With more than 30 years' practice in project and program management, KHA helps organizations, municipalities, companies, and communities find clarity, inspiration, and strategic direction to meet their individualized needs.
PRICING & REFERENCES
Proposals and pricing are individually developed based on your needs
References are available upon request
SERVICES
Business Development
- Meeting Facilitation
- Strategic Planning
- Brand, Vision & Mission Alignment
- Strengths & Challenges Assessment
- Internal Capability Assessment
- Business Development Recommendations
- Proposal Writing & Presentation
Public Programming & Events
- Placemaking
- Marketing & Promotion
- Event Design
- Public Space Programming & Activation
- Programming for Historic Places
- Operations & Production
- Administrative Practices
- Resource Development
- Staff Training & Mentoring
Sponsorship Development
- Program/Event Benefit Inventories
- Sponsor Return On Investment Analysis
- Sponsorship Packaging & Negotiation
- Sponsorship Proposal Development & Sales
BACKGROUND
Our world-class background includes prestigious and diverse projects requiring the ability to manage large-scale fast-growth in a context of high-risk performance, funding, and deadlines.
KHA has provided planning, management, and development for programs in nearly every sector of business and served hundreds of community and people-based programs throughout the United States.
Sports
- Administrative Director & Consultant, National Collegiate Athletic Association's Final 4 Men's Basketball Championship in Kansas City, Denver, and Seattle
- Director of Competition & Club Management, U.S. Figure Skating Association, Colorado Springs, CO
- President/CEO, Texaco Cup Unlimited Hydroplane Racing, SEAFAIR, Seattle, WA
- Local Organizing Committee Member, Denver Grand Prix, Denver, CO
- Local Organizing Committee Member, National Sports Festival Bid, Seattle, WA
- Local Organizing Committee Member, Olympic Winter Games Bid, Denver, CO
- Local Organizing Committee Member, NCAA Final Four Bid, Denver, CO
- Local Organizing Committee Member & Consultant, NCAA Final Four Bid, Seattle, WA
- Chair & Local Organizing Committee Member, U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Kansas City, MO
Business Development
- Executive Director, Positive Paths, Mesa, AZ
- Executive Director, Flight Path Vectors LLC & FPV Foundation, Mesa, AZ
- Managing Director, The Nash, Phoenix, AZ
- Business Development Director, 42|40 Architecture/Urban Design Group, Denver, CO
- Sponsorship Manager, Downtown Tempe Foundation events, Tempe, AZ
- Marketing Manager for the original national product roll-out of K.C. Masterpiece Barbecue Sauce, Prairie Village, KS
- Consultant, development of 3-year holiday promotion/event strategic plan, City of Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ
- Director of Events & Marketing, World Youth Day; Pope John Paul II week-long gathering with young adults in Denver, CO
- Consultant, business development and strategic plan, Gilbert Small Business Alliance, Gilbert, AZ
- Consultant for board training, strategic planning, branding, vision and mission alignment, Greater Mesa Community Development Corporation, Mesa, AZ
- Consultant & Facilitator, Arizona Wine Growers Association board of directors strategic planning, Tucson, AZ
- Director, the first international student exchange with the U.S. following the Vietnam War with U.S. Bank, SEAFAIR Ambassador Program, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Representative, Seattle Chamber of Commerce Trade Mission, Hong Kong, China
- Chair, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. award-winning 75th Birthday Celebration, Mid-Continent Council of Girls Scouts, Kansas City, MO
Community Festivals
- President/CEO, SEAFAIR, Seattle's premier festival of Northwest lifestyle including live-televised Torchlight Parade, Torchlight Run, Unlimited Hydroplane Races, Blue Angels Air Show, Milk Carton Derby, and live-televised Bellevue Grand Balloon Parade in Seattle, WA
- Director, Festival of Mountain & Plain...A Taste of Colorado, the largest and oldest Labor Day festival in Denver, CO
- Director, Tempe Festivals of the Arts, Tempe, AZ
- Director, Fantasy of Lights Parade and Boat Parade celebrating the holidays in Downtown Tempe, AZ
- Director, Parade of Lights, Denver, CO
- Director, Downtown Cinco de Mayo, Denver, CO
- Director, National Western Stock Show Parade, Denver, CO
Arts & Culture Programs
- Director, Tempe Festival of the Arts, the oldest and largest juried art festival in the desert Southwest, Tempe, AZ
- Managing Director, The Nash, the premier jazz club named eight years running as one of the top 100 jazz venues in the world by Downbeat Magazine, Phoenix, AZ
- Director of Events, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation at Taliesin West, developing new Vendor and Private Event Programs, creating their first signature event (Discovery Day), and establishing two new event series, Taliesin LIVE devoted to live performance and Taliesin NEXT devoted to new-edge education; UNESCO World Heritage Site, Scottsdale, AZ
- Consultant & Producer, Scottsdale Gallery Association Gold Pallet Art Walk Series, Scottsdale, AZ
- Co-Producer, Chandler Jazz Festival, Chandler, AZ
- Director of Marketing & Youth Education, Topeka Performing Arts Center, Topeka, KS
- Marketing Director, Topeka Jazz Festival, Topeka, KS
- Curator & Events Manager, Brown Bag Concerts at Barney Allis Plaza, Kansas City, MO
- Board of Directors, Shemer Art Center, Scottsdale, AZ
Downtown Management
- Vice President/Marketing, Communications, & Membership, Downtown Denver Partnership, encompassing Downtown Denver, Inc., Denver Civic Ventures, and 16th Street Mall Management District
- Vice President/Marketing & Events, Downtown Tempe Authority, Tempe, AZ
- Interim Executive Director, Downtown Mesa Association and Ultimate Imagination, Mesa, AZ
- Promotion & Events Manager, Downtown Council of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
- Consultant & Facilitator, Downtown Chandler Community Partnership, Chandler, AZ
- Event Consultant, Town of Gilbert Downtown Redevelopment Master Plan, on the Crandall & Arambula redevelopment team, Gilbert, AZ
- Consultant & Workshop Presenter, Downtown Prescott, Prescott, AZ
- Consultant & Workshop Presenter, Apache Junction, Apache Junction, AZ
Mentoring, Teaching & Training
- BoardSource Certificate of Nonprofit Board Consulting, Washington, D.C.
- Marketing, Promotion, Sponsorship & Events Management classes at Regis University's Nonprofit Leadership Management School, University of Colorado School of Business, and Arizona State University School of Community Resources and Development
- Trainer, Colorado Small Business Administration, offering marketing workshops in small, rural Colorado communities