Thought Partnership isn’t just one of my services—it’s how I move. I bring clarity. I sharpen vision. I challenge. I co-create. I stand beside people at pivotal moments and help them see what’s possible as well as what’s necessary. My creativity and marketing savvy are not sold separately—they’re baked in. They shape strategy, elevate ideas, and turn concepts into narratives that move people to act. I don’t just help clients think; I help them position, package, and present their vision so it lands with precision and impact. I think with leaders, founders, and creatives to help them clarify what they’re building and why.
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“My creativity and marketing savvy are not sold separately—they’re baked into every purpose-driven service at the 1526 FIRM.”
Black Girl-Focused Education + Initiatives
I didn’t enter the Black girl-focused space—I helped build it. This isn’t theoretical for me, it’s lived experience, tested strategy, and real results. I’ve shaped how Black girls are seen, how systems respond to them, and how communities and power structures choose to invest—or fall short. I bring firsthand understanding, real vision, and empathy to help organizations build programming that isn’t just well-intentioned—but it works. I build ecosystems where Black women and girls thrive.
Best Suited For:
Foundations, nonprofits, universities, school districts, policy makers, CSR teams, and community coalitions ready to create programming with measurable impact and permanence for Black women and girls.
Startup Identity
I help founders, startup execs, and “relaunchers” get clear. From concept to execution, I support early-stage visionaries in building aligned, culturally anchored business identities for their organization. From naming and language to visual identity and presence, I make sure every idea reflects who you are and what you stand for. I help you sift through the trends and the noise and land on what’s true and in alignment. I work with people who have something to say, making sure everything they do and put out—even their quiet moves—reflect that. My work bridges ambition with coherence so that your work is trustworthy, credible and culturally relevant.
Intended For:
For startup founders, nonprofit heads, small business owners, early-stage entrepreneurs, and/or companies and businesses relaunching or rebranding who need aligned, mission-anchored business identities built from concept to execution.
Meeting Planning
I’ve turned dinners into deals, private rooms into safe havens, and agendas into movements. That’s the work. I don’t just plan meetings—I design spaces where strategy, intention, and relationship meet. From who’s invited to how it moves, every detail is purposeful. Whether it’s a closed-door negotiation or a carefully curated table, I make sure the experience drives your mission forward.
Who It’s For:
Executives, board chairs, changemakers, corporate leaders, foundation officers, government officials, and nonprofit directors who need high-level meetings.
Mission-Driven
Sports Management
I work with athletes the way I’ve worked with visionaries, founders, and cultural leaders—strategically, directly, and purposefully. I’m not just management. I’m a partner in how they move, how they’re seen, and what they build alongside the game. My role is to help them stay grounded as we navigate and negotiate opportunities while staying intentional about their purposeful impact.
Created For:
Athletes, coaches, sports creatives, and emerging sports executives who want a partner to help them shape the moves, the moments, the mission, and the mark they leave through the power of their platform.
Brand Execution + Creative Direction
I’ve never done trendy. Only intentional. I build from a place of originality—always. And so, creative integrity is everywhere I am. No trends. No copying. Just alignment that’s yours. With those standards, I direct the creative life of brands—from the big idea down to the details people photograph, share, and remember. Whether it’s a launch that needs a full ecosystem, or a product line that needs visual clarity, I craft a cohesive continuum for identity, language, design, and experience. From campaign strategy and merch design to curated events and personal brands, I ’ve shaped the identity of initiatives from the ground up—guiding the creative throughlines that made them special.
Designed For:
For brand founders, creative teams, creatives, public figures, entrepreneurs, product-based business owners, and corporations that need original alignment-driven identity design & creative stewardship from genesis to final experience.
Event Production + Experiential Activations
I know how to set an atmosphere so what needs to be felt lands—and what needs to be remembered sticks. It’s not producing events. It’s making time stand still for a moment in order to make space for a message, or to galvanize a move. I’m known for holding intimacy at scale—whether it’s hundreds in a room or a three-day virtual conference. The energy, the pacing, the tone, all of it matters.
Ideal Clients & Partners:
For visionaries, hosts, curators, changemakers, culture shapers, artists, and movement builders who fill rooms with the right people at the right moment.
