Community and Economic Development

We provide expertise to domestic and international communities working to generate jobs, retain existing jobs, and stimulate industrial and commercial growth in economically distressed and/or post-conflict areas of the world. We are guided by the basic principle that distressed communities must be empowered to develop and implement their own economic development and revitalization strategies.

Public Policy

We provide expert solutions to public-sector strategic, policy, and administrative challenges. From policy analysis and development, to community engagement, to implementation, we help governments work efficiently and effectively in the public interest and help officials at the highest levels of government – national, state and local – to find and achieve innovative solutions to the challenges they face.  We combine substantive expertise and real-world political experience with strategic innovation to produce strategies that are effective, efficient and actionable.

Community Building

We understand the business of building any community requires infrastructure that supports and maintains the desired quality of life.  We apply decades of  expertise in building community-based and social structures that strengthen a community’s capacity and requisite social capital to identify problems, stake positions, and determine strategic solutions. Whether the target community is a fully mature industrial economy or one emerging in the developing world, our capabilities include community engagement, organizing, mobilization, and civic participation.

Impact Investing

We help our clients solve social challenges while generating financial profit, assisting them investing in social responsible endeavors that produce a return on principal capital that can provide market-beating financial returns. Such creative investments can play a crucial part in addressing today's social challenges, and has sparked the emergence of a relatively new industry that bridges philanthropy and profit-maximization.