Common Ground Strategies is led by Megan Stites, founder + principal - a community engagement professional with extensive experience enabling organizations to advance complex initiatives through authentic partnership with the communities they serve..

Megan founded Common Ground Strategies to help organizations engage communities with transparency, respect, and long-term thinking. Her background spans community relations, renewable energy development, fundraising, communications, and education administration - giving her a rare ability to align business goals with community realities..

Megan’s multi-disciplinary background provides a high-level view of how diverse systems interact. By merging the operational rigor and empathy of education administration with the strategic urgency of renewable energy development and the persuasive storytelling of professional fundraising, she helps clients navigate the "messy middle" where business goals meet community realities..

Whether she is securing stakeholder buy-in for multi-million dollar infrastructure projects or building transparent communication frameworks for institutional change, Megan’s expertise lies in forging consensus among voices that rarely speak the same language..

Let’s find some common ground, together.