“The wrong first question is, ‘What do we need to do?’ The right first question is, ‘Who do we need to become?’”
— Dr. Shawn Ginwright
Our Core Values
Authenticity
We believe that being genuine and true to ourselves builds trust and allows us to meaningfully and effectively collaborate.
Accessibility
We intentionally design collaborative opportunities, spaces, and interactions to address barriers and promote belonging.
Responsiveness
We draw from both evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence to create solutions to meet your organization where you are.
Values In Action
We challenge our clients to address root causes of inequitable outcomes to re-envision systems.
We consider evaluation a core component of strategy design and execution, rather than an afterthought.
We prioritize partnering with youth and adults who have lived experience through our service delivery.
We are nimble and responsive, ensuring individualized supports that yield high-impact learning opportunities.
Our Team
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As Managing Partner, Adrienne provides strategic initiative planning and implementation support rooted in evidence-based practices in human development, adult learning, and change management through continuous improvement. Her experience working with youth-serving public agencies and nonprofits alike is rooted in humility and respect for each community’s unique context and history. Her approach to building and sustaining solutions with youth-serving systems centers community voice, inclusive leadership, and pragmatic solutions that ensure meaningful outcomes for all young people.
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As Managing Partner, Sheely draws upon two decades of experience in youth development, advancing racial equity, adult learning theory, nonprofit management, and cultural responsiveness to support equitable system building. Sheely is a facilitator, educator, leader, and writer who works at the intersections of race, ability, and gender. Through technical assistance, executive coaching, experiential learning, and consultation, Sheely supports systems analysis, design, and planning as well as tailored professional learning opportunities for youth, practitioners, educators, and local leaders to implement their collective vision and goals.
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As Managing Partner, Salem provides learning and evaluation supports to advance client goals related to defining, measuring and improving their impact. With a Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Science and 10+ years of experience leading research and evaluation functions in nationwide youth-serving organizations within non-profit and corporate sectors, she ensures clients feel confident using data-driven insights to drive strategic initiatives, optimize programs, and promote an organizational culture of continuous learning. In her role, she prioritizes evaluation approaches that aim to more equitably distribute power to those communities under study and promotes inclusive communication strategies that make results accessible and utilizable across a variety of audiences.
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As an affiliate collaborator, Steph brings over 25 years of experience as a facilitator and coach. She specializes in continuous improvement, system building, and social and emotional learning within camps and youth development spaces.
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At KBD Collaborative, we’re building an organizational structure that prioritizes working with a national network of affiliates, each bringing unique expertise and lived experience. This diverse network allows us to be highly responsive to the specific needs and contexts of our clients.
