We create transformative learning spaces and provide customized support that equip institutions with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to increase organizational capacity and effectiveness, as well as advance diversity, equity, and inclusion.
OUR CLIENTS INCLUDE
K. Allen Consulting is an international education & management consulting firm that provides customized workshops, strategic planning services, and executive coaching. We serve nonprofits, school systems, government agencies, small businesses, and major corporations.
Client Testimonials
OUR CLIENTS ARE
SCHOOLS & SCHOOL SYSTEMS
We offer school reviews, executive (1-on-1) leadership coaching, leadership team coaching, staff workshops/trainings, curriculum design, framework design, and strategic planning for public and private schools within the early childhood, K-12, and higher education space.
NON-PROFITS & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
We offer executive (1-on-1) leadership coaching, small group/team coaching, workshops/trainings, strategic planning, framework design, and action planning support to nonprofits and government agencies.
SMALL BUSINESSES & MAJOR CORPORATIONS
We offer executive (1-on-1) leadership coaching, small group/team coaching, workshops/trainings, strategic planning, framework design, action planning support, and business coaching for businesses of all types and sizes.
OUR FOUNDER
Krystal Hardy Allen
A native of Selma, Alabama, Krystal Allen is the Founder & CEO of K. Allen Consulting™ , an education advocate, and a philanthropist.
A well-respected former school principal and teacher, Krystal began her career teaching elementary school, serving as an instructional coach, then asst. principal, and finally leading as a school principal. Most recently featured within Time Magazine, she is a 2019 Gambit 40 Under 40 recipient, a 2019 Aspen Institute Ideas Festival Scholar, the 2016 Urban League of Louisiana Activist Award recipient, and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Kid Smart; Success at Thurgood Marshall; and the Selma Center for Nonviolence.
A first-generation college graduate, Krystal earned her B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, M.Ed. from NLU-Chicago, and is currently completing her Ed.D in K-12 Urban Educational Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University. Krystal's work and passion for DEI, social justice, adult learning, and organizational development are the driving forces of her work and commitment to equity.
OUR TEAM
Our Administrative Staff
KAILA SIMS-AUSTIN
Business Operations
Manager
KAMERON WARD
Project Manager
KRYSTAL HARDY ALLEN
CEO & Principal Consultant
Our Consultant Network
KIR SELERT
FARAUD
GENESIS RODAS
DR. SONIA
DANIELS
BRITTANY PATRICK
ALEXANDRA
SCHNEIDER
DR. DAVID
LAVISCOUNT
JARITZA ALECON MEEKINS
DR. DANIELLE
WRIGHT
CHANAVIA
PATTERSON
DORENYSE DIAZ
MARISA
WILLIAMS
BRITTANY
PATRICK
JENNY LY
OUR TEAM
Our Administrative Staff
KAILA SIMS-AUSTIN
Business Operations
Manager
KAMERON WARD
Project Manager
KRYSTAL HARDY ALLEN
CEO & Principal Consultant
Our Consultant Network
KIR SELERT
FARAUD
GENESIS RODAS
DR. SONIA
DANIELS
BRITTANY PATRICK
ALEXANDRA
SCHNEIDER
DR. DAVID
LAVISCOUNT
JARITZA ALECON MEEKINS
DR. DANIELLE
WRIGHT
CHANAVIA
PATTERSON
DORENYSE DIAZ
MARISA
WILLIAMS
BRITTANY
PATRICK
JENNY LY
OUR KAC TEAM
Administration
JORIYAN LEE
External Relations/PR Strategist
KAMERON WARD
Project Manager
KRYSTAL HARDY ALLEN
CEO & Principal Consultant
JENNY LY
Operations Manager
Consulting Services
KIR SELERT
FARAUD
JUSTIN
BLANCHARD
DR. SONIA
DANIELS
BRITTANY
PATRICK
BOBBY MORGAN
ALEXANDRA
SCHNEIDER
DR. DAVID
LAVISCOUNT
SHANNON FAZANDE
JARITZA ALECON MEEKINS
DR. DANIELLE
WRIGHT
CHANAVIA
PATTERSON
DORENYSE DIAZ
ANDREA
HEARD
ANDREA
WOODS
DR. ASHLEY GIBSON
JEREMY
DAVIS
JENNY LY
BRITTANY
PATRICK
DR. ANGEL
JONES
CANDRA
MORRIS
Our Core Values
AUTHENTICITY. RELEVANCE. EQUITY. EMPOWERMENT.
KAC'S PHILANTHROPIC IMPACT
Our philanthropy concentrates on providing financial assistance to families, schools, nonprofit initiatives, and BIPOC businesses experiencing varying forms of hardship, need, and/or challenge. Examples of our work include but are not limited to: a) providing $1,000-5,000 grants to Black-owned small businesses during the pandemic, b) investing $15,000 to three rural public school districts during the pandemic, c) financing culturally responsive responsive classroom resources for rural & urban school districts, such as gifting class sets of Michelle Obama's memoir Becoming to middle and high school girls, and more.
To date, K. Allen Consulting has donated nearly $100,000 of our consulting revenue
to support BlPOC individuals, organizations, and causes.
