EDI Strategies, LLC offers a range of culturally-responsive, tailored consulting services grounded in equity and inclusion principles. Buttressed by decades of equity-centered leadership development, workforce training, and community engagement from the ground up, EDI Strategies, LLC works hand-in-glove with clients to build on-point services that complement organizational goals and initiatives.
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Services include:
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Board retreat design and facilitation
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One-on-one leadership coaching for newly-promoted, mid-level, and senior managers, with specialized, lived-experience expertise in providing culturally-resonant support to BIPOC and other historically marginalized leaders
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Team-building workshops for single and matrixed teams grounded in the latest research on emotional intelligence, listening conversations, and empathic leadership
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Custom-designed strategic planning services and facilitation designed to integrate equity-centered goals, initiatives, and programs housed across interdisciplinary teams into an effective, operating whole
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Expert assistance in co-designing and launching new as well as stalled equity, social impact, and other initiatives
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"Kimberly proved a superlative and versatile leader who was instrumental in advancing the Urban League's mission. She worked as easily and effectively with public elected officials and board members as she did with community advocates and program staff -- a true partner on whom I could always count to get the job done."
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Rossalind Woodhouse, former President & CEO, Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
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"Kimberly served as an exceptional executive partner in our work to create an inclusive organization. Her vast senior management and communications expertise, and her instinct for gracefully handling diversity, equity and inclusion issues, make her an indispensable asset to any organization seeking to build an inclusive workplace and mutually-satisfying partnerships with diverse stakeholders."
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Jonté Robinson, former Chief Officer for Civil Rights, Equity & Inclusion, Sound Transit
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"In Kimberly I found a strategic advisor, trusted partner and compassionate colleague.
Her media relations work made her one of the most familiar voices of the agency, appearing frequently in news articles, radio interviews and evening news broadcasts. Her poise and unflappable professionalism were truly vital to the agency's work."
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Brooke Belman, former Deputy CEO, former Chief Officer for Expansion and Service Delivery, Sound Transit​
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"Kimberly is remarkably adept at boiling down complex issues to the core matter at hand. Her intuitive ability to 'see through the trees' and skillful use of appreciative inquiry enable her to co-create solutions for some of today's most daunting challenges."
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Lonnie Lusardo, Founder & Principal, Diversity Collaborative
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