About
Us
The Sameritan Project was founded to challenge how we solve the great problems of today. Instead of recycling outdated models, we identify the critical gaps that stop systems from working for the people they’re meant to serve.
For too long, institutions have responded to crises with reports, committees, and temporary fixes. Data is collected, consultants are brought in — including us in our previous life — but implementation stalls. Solutions look promising on paper, yet rarely take root in practice.
After five years of watching progress stall, we decided to change that.
The Sameritan Project is an Execution Tank, a creative R&D lab for generating new systems that cities and institutions can actually adopt. We design, test, and refine models rooted in sustainability, culture, and dignity. Our work focuses on solving problems at their systems level, not just treating symptoms.
We’re not trying to be the loudest voice in the room. We’re here to be the most useful because communities deserve solutions that don’t disappear with the news cycle, the budget cycle, or election cycles.
We close loops.
We build what’s missing.
Action
Imagination
Dignity
We Value
Equity
Meet the CEO
Valarie “Val” Wimes is a strategist, humanitarian, and systems thinker who doesn’t just identify gaps — she builds what’s missing. After years advising nonprofits, governments, and mission-driven brands, she stepped away from traditional consulting to focus on what institutions rarely deliver: implementation with integrity.
Her frontline work in community engagement, food systems, policy, and resilience planning revealed a clear pattern: the world doesn’t need more analysis. It needs people willing to build working models that communities can actually use.
That realization led to the creation of The Sameritan Project.
Valarie believes the future won’t be built by playing it safe.
She’s on a mission to create more Good Sameritans — people empowered to solve problems together.
