Supporting today’s leaders in bridging the gap between vision and results.
Contact us: info@achievingthepromise.com
About Us
We partner with nonprofits and school systems on education related issues using the levers of advocacy, policy, and/or philanthropy to drive the changes needed for students and families to achieve the promise of a better future.
We do this by providing services focused on growth and scale, financial planning, capacity building and workshop facilitation.
Our services focus on aligning our client’s priorities and resources. We bring deep content and operational expertise from years of serving at senior levels in non-profits and education organizations at all phases from start-up through expansion. We understand how to align your organization’s goals with available resources and opportunities because we have done it. We stand ready to partner with you to achieve high-impact results. Reach out today.
Growth and Scale Services
Do you have a clear sense of where you want your organization to go but struggle with knowing the steps needed to get there?
Achieving the Promise can help. Our experienced team can help you align the strategic goals of your organization with concrete strategies and performance measures to support organizational growth and success.
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Capacity Building Services
Have you ever thought that you had the right team in place but that you could better serve your constituents if your team were better equipped.
Achieving the Promise can help. We partner with you to develop a systematic approach to heightening the knowledge, skills, understanding, and values of your organization to take your team to the next level.
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Workshop Facilitation
Do you have an upcoming retreat, workshop or meeting where you need to create a shared understanding of team goals with an actionable plan for implementation?
Achieving the Promise can help. We provide virtual and on-site facilitation services to ensure that each meeting results in a shared understanding of team goals and a plan for tracking progress against deliverables.
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Our Team
We bring our diverse backgrounds in education, finance, law, and business to support nonprofits and school systems on education related issues. Collaboratively using the levers of advocacy, policy, and philanthropy, together we can drive the changes needed for students and families to achieve the promise of a better future.
Rachel Stafford
Founder and Principal
Rachel Stafford, Founder and Principal of Achieving the Promise, partners with non-profit and education leaders to execute their vision and bring it to reality. She brings a 15 year track record of working with education and non-profit leaders from conception to implementation.
Her work ranges from design planning for school districts seeking to launch new program initiatives to strategic planning and process design for state education agencies and non-profits seeking to implement systemic change across a sector. Her unique approach is grounded in her training as an attorney representing clients in non-profit and education law matters where she learned the importance of deeply understanding client goals and thinking outside of the box, when necessary, to achieve them.
Tiffany Ingram
Engagement Consultant
Dr. Tiffany Ingram, brings over ten years of K-12 education professional experience, providing technical assistance and training to leaders in the areas of DEI and stakeholder engagement. Tiffany supports small and medium size organnizations in developing their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategies and programming through executive and employee engagement, data collection, and analysis.
Dr. Tiffany Ingram received her Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Management from Drexel University, where her research focused on African American Millennial women, and the impact of the intersections of age, race, and gender on their career advancement. The results of her research have inspired her to work collaboratively with organizations to create inclusive workplaces for women and people of color.
Paola Howard
Project Support
Paola Howard, Project Support, works with the project team to support the development and implementation of client objectives with fidelity and precision.
She brings deep experience in business management and customer relations with a laser focus on supporting the development of high-quality trainings, researching best practices in comparable sectors and creating digestible materials that allow clients to quickly pivot from planning to impact.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
