About
We bring straight talk and practical solutions that focus on people, collaboration, and kindness.
Relationships are at the center of our work. We help teams build the open, honest, ongoing, multidirectional communication required for meaningful engagement and problem-solving.
We lean into difficult conversations to address challenges and bring out the best in others. We roll up our sleeves and dive in.
Through curiosity, creativity, connection, and a commitment to people, truth, and excellence, we help clients create the change they want to see.
Meet Traci
Traci L. Higgins is founder and principal of Roosevelt Drive Partners. She is a creative problem-solver who celebrates the critical roles kindness and empathy play in understanding and resolving issues. She enjoys working through conflict to bring out the best in others. Valued for her integrity and joyful spirit, Traci believes it is important to do the work needed to show up as your best self.
She began her professional career as a Federal District Court law clerk before joining the law firm of King & Spalding as an Associate. For more than a decade, Traci was a human resources leader at the Legal Services Corporation and has worked with several nonprofits including the Organizing Committee for the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the Public Broadcasting Service, and the District of Columbia Public Schools.
Traci studied at Georgetown University where she serves as Co-Vice Chair of the Board of Regents and Georgetown Scholars Program Advisory Board member. A former Peace Corps Volunteer, she earned a joint degree in law and public affairs from the University of Virginia School of Law and the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.
Photo by: Beverlie Lord/Satsun Photography
What’s in a Name?
Quite simply, a lot.
A wise man once told me that “every frog knows its own pond.” Roosevelt Drive was my first pond, a place – and its people – that shaped me, tested me, informed the way I walk in the world. Who I am today is deeply rooted in the many lessons I learned from my family and my friends and neighbors as I navigated a world that was not always kind to a poor Black girl from the projects.
The lessons were many: be honest, be kind, and serve the greater good. But the most important was understanding how I was showing up, what I was bringing to the party - - something my mother cast as “You gotta look at your own.” I had to figure out who I was, what made me tick, and how my words and actions impacted others – to the good and less so. Living that truth has served me well, both personally and professionally, and animates the work we do at Roosevelt Drive Partners to help organizations and their people do their best work.
I left Roosevelt Drive long ago, but it remains at my core, an indelible part of who I am.
