ABOUT ME

Alica Forneret (Founder, Forneret Co.) is an educator, speaker, and consultant dedicated to creating new spaces for people to explore grief and grieving. She is the Founder and Executive Director of PAUSE, a 501(c)(3) pending organization (fiscally sponsored by the Players Philanthropy Fund) focused on supporting Communities of Color through grief and end of life.

Alica consults on product development and systems change to help companies create resources and tools for grieving communities. She facilitates sessions focused on inclusive bereavement responses and how to address grief at work for companies including Google, Culture Amp, Nielsen, and The California Department of Education. And she has partnered on international events and projects with the likes of The Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation, Columbia University, and Lululemon. 

Alica is the founder of Forneret Co.'s annual "Motherless Mother's Day" event, the Program Lead for School Crisis Recovery & Renewal’s “Pedagogy of Grief” project, and host of EOL’s “Griever’s Guide to” and “Grief Support” event series. She proudly holds a seat as an associate board member for Our House and is an inaugural member of the BC Women's Health Foundation Young Women's Council. Alica's writing and work about grief, work, and race have been featured in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Psychology Today, Huffington Post, GQ, and more.