Stronger systems.
Meaningful impact.

Practical insight and collaborative solutions for organizations serving their communities.

Good Governance Solutions helps leaders understand complex challenges, bring people together, and build the structures needed to move forward. We connect research and assessment with strategy, governance, and hands-on operational support.

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Support shaped around your organization

Every organization has its own mission, people, resources, and challenges. We work with you to understand that context and develop solutions your team can put into practice.

Nonprofits

Strengthen board governance, clarify roles, engage people, and turn mission into achievable priorities.

Public Agencies

Bring research, evaluation, stakeholder engagement, and practical recommendations to complex public challenges.

Independent Healthcare Practices

Improve administrative workflows, operational systems, and business infrastructure so practitioners can focus on care.

Small Businesses

Build the processes, management tools, and organizational capacity that support sustainable growth.

How we help

Governance & Board Development

Clarify responsibilities, strengthen decision-making, and establish useful governance practices. Support may include board assessments, workshops, governing documents, onboarding, and committee development.

Strategy & Collaborative Planning

Bring people and perspectives together to establish shared direction. We facilitate planning, stakeholder conversations, and working sessions that connect priorities with responsibilities and next steps.

Research, Assessment & Evaluation

Understand what is working, where challenges arise, and what could improve. We use interviews, surveys, document review, data analysis, and comparative research to develop evidence-informed recommendations.

Operations & Implementation Support

Translate priorities into workable systems. We help develop policies, workflows, tracking tools, and administrative processes, with project-based or ongoing support tailored to the engagement.

Training & Leadership Development

Build understanding and confidence through practical workshops, facilitated learning, and leadership support grounded in your organization’s needs.

Insight that leads to action

Understand the context.

We listen, examine available evidence, and explore the relationships between people, processes, and organizational goals.

Develop a shared direction.

We help identify priorities, clarify choices, and build agreement about what comes next.

Build for follow-through.

We connect recommendations with practical tools, clear responsibilities, and ways to assess progress.

Our approach is collaborative, thoughtful, and attentive to the resources available to do the work.

Bevin Clapper, owner and principal consultant at Good Governance Solutions.

Meet our team

Bevin Clapper, MPA

Owner & Principal Consultant

Bevin brings more than 18 years of experience across Oregon state government, healthcare operations, and organizational consulting. She helps leaders understand how their organizations work, identify underlying challenges, and develop practical systems that strengthen accountability and performance.

Her background includes service as Chief Audit Executive for the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Acting Chief Auditor for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Operations Director for a multi-location naturopathic medical practice. This combination brings an analytical perspective alongside experience implementing change and managing daily operations.

Bevin’s work spans governance, organizational assessment, research, risk management, strategic planning, policy development, and process improvement. She holds a Master of Public Administration from Portland State University’s Hatfield School of Government, with a focus on quantitative and qualitative research methods.

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Andrea J. Fogue, Executive MPA

Senior Consultant

Andrea brings more than 25 years of experience helping leaders and organizations navigate complex challenges, build trust, and move shared priorities forward. Her work connects strategy, governance, stakeholder engagement, communications, and organizational change.

She has held leadership and advisory roles with the Oregon Employment Department, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, League of Oregon Cities, and Oregon Refuse & Recycling Association. Her experience includes convening diverse interests, guiding collaborative initiatives, advising executives and boards, and translating complex issues into shared understanding.

Andrea is energized by connecting people and perspectives, finding common ground, and helping groups turn vision into action. She holds an Executive Master of Public Administration from Portland State University’s Hatfield School of Government.

Let’s explore what would help.

Whether you are preparing for change, strengthening governance, planning your next chapter, or working through an operational challenge, we welcome a conversation.