About Us
Confluence Facilitation was founded by Naomi Roswell and Xaver Kandler to provide creative and responsive facilitation to progressive, justice-oriented organizations.
We have complementary strengths as facilitators— Xaver’s strategic vigor and acumen and Naomi’s ingenuity at building community and tending to group dynamics underpin our work together.
Our facilitation practice is grounded in centering relationships, disciplined preparation, and a desire to see social movements and organizations thrive.
Xaver Kandler [Pronounced Zava]
Xaver (he/him) is a facilitator, climate justice campaigner, and social movement strategist. His facilitation style is strategic and outcome oriented while still prioritizing interpersonal connection.
Xaver has expertise in designing and executing legislative campaigns through his work as the Campaigns Director at NY Renews— a multi-racial 350+ member climate, jobs, and justice coalition.
Over the years, he has facilitated strategic planning retreats and longer-term internal processes. He also has extensive experience in developing committees and teams.
The seeds of his facilitation and social movement theory passion were nourished during his time at Bard College while earning his degree in Environmental and Urban Studies and organizing within the local community.
In his free time, Xaver can be found backpacking, writing about organizing, and hosting dinners.
Naomi Roswell
Naomi (she/hers) is a playful rabble-rouser, committed to encouraging groups of people to access curiosity and connection. Naomi’s facilitation style is highly participatory and heavily rooted in Agusto Boal’s Theater of the Oppressed and the belief that old patterns need to be disrupted to arrive at creative consensus decisions.
Naomi co-founded the 10-person cross-class and multi-racial housing cooperative she lives in. There, every day, she practices and revels in organizational structures that are easy to maintain, equitable, and supportive to each person. Within her own family, she has worked across generations to challenge the philanthropic status quo with an eye towards supporting social movements and reparations.
While studying environmental science and dance at Oberlin College, Naomi cultivated a love of facilitation through directing arts programs in prisons and schools, and since then she’s coached budding environmental activists through the Sierra Student Coalition and trained new members in the Sunrise Movement.
Outside of work you can find Naomi enthralled with a patch of moss, salsa dancing, and hosting friends for meals.