

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.
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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.
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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 historic Selma, Alabama, Krystal Allen is the Founder & CEO of K. Allen Consulting™, an award-winning former teacher and principal, a real estate investor, a respected organizational leadership and DEI thought leader, and published author of "What Goes Unspoken: How School Leaders Address DEI Beyond Race". Krystal began her career teaching elementary school, then moving into instructional leadership as an administrator, and in 2017, became a social entrepreneur founding what has become a highly sought after global education & management consulting firm serving over 8 countries; major corporate brands, such as Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft; school systems, nonprofits, and government agencies. Most recently featured within Time Magazine for her thought leadership on racial bias with K-12 classrooms, 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; was named one of the 2022 Most Influential Women in Business in Louisiana by the BRM Regional Chamber of Commerce, and serves on the Board of Directors for several national and state nonprofit organizations that advance educational equity. A first-generation college graduate, Krystal holds a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, M.Ed. from NLU(Chicago), and pursued doctoral studies at Teachers College, Columbia University. Krystal's work - be it customized professional development workshops, strategic planning, leadership coaching, philanthropy, or thought leadership - all centers DEI, social justice, adult learning, and organizational development

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
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DR. DAVID
LAVISCOUNT
JARITZA ALECON MEEKINS
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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
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DR. DAVID
LAVISCOUNT
JARITZA ALECON MEEKINS
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DR. DANIELLE
WRIGHT
CHANAVIA
PATTERSON
DORENYSE DIAZ
MARISA
WILLIAMS
BRITTANY
PATRICK
JENNY LY
OUR KAC TEAM
Administration
KRYSTAL HARDY ALLEN
CEO & Principal Consultant
ALEXANDRA SCHNEIDER
Vice President, Client & Partner Relations
JENNY LY
Operations Manager & Associate Consultant
KAMERON WARD
Project & Community Manager
JORIYAN LEE
External Relations/PR Specialist
Consulting Services
KIR SELERT
FARAUD
JUSTIN
BLANCHARD
DR. SONIA
DANIELS
BRITTANY
PATRICK
BOBBY MORGAN
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DR. DANIELLE
WRIGHT
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DR. DAVID
LAVISCOUNT
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SHANNON
FAZANDE
JARITZA ALECON MEEKINS
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CHANAVIA
PATTERSON
DORENYSE DIAZ
JEREMY DAVIS
ANDREA
HEARD
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ANDREA
WOODS
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CANDRA MORRIS
DR. ANGEL JONES
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.
