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Our Coaching Clients

Northwest Area Foundation, St. Paul, MN
In October 2004, Ken Hubbell and Associates joined two consultant colleagues and tribal leaders meeting in the areas of: leadership; economic development; and community development. Attendees of the meeting included representatives from the Lummi, Turtle Mountain Chippewa, and Cheyenne River Sioux nations.

In August 2005, KHA provided additional coaching and strategic planning assistance to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe at the Tribal Ventures’ team’s retreat at Fort Yates, North Dakota. KHA helped the team visualize their 10-year development cycle in three phases and prioritized strategic investments in culture and healing, child care and workforce investment, and escalating investments in enterprise and economic development.

Foundation for the Mid South, Jackson, MS
Ken Hubbell and several KHA associates coached community volunteers engaged in Workforce Alliance effort to produce regional collaborative plans in Delta counties of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi; guided interpretation of forces and trends driving opportunities for current workers and people out of labor force. Led research and planning on federal Empowerment Zone demonstration project.

MDC, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC
Ken Hubbell and Associates has worked extensively since 1993 with MDC, a nonprofit organization that develops regional education, workforce and economic development initiatives.

Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count
This multi-year initiative, funded by the Lumina Foundation for Education, addresses a national imperative: increasing the success of students at community colleges, especially low-income students and students of color. For this initiative, Ken Hubbell and Associates is training coaches and data facilitators who will assist demonstration sites as they plan and implement policies and practices that support student success at community colleges. Our firm also helped MDC conceptualize the role of these coaches and continues to engage coaches in reflective practice.

Rural Community Colleges Initiative
Ken Hubbell and Associates assisted rural community colleges in the Southern United States and in Appalachia that were engaged in a national Ford Foundation project. Our principal activity was field coaching for teams developing long-term plans and strategies for increasing access to education for lower-income people and for expanding economic development in distressed communities. We coached four community coalitions and helped design and facilitate learning institutes and workshops.

University of Namibia
We collaborated on a regional initiative in Namibia, Southern Africa by helping the University of Namibia create and implement a regional development plan built around expanded access to public education, micro-small business support, heritage and artisan market development and collaborative leadership over a five year period. Ken Hubbell and Associates helped conduct training workshops and events in Namibia and site visits to exemplary projects in the US, and we served as a coach to the Northern Campus leadership team. Most recently, we guided the University of Namibia staff through a scenario-based strategic planning process for northern Namibia and the northern campus of the university.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation: East Carroll Cultural Tourism Initiative
East Carroll Parish Tourism Initiative was developed in September 2001 through a grant from the Kellogg Foundation's Mid South Delta Initiative to promote job opportunities and economic development and community engagement across racial and economic lines in rural Louisiana. For three years, Ken Hubbell has coached this coalition to develop strategies like multicultural dialogues, community festivals, and micro-business development. Our associates, Joyce Williams, Dianne Williams, Alan Gumbel, and Freeman McKindra also were active community change coaches in this initiative.

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