Kim offers 30 years of experience as a human resources practitioner and consultant within a variety of business environments, both corporate and non-profit. Prior to starting her consulting business in 2003, she spent five years providing organizational development services in a technology environment, and operated a private career coaching practice. In her current business consulting, she provides leadership and staff development, executive coaching, organizational design and assistance with internal/external communication to enhance workplace effectiveness, support collaborative teams, and build skills focused on the work that’s already on the to-do list.

A member and volunteer leader of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Kim has worked at both the local and state level in elected and appointed positions. She holds the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) designation from the Human Resource Certification Institute and is certified by the Society for Human Resource Management as a SHRM-Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP). 

Kim received her Master of Science degree in Counseling from the University of Dayton and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with concentrations in Economics and Insurance, from Indiana State University. Kim uses a variety of tools and assessments in her consulting practice. She has worked with emerging leaders and project teams using a Strengths-Based Leadership process to guide development. She designed an exit interview process that employs the Appreciative Inquiry approach to asking questions. Kim also uses the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Career Architect in her training and coaching.

Jen is a seasoned nonprofit executive with nearly 25 years of experience and a Master’s degree in Nonprofit Management. Throughout her career, Jen has engaged in nearly all aspects of mission-inspired organizational development, from fundraising, communications, and community engagement to volunteer management, internal operations, strategic planning, and program development. Driven by her passion to advance equity and social justice, Jen is a creative problem-solver by nature and tireless in her pursuit to build connections and capacity with the communities and organizations she is honored to serve. Look for Jen to quickly lean in to learn about your mission and vision, help you bring your goals and objectives into sharper focus, and identify the monsters hiding under the bed that are impeding your progress.

Jen jumpstarted her own consulting practice after a 3-year stint with Harmony Project, a Columbus based arts, education, and community service organization dedicated to creating a stronger, more inclusive community. There, she served in a variety of capacities—including as Director of Development + Communications and Director of Programs + Grants Management. Retaining Harmony as a client, Jen has also been proud to support the missions of new clients including Action for Children, the Columbus Fashion Alliance, Communities In Schools of Ohio, Healing Broken Circles, the Ohio Federation for Health Equity + Social Justice, We Amplify Voices (WAV) and more.

Jen is originally from Indiana but claims Chicago as the hometown of her heart, having moved there after receiving her Bachelors in Communications and Sociology from Manchester College.

Dan is a dynamic, client-focused, digital sales and marketing leader with 20+ years of cross-industry expertise. Most recently, Dan served as a Client Partner for ICF Next leading a portfolio of clients including Wiley Education Services where he led the build of the agency's first ever Content Studio that supported content marketing for over 40+ partner schools and 265+ degree programs, in addition to SEO, Content Strategy, and Analytics teams.

Dan also co-pioneered a design-thinking methodology at ICF to provide client solutions that go beyond brand engagement, delivering products and services that solve business challenges through a test-and-learn approach. Working in digital marketing most of his career, Dan has extensive background in traditional media as well, in multiple categories including CPG, Financial Services, QSR, Retail, Hospitality, and more.

His breadth of client experiences includes Teach for America, Microsoft, Capital One, State Farm, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Constellation Brands Beer Division, SC Johnson, and The Home Depot among others. In addition, Dan teaches Marketing & Social Media at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and has taught Account Planning at DePaul University.

Dan received his Master of Science degree in Advertising from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in 2000, and his Bachelor of Science from Manchester University in 1999. He currently resides in Chicago with his wife and son, and when Dan isn’t “bleeding Orange” during the Syracuse basketball season, he can be seen doing improv around the city having graduated from The Second City, iO, and The Annoyance training centers.