

We partner with organizations that want to strengthen internal capacity. Our focus is on helping teams think clearly, align around priorities, and build sustainable ways of working across operations, fundraising, and learning.

AI is part of the current landscape, and we engage it thoughtfully. We see emerging tools as supports for judgment, learning, and planning, but as never replacements for expertise, relationships, or responsibility. Our work emphasizes care, transparency, and human oversight, especially in environments where trust and equity matter.

ILE Strategies works best with organizations that value reflection alongside action, and that are willing to invest in building their own capabilities for the long term.

 

 

 

Anasa Scott-Laude,  Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Anasa Scott-Laude brings experience in nonprofit management and higher-education program leadership. She works with mission-driven organizations and universities to strengthen internal capacity across operations, fundraising, and learning—especially in times of change shaped by climate risk, economic pressure, and emerging technologies.

As Managing Partner of ILE Strategies, Anasa supports organizations in applying human-centered approaches and AI thoughtfully, in service of clarity, judgment, and long-term resilience. She is the author of AI with Purpose, a practical guide to responsible AI integration grounded in mission, values, and real institutional constraints. She facilitated fund development and program design at nonprofits in the US and Africa, lead fellowship programs at the Colin Powell School, City College and lectured at Parsons School of Design Strategies. 

 

Anasa collaborates with co-founder Franky Laude, MFA and a curated network of partners—assembling the right team for the work at hand.