“Tamika’s input was always wise – she always came in with a gem of experience when we were feeling stuck. I appreciate her balance of pragmatism and search for the ideals we named that we want to achieve. Thanks for keeping us moving and guiding us when we needed direction! “
Tamika Mason
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Tamika Mason partners with organizations across multiple sectors that have a vision for impact and need support with developing and executing the people strategies needed to achieve their vision. She is a strategic thought partner to leaders regarding their individual leadership style, leading across differences, developing people, leading effective teams, and scaling their organizations.
Tamika brings multi-sector experience. She holds a systems engineering degree and has worked in the for-profit sector, starting her career in banking; and the non-profit sector. Tamika had the pleasure of working at Year Up, a fast-growing social enterprise that connects low-income young adults to careers. Her people strategy work with Year Up supported their strategic growth from 50 to over 900 employees. Tamika’s led significant change and innovation in the areas of performance management, talent acquisition, diversity/equity/inclusion, employee & leadership development, training, change management, and succession planning.
Building For Mission was started in 2017 by Tamika, and under her leadership BFM doubled in size their first four years, serving over 100 clients locally, nationally, and globally in multiple sectors including for-profit, non-profit, philanthropy, & government. Her experiences starting & leading organizations, serving as an executive leader, coach, consultant, and owner have given her the unique ability to guide large complex organizational change and scale businesses. She has also designed signature tools for TalentEQ®, DiversitytEQ®, and RaceEQ®. Her work is featured in many publications.
Tamika is passionate about mission driven organizations, people, and cultivating organizational culture. Tamika’s work is devoted to building the capacity of individuals, leaders, and innovative organizations to reach their full potential and she is skilled in building the organization and people systems needed for greater impact. She enjoys the transformation that happens when people learn, grow, and find purpose in their work and life.
Tamika is in a family of athletes and is a proud girl mom of three young adult daughters. She grew up moving every 2-3 years as a military child and now lives in the DMV (DC/Maryland/Virginia) area with her husband.