/* Pilgrim Wright — About page */ function AboutPage({ navigate }) { return (
Trustworthy guides,
for unfamiliar ground.} lede="We are a small consultancy based in Plymouth, Massachusetts. We took the name from the people who landed on this coast in 1620, and from John Bunyan's old book about a journey of purposeful progress. Both metaphors fit the work." />
); } /* ---------- The pilgrim metaphor, explained ---------- */ function AboutOrigin() { return (
§ 08 — On the name
Plymouth, MA
N 41° 57′ 24″ · W 70° 40′ 04″
Founded 2024

Two pilgrims. Same idea.

T he first pilgrims who landed on this coast were not heroes of the frontier so much as ordinary people stepping onto ground they did not understand, carrying responsibilities they could not put down. They moved slowly. They prepared carefully. They survived because they were honest about what they did not know.

The second pilgrim is the one in John Bunyan's old book — a man on a long walk, learning that progress is not a straight line and that the right companion at the right moment can be the difference between getting through and getting lost.

Both stories sit easily with the work we do. Organizations across New England are stepping into AI — unfamiliar ground, real responsibilities, no maps. Our job is to be the kind of companion that helps you make the trip with your conscience and your craft intact.

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"
Patient. Plain-spoken. Prepared.
— How we'd like to be described, six months in.
); } /* ---------- Values ---------- */ function AboutValues() { const values = [ { n: "I", t: "Honesty before persuasion.", b: "If we don't think AI is the right tool for what you're trying to do, we'll tell you. We've talked clients out of engagements more than once. It tends to build the relationship rather than end it." }, { n: "II", t: "Plain language, always.", b: "Acronyms are mostly a way of hiding. We use the words your team uses and explain the rest. Our reports read like memos, not white papers." }, { n: "III", t: "Stewardship over scale.", b: "We stay small on purpose. Three to five engagements at a time. It's the only way we know to do this work without becoming the thing we want to help you avoid." }, { n: "IV", t: "Faith-friendly, evidence-led.", b: "We work comfortably with religious organizations and we work rigorously with the science. The two aren't at odds. We hold both with care." }, ]; return (
§ 09 — Values

Four things we keep
close to the chest.

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); } /* ---------- Founder / team ---------- */ function AboutTeam() { const people = [ { name: "Aaron Wright", role: "Founder & Principal", bio: "Spent twelve years inside non-profits and church staffs before two more building AI systems at a Boston consultancy. Founded Pilgrim Wright when he realized the people who most needed careful guidance were the least likely to be sold it. Lives in Plymouth with his wife and two daughters.", tags: ["Strategy · ethics · governance", "Non-profit & faith"], }, { name: "Beatrice Holloway", role: "Engagement Lead", bio: "Operations background — ran a thirty-person family services agency before turning to consulting. Translates messy organizational realities into systems that hold up. Lives in Worcester; runs a small letterpress studio on the side.", tags: ["Implementation · training", "SMB operations"], }, { name: "Samuel Reyes", role: "Technical Director", bio: "Former research engineer at a federal lab. Builds the workflows, picks the models, and writes the kind of documentation your team will actually open in six months. Lives in Cambridge; cycles to the Cape on weekends.", tags: ["Engineering · data governance", "Tooling"], }, ]; return (
§ 10 — The people

The people
you'll work with.

We are a team of three by design. If you hire us, you get us. No swap-out after the sale.

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); } /* ---------- A "by the numbers" close ---------- */ function AboutNumbers({ navigate }) { return (
§ 11 — In the ledger

A small practice,
held to a high standard.

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