Who we are
A civil rights compliance practice founded in 2025 in Portland, Oregon. We hold coordinator seats, run neutral investigations, and build the programs institutions are audited against. The work is the same whether the name on the door is a university, a district, or an employer.
Why we exist
Compliance fails quietly, long before anyone files.
Most institutions do not lose a case on the facts. They lose it on the record: an intake that was never documented, a timeline that slipped, a policy that no longer matched practice. We were built to close that gap from inside the institution rather than from a report delivered after the fact.
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Leadership
The five people who carry the practice, and the contracted practitioner network behind them.
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Theory of change
What we believe compliance is for, and why we deliver it fractionally rather than as a report.
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Careers
Open roles, the hiring process, and what we expect of practitioners who work under our name.
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Media inquiries
Press contact, firm background, and commentary on the civil rights docket.
Learn moreJudged on the file
Every engagement leaves a record that someone else will eventually read: a hearing officer, opposing counsel, the Office for Civil Rights. We work to the standard of that reader.
- 260+
- Investigations completed across higher education, PK-12, and workplace matters.
- 95%
- Client satisfaction across engagements to date.
- $150M
- Compliance value protected for the institutions we serve.
Figures as at August 2026, across engagements to date.
Theory of change
Institutions do not fail at civil rights compliance because they do not care. They fail because the obligation is held by one person who is carrying more than one person can carry, and because the work only becomes visible when it has already gone wrong.
So we do not sell reports. A report describes a problem and leaves. We hold the seat, carry the caseload, and stay accountable for the record while we have it, because a standard that nobody holds is not a standard.
- The gap
- Capacity and standard, not conviction.
- The unit
- A seat held, rather than advice delivered.
- The test
- Whether the file holds up when someone else reads it.
- The measure
- Programs that keep working after we leave.
The core team
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Albert Roberson
LL.B., LL.M. · Founder and CEO
More than a decade leading civil rights compliance in higher education and advising PK-12 districts.
Marisol Sanchez
COO and Communications Director
Leads operations and communications, keeping engagements running smoothly and the standard consistent across every matter.
Whitney Kenner-Jones
J.D., M.P.A., Esq. · Chief of Investigations
Leads the firm's investigative practice across Title IX, Title VI, Title VII, and ADA matters, built to hold up on review.
Alex Roberson
Director of Client Success
Partners with institutions to make sure the work lands, the record holds, and the relationship stays in good hands.
Cindy Leger
LL.B., MSFS · VP of Human Resources
Leads the firm's people function, hiring, culture, and the internal standards that keep a senior team senior.
Abdul Ahad Qureshi
Chief Technology Officer
Leads the firm's technology and product development, building secure platforms that power modern compliance operations.
Board of Directors
Governance and strategic direction for Fractional Coordinator.
Albert Roberson
LL.B., LL.M. · Chair of the Board
Brings experience in academic leadership, consulting, and executive advising to the firm's strategic direction.
Robi Colangelo-Zawinul
Board Member
Brings experience in academic leadership, consulting, and executive advising to the firm's strategic direction.
Jenni Stein
PharmD, MSHCM, BCPS · Board Member
Brings expertise in trauma-informed practice, behavioral health, and clinical care to the firm's strategic direction.
- Founded
- 2025, in Portland, Oregon. Incorporated in Delaware, with the principal office at 830 NE Holladay Street, Portland, Oregon 97232.
- Structure
- A core team of five, supported by a contracted network of practitioners who are background screened before any engagement.
- Sectors
- Colleges and universities, PK-12 districts and schools, and workplace employers.
- Frameworks
- Title IX, Title VI, Title VII, ADA and Section 504, and the Clery Act.
- Founder background
- Albert Roberson spent more than a decade in senior equity and compliance leadership inside universities before founding the firm, holding coordinator and executive roles across multiple institutions.
- Growth
- Referral-led. Most engagements arrive through institutions and practitioners who have worked with us or trained with us.
What we publish
The Learning Institute
Certifications, workshops, and residential retreats for coordinators and investigators, taught from the casework the firm carries rather than from theory.
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The Playbooks
Four volumes covering Title IX investigations, Title VI compliance, ADA and Section 504 coordination, and Title VII workplace matters, licensed for unlimited internal distribution.
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Join the Fractional Digest
Compliance updates, training dates, and audit-ready guidance for higher-ed, PK-12, and workplace teams, a few times a month.