Institutional Reports & Legacy Publications Development
I develop reports and commemorative publications that don’t just document a moment — they preserve impact and build legacy. From annual reports delivered to governors and assemblies to keepsake programs for milestone events, I oversee the full process: gathering stories, curating data, shaping the narrative, and producing materials that reflect both the institution’s influence and its future.
My work goes beyond visuals. I align content, strategy, and presentation so that every report or publication becomes a lasting representation of investment, credibility, and purpose.
I Partner With:
Government agencies preparing reports for governors, legislatures, or the public.
Universities and colleges producing milestone programs, trustee updates, or donor reports.
Foundations and nonprofits creating impact reports and commemorative materials for funders and communities.
Corporate CSR teams showcasing initiatives through polished, lasting publications.
Click here to view a previous legacy publication.**
Click here to view a previous institutional report.**
**These publications are formatted for professional printing. Because of that, the digital pages will not appear in the order you expect.
Art Brokerage + Cultural Curation
This may be new terrain, but I’m not entering this industry empty-handed. This is a natural expansion of my commitment to purpose. I bring the same intuition, access, taste, and cultural authority that’s always shaped how I move. I work with artists, collectors, investors, and institutions to curate work that reflects the space, the story, and the mission. I don’t just place art, I create opportunities for artists by bringing the right projects to them, and I share what they’re doing in rooms they’re not in yet.
I know how to read the room—literally. Public, private, or corporate, I place art that has weight and carries both a journey and energy. It has to say something. It has to fit. And when I’m involved, it does.
Who It’s For:
Artists, collectors, investors, galleries, public agencies (municipal & civic), corporations, curators, exhibit leads, and cultural institutions that need purposeful art placement and curation that’s driven by the story, space and mission.
Youth Curriculum Design + Program Development
I don’t believe in designing youth curriculums and programs to fill time — I am unwavering in designing ones that shape vision, sharpen voices, and lay the groundwork for intellectual momentum. Whether it’s a one-day workshop or a multi-year initiative, I develop frameworks that reverberate with young people and the adults called to lead them. I engineer learning experiences with staying power — experiences that don’t just inform in the moment but continue to influence how young people see themselves, the choices they make, and the limitless possibilities for their futures.
Who It’s For:
This service is for schools, school districts, universities, foundations, and youth-serving organizations that want more than activities — they want measurable impact, cultural relevance, and frameworks with longevity and long-term value.
Legacy + Leadership Work
This is legacy-level work. I advise, design, and co-pilot programming that center women across cities, policy, culture, and leadership spaces. From national action plans and statewide initiatives to civic projects and leadership pipelines, I’m not just called in—I’m counted on.
Ideal Partners & Clients:
For civic organizations, women’s sports leagues & associations, corporate leadership programs, leadership networks & coalitions, government agencies, political campaigns, as well as foundation executives, and legislators seeking trusted expertise to design and co-pilot initiatives centering women across policy, culture, business and leadership.
Conference/Summit Design + Planning
This is where I build atmospheres. I think about cadence. I think about how people feel when they enter, and who they’ll be when they leave. Whether it’s a single-day strategy summit or a multi-day conference, I manage everything from the bones to the soul: programming, curation, talent, tone, transitions, and logistics. These are high-stakes, high-impact convenings—and making sure they’re substantive from the opening note to the final call-to-action is where I do my best work.
Built For:
For chief executives, corporate event leads, foundation officers, nonprofit directors, and instructional planners that need high-stakes convenings planned with precision and curated for results.
Thought Partnership
Thought Partnership isn’t just one of my services—it’s how I move. I bring clarity. I sharpen vision. I challenge. I co-create. I stand beside people at pivotal moments and help them see what’s possible as well as what’s necessary. I think with leaders, founders, and creatives to help them clarify what they’re building and why. Whether we’re navigating change, making a hard call, or rethinking direction, I’m the one in the room who is steadfast about seeing the full picture, and says what others often won’t. And when the vision is precise, I echo it. Loud and clear.
Designed For:
CEOs, startup founders, nonprofit executives, small business owners, creative directors, visionaries, and cultural leaders who need a trusted ally and co-visionary to refine strategy with.