Our Team

Dr. William Moore is the Principal and Founder of The Strategy Group. He is a research psychologist and leads a consulting team supporting communities, philanthropy, and organizations. Bill also serves as a Senior Advisor at the Texas Health Institute, Senior Fellow at the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Vice-President at Youth Development Strategies, Inc. Bill recently rolled off the Board of Directors for the Association of Consultants to Nonprofits where he served as the Chair of the Board's Governance Committee. He currently serves as the Board President for the HEAL Alliance. He formerly served as the Vice-President of Program, Policy, and Evaluation at the REACH Healthcare Foundation in Kansas City and as a Senior Research Associate at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. View Bill's LinkedIn Profile here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/moorewp/

Krystal Grimes, M.S., LPC is a Senior Affiliated Consultant with The Strategy Group and is the Chief Strategist and Founder of AMMA Empowerment Services, LLC and the HEAL Alliance. Krystal is recognized regionally and internationally as a safe space creator and mental health strategist. Through an intrinsic ability and desire to support others, Krystal has positioned herself as a convener and facilitator for healing and diversity initiatives, supporting the creation of inclusive and brave spaces for dialogue and innovation.

David Smith is a Senior Affiliated Consultant with The Strategy Group. A former Club kid himself, Smith was hired in 1994 as President of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City and led the organization for nearly 25 years through tremendous growth. David provides board development training and support for new and experienced board members and organization's seeking to strengthen their board's capacity.

Pricilla Ruiz is a Senior Affiliated Consultant with The Strategy Group. Priscilla is a high energy, socially minded professional, who seeks to serve historically marginalized communities through positive advocacy and program development. Her skills include: Bilingual - Spanish; Exceptional interpersonal & communications skills; Public Speaking; Grant Writing; Life Coach/Mentor; Network Weaver; Leadership skills including: active listening, motivation, strategic planning, conflict resolution, cultural competence. Priscilla serves as a member of the Bastrop Independent School District Board of Directors and is the Network Leadership Coach for the Central Texas Health and Wellbeing Network.

Jennifer Alexander is a Senior Affiliated Consultant with The Strategy Group and is the founder of Optimize Passion LLC, a boutique management consultancy that provides capacity building and support services to small businesses and growing nonprofit organizations. Jennifer also serves as the Executive Director of Fountain of Life (a nonprofit serving immigrant Asian immigrant/refugee senior community in GKC). Jennifer specializes in building the governance, administrative, fund development, and marketing capacities of nonprofit organizations transitioning from start-up to growth.

David Persky is a Senior Affiliated Consultant with The Strategy Group. David is a systems change strategist and facilitator whose diverse background has profoundly shaped his approach to social sector work. His work is grounded in an abiding curiosity about different ways of knowing. David's early career as an executive director and producer of several celebrated performing arts companies instilled a deep appreciation for creative collaboration. Through this appreciation, David partners with institutions to forge meaningful connections, unlock collective agency and enable transformative change. David brings twenty years of experience in the social impact and nonprofit sectors. He has designed, facilitated and managed numerous cross-sector and national affinity groups in health and well-being, education, sustainable financing, evaluation, and field-building initiatives. He has designed learning community sessions for philanthropic and nonprofit leaders, guiding them through topics including systems mapping, narrative change, power and movement building, collaborative networks, leadership and governance. David holds a Master's degree in Organization Development from American University and a Bachelor's degree in Politics from Oberlin College. He believes that everyone possesses the gift of creative expression, and as a process designer, he strives to create spaces where that expression can flourish.

Amanda Krenos is a Senior Affiliated Consultant with The Strategy Group. She is an award-winning creative professional with more than twelve years of experience turning ideas and concepts into eye-catching visuals. In addition to her work with The Strategy Group, Amanda spends her time on personal art and freelance projects, and previously served as the graphic designer at Kansas City PBS. During her time there, she was responsible for developing art direction for campaigns and projects as well as creating art and design for broadcast, video, print, social media, web, email, and large-format applications.

Dr. Michelle Gambone is a Senior Affiliated Consultant with The Strategy Group. Michelle is the President of Youth Development Strategies, Inc. (YDSI) and received her Doctorate in Sociology from Princeton University. She has served as the principal investigator on many complex community-based initiatives involving a broad range of organizations/stakeholders (e.g., youth organizations, churches, health providers, schools, neighborhood councils, local and federal government agencies, foundations, etc.). Previously, her work was focused on working with community councils to create strategic plans to guide implementation and evaluation of community wide changes to policies, funding and activities to better support their youth.

Dr. Adena Klem is a Senior Affiliated Consultant with The Strategy Group and Founder of Klem Consulting with 25 years of experience leading theory of change-based evaluations and planning sessions. A social psychologist by training, Adena has overseen complex, multi-site evaluations and data collection efforts in rural and urban communities. She has worked with state departments of education, institutes of higher education, foundations, non-profit organizations, K-12 schools, early childhood education providers, families, and community members as they embark on the process of implementing meaningful change within and across systems and communities.

Jamie Manning is a Senior Affiliated Consultant with The Strategy Group and serves as the Public Initiatives Program Director at the Fayette Community Foundation. She is a senior non-profit leader with a proven track record of developing and building mission-driven organizations. Jamie is a creative, dynamic manager, trainer and developer of diverse staff. She is experienced at developing, managing and directing results driven nonprofits and has a wealth of experience in partnership building, staff management, program design, and change management. Jamie earned her B.A. in Community Planning and Non-Profit Management from the University of Massachusetts at Boston, College of Public and Community Service.

Cheri Hatcher is a Senior Affiliated Consultant with The Strategy Group. Cheri is a doctoral student in the Adult, Professional, and Community Education program at Texas State University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and a Master of Arts in education, with a graduate certificate in adult education. Working in the health sciences space, she worked closely with nurse educators in a consultative capacity around curriculum design, implementation, and execution of digital classroom assets such as computer-aided assessment and virtual clinical simulations.

Annalisa Gramlich is a Senior Affiliated Consultant with The Strategy Group. and serves as the Director of Assessment and Accreditation at Rockhurst University. Annalisa is an education research psychologist, licensed professional counselor, and certified yoga teacher. Annalisa has a wealth of experience in various industries and disciplines including leadership studies, education research and psychology, market research, and independent consulting. She specializes in helping others find the answers that they are looking for through thoughtful collaboration.