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Thrive Forward Solutions LLC

Our Purpose

Turn lived experience into leadership. Strengthen the systems people depend on.

We pair practical organizational consulting with accessible community education through Taking Initiative (TI), our community-impact arm.

Our Story

Organizations face gaps in documentation, compliance, workforce support, and daily operations. People navigating change need space to build confidence, practical skills, and supportive connections.

Our work is grounded in a simple conviction: people don’t need to be saved; they need to be supported. Stronger systems and respectful learning opportunities both matter.

Our Work

One parent organization, two connected areas of work.

Thrive Forward Solutions consulting

Support for brands, teams, technology, and organizational systems through Digital Marketing & Brand Development; AI Integration & Business Automation; Organizational Development & Workforce Training; and Compliance, Quality Improvement & Risk Management.

Taking Initiative community impact

Community education, trauma-informed life coaching, peer mentorship, and professional development. Taking Initiative is part of the LLC, not a separate legal entity.

Mission

To build pathways of recovery, equity, and innovation by transforming lived experience into leadership.

Practical solutions, organizational capacity, mentorship, and sustainable growth, shaped by expertise and empathy.

Vision

Transformative learning for individuals, communities, and collaborative partners.

Values

The values behind our work
Restorative
We address harm and build trust into organizational practice.
Equity-Driven
Pathways built for justice-impacted, LGBTQ+, aging, and transitional-aged communities.
Innovative
We pilot, refine, and scale models that produce measurable change.
Compliance-Ready
Audit-ready systems, QA tools, and trauma-informed standards.
Lived-Experience Led
Leadership, curriculum, and design rooted in real-world insight.

Journey

  1. Founder’s professional history

    Before the LLC, our founder worked across public health, housing, reentry, and refugee-adjacent services. That experience informs the work today.

  2. 2025: Company founding

    Thrive Forward Solutions LLC was founded as a remote-first company pairing practical business consulting with community support.

Our founder’s story and the phoenix

Why the Phoenix?

The phoenix isn’t just a logo. It’s a lived truth.

Our founder’s story didn’t begin in boardrooms or classrooms; it began in survival. From navigating systems that weren’t designed to protect him to confronting stigma, health challenges, and the kind of pain that either breaks you or reshapes you, he chose to be reshaped.

That journey from ashes to purpose is why the phoenix defines this brand. It reflects the possibility of rebuilding after hardship and finding purpose in supporting others.

“Rising is always possible, even when the world suggests otherwise.”

Where organizations master compliance, not just survive it. Where communities access services that actually serve them. That’s what it means to take initiative.

Taking Initiative at Every Level

People

The people behind the work

Eric Campos

Founder, President & CEO

Sociology & International Relations Graduate · Compliance & Quality Assurance Manager, LA County CBO

Over a decade of hands-on experience across public health, housing, reentry, and refugee-adjacent services. A recognized advocate for LGBTQ+ youth, gay men’s health, family planning, and single-parent support, focused on strengthening care delivery, leadership pipelines, and operational systems in underserved communities.

Randi Guizar

Treasurer & Business Development Advisor

Business Administration Graduate · Sheet Metal Apprentice, Local 105

Supports financial oversight, business development, and partnerships, drawing on experience in recruitment, networking, and workforce connections.

Marisol Perez

Secretary & Program Advisor

RADT · U.S. Army Veteran · Intensive Case Manager, LA County ODR

Supports program organization, curriculum development, and meeting documentation, informed by direct-service experience in case management, behavioral health, and reentry.

Joshua Brambila

Compliance & Legal Operations Analyst

Senior Manager, Paralegal Firm

Supports policy and document review, compliance awareness, and risk identification. Helps leadership recognize matters requiring licensed legal guidance.

Danielle Knickerbocker

Governance & Organizational Development Advisor

ECM Program Director · B.A., Sociology · Master of Public Administration Student

Advises on governance, organizational structure, and leadership accountability, drawing on Enhanced Care Management, nonprofit operations, and community engagement experience.

Katie Kennedy

Administrative & Program Support Advisor

Intensive Case Manager, LA County ODR · Bachelor of Social Work Student

Supports workshops, curriculum implementation, and resource navigation. Her case-management experience and lived experience as a former foster youth bring a participant-centered perspective to program accessibility.

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