Providing expertise around leadership development, talent management and diversity, equity and inclusion to a broad range of non-profit and social entrepreneurial clients. Clients include national service nonprofits and advocacy organizations, as well as national cause-oriented membership organizations. ** Providing clients with subject matter expertise and thought partnership to address their ever changing business and operational needs. ** Leading an exceptional team of consultants focused on strategic HR projects. ** Delivering executive coaching and advisory support to leaders within these organizations.** Creating equity and inclusion strategies for stakeholders and performing DEI organizational assessments (internally and externally focused) through document review, staff interviews and focus groups as well as survey creation and delivery. ** Designing and delivering leadership trainings, focused on issues like Conflict Resolution, Problem Solving, Emotional Intelligence, Coaching, Personal Leadership Style, Change Management, Building Trust and Crucial Conversations.

Providing expertise around leadership development, talent management and diversity, equity and inclusion to a broad range of non-profit and social entrepreneurial clients. Clients include national service nonprofits and advocacy organizations, as well as national cause-oriented membership organizations. ** Providing clients with subject matter expertise and thought partnership to address their ever changing business and operational needs. ** Delivering executive coaching and advisory support to leaders within these organizations.** Creating equity and inclusion strategies for stakeholders and performing DEI organizational assessments (internally and externally focused) through document review, staff interviews and focus groups as well as survey creation and delivery. ** Designing and delivering leadership trainings, focused on issues like Conflict Resolution, Problem Solving, Emotional Intelligence, Coaching, Personal Leadership Style, Change Management, Building Trust and Crucial Conversations.

Providing expertise around leadership development, talent management and diversity, equity and inclusion to a broad range of non-profit and social entrepreneurial clients. Clients include national service nonprofits and advocacy organizations, as well as national cause-oriented membership organizations. ** Providing clients with subject matter expertise and thought partnership to address their ever changing business and operational needs. ** Delivering executive coaching and advisory support to leaders within these organizations.** Creating equity and inclusion strategies for stakeholders and performing DEI organizational assessments (internally and externally focused) through document review, staff interviews and focus groups as well as survey creation and delivery. ** Designing and delivering leadership trainings, focused on issues like Conflict Resolution, Problem Solving, Emotional Intelligence, Coaching, Personal Leadership Style, Change Management, Building Trust and Crucial Conversations.

Providing expertise around leadership development, talent management and diversity, equity and inclusion to a broad range of non-profit and social entrepreneurial clients. Clients include national service nonprofits and advocacy organizations, as well as national cause-oriented membership organizations.** Creating equity and inclusion strategies for stakeholders and performing DEI organizational assessments (internally and externally focused) through document review, staff interviews and focus groups as well as survey creation and delivery. ** Designing and delivering leadership trainings, focused on issues like Conflict Resolution, Problem Solving, Emotional Intelligence, Coaching, Personal Leadership Style, Change Management, Building Trust and Crucial Conversations.

Alexandra Reynolds Taylor Consulting is a management consulting firm focused on strengthening organizations around diversity, equity and inclusion; leadership development and staff training; non-profit operations and talent management; philanthropy; strategic planning; and stakeholder engagement.Creating leadership development, philanthropic, diversity, inclusion and equity, and change management strategies grounded in outcome driven practices. Delivering expert consulting to senior level leaders within non-profit, social entrepreneurial and corporate entities. Providing career preparatory and executive coaching services to individuals. **Performed comprehensive DEI assessment for $100 million nonprofit, examining internal and external stakeholder surveys, interviews, documents and focus group results.

Mobilized hundreds of staff and volunteers over the years through significant changes in strategy, leadership and operations, and created an environment that built on people’s strengths and developed their confidence in their own abilities and perspectives. ** Designed and implemented system-wide initiatives around a $135 million organization’s annual fundraising campaign and board member development, by equipping 26 Executive Directors and over 400 Board members in fundraising strategy, donor stewardship and campaign plans, through a series of workshops and in-person conferences, as well as virtual training and workshops during COVID 19. This multi-year effort led the organization to go from $10 million raised in the 2018 annual campaign, to over $15 million raised in the midst of a global pandemic in 2020. ** Helped found the YMCA of Greater Houston Equity Innovation Center in Summer 2020. This virtual, and eventually physical, space, was launched with the intent of first addressing systemic and institutional racism internally, and then to provide a gathering place for intentional conversation and learning led by and with community partners. Designed a White Caucus space with leadership staff, specifically leading and facilitating conversation around white fragility, privilege and supremacy.

Empowered hundreds of staff and volunteers to embrace change and foster a culture that encourages independent thinking and initiative. Attracted, retained, developed and empowered diverse staff at all levels, with a heavy focus on advocating for staff of color to serve in key organizational roles, leading to promotion of these staff to Executive Director, District Executive Vice President and Vice President, Operations and Programs. ** Led operations at five branches, with budget responsibility of over $13 million. Supervised four Executive Directors, one Director of Operations and over 300 plus staff across the group. Purposefully worked with individual staff and teams to create personal and professional development plans, coaching staff through career transition.** Developed a collaborative, community-based process to create multi-year strategic plans for 15 different community centers, ranging in budget size from under $1 million to $8 million.

Created a culture that values resourcefulness in approach to social inequity and operational challenges and opportunities, leading to increased revenue and expense savings. Was able to implement this in branches ranging in budget size from under $1 million to $8 million.** Directly accountable for overall success and direction of day-to-day operations, supervising 225 staff, and taking the process of planning through implementation of multiple programs, serving 25,000 members, while strategically managing a $6.2M+ operating budget. ** Trained over 50 local and national non-profit staff in best practices around annual fundraising campaigns, as well as working across the country as a coach and facilitator, focused on professional development topics such as receiving feedback, working through a 360 process, creating a professional development plan, staff development and supervision.** For over 10 years, provided strategic and visionary leadership to a large local nonprofit Equity Council, working to keep social equity at the forefront of organizational focus, through committee goals and staff surveys.

Strategically analyzed target donors to produce annual fundraising materials for 40+ individual center campaigns, leading to an increase in dollars raised by 25%. Wrote and created articles, newsletters, stewardship pieces, and printed material campaigns.

• Directed projects such as a $1.2 million capital campaign, and the building of a community playground. • Served as Program Director—overseeing all program details for RCDC, including implementation of new programs.• Created, along with President of RCDC, the strategic plan for community and program development.• Worked with external organizations in building partnerships and utilizing volunteers.• Developed a budget for RCDC, as well as monitored expenditures on a regular basis.• Researched and wrote proposals to foundations, corporations, churches and individuals.• Doubled donations in 2004 (from $110,000 in 2003 to over $230,000 in 2004).• Worked with the Board of Directors, assisting them in their governing and fundraising duties.