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Clarus is a women-owned consulting firm with a highly professional team of expert problem solvers, dedicated partners, master facilitators, fierce advocates, inventive coaches, and qualitative data analysts. We work well together and truly enjoy finding actionable, people-focused solutions to help our clients overcome their most vexing challenges and achieve their most important goals.
We can work with any kind of client, but we’re focused on the public and social sectors including colleges and universities, state and local governmental agencies, public institutions and foundations, and non-profit organizations. We really enjoy working with organizations that help people and make communities stronger — because it’s important for all of us, and it makes our work even more rewarding.
Lynn is passionate about connecting, empowering, and inspiring leaders to advance change, develop healthy organizational cultures, and build strong and resilient teams. Lynn works closely with leaders to help them develop a holistic view of their organization, understand how disparate parts fit together, and create a strategy to impact change.
From public agency commissioners to corporate executives, leaders rely on Lynn as a trusted advisor and thought partner. They value and have confidence in Lynn’s years of knowledge and experience and her professional and accessible style of leadership. Lynn has led strategy and leadership alignment projects with transformative results for leaders and clients across the public, corporate, and higher education sectors.
Lynn co-founded Clarus in 2004 and serves as President and CEO. Under Lynn’s leadership, Clarus has renewed and strengthened its commitment to helping organizations create positive change through a holistic and integrated approach to organizational strategy and culture. This commitment has translated into continued growth and expansion of the firm’s national footprint and excellence in quality and service to clients.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Master of Public Administration (Public and Not-for-Profit Management)
Master of Science in Health Administration
University of Oklahoma
Bachelor of Science, Economics
Amanda is passionate about helping leaders amplify their effectiveness and build healthy, productive teams. A licensed therapist and board-certified coach, Amanda has a deep understanding of human behavior and motivation. This knowledge reinforces Amanda’s ability to help leaders harness individual and team strengths to achieve maximum organizational impact.
Amanda specializes in leadership coaching, team development, organizational assessments, and succession planning. She also provides strategic planning services for clients and can seamlessly connect the people side of organizational development work with the visionary, mission-driven side of strategic planning.
Amanda believes in the power of listening to employee and stakeholder perspectives as the fuel to drive engagement, alignment, growth, and the overall health and vitality of companies and organizations.
Licensed Professional Counselor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Master of Arts, Counseling
Birmingham-Southern College
Bachelor of Science, Psychology
Taylor excels at helping leaders and teams develop strategies and plans that are as visionary and aspirational as they are practical and actionable. Taylor believes the cornerstone for helping organizations achieve this result is a solutions-focused process grounded in the meaningful engagement of key stakeholders.
Taylor is a key contributor to strategic planning and organizational development projects at Clarus. In all of this work, clients benefit from Taylor’s keen ability to listen to stakeholders and provide the tools, process, and analysis to help translate the information they share into insights that drive action.
With a background in urban and environmental planning, Taylor often leads engagements for clients focused on community development and quality of life. This includes initiatives and organizations in the areas of conservation, recreation, and the environment, as well as place-based foundations.
University of Virginia
Master of Urban and Environmental Planning
Washington & Lee University
Bachelor of Arts, Art History, and English
Kristie excels at working side-by-side with clients on highly complex projects that require a balanced focus on strategic, operational, and organizational development dynamics. She consistently helps clients formulate highly effective, outcomes-focused plans while using her keen sense of perception and empathy to help increase employee engagement and organizational effectiveness along the way.
Kristie’s experience and success in supporting clients through complex initiatives has helped drive strategic growth for Clarus, including in the areas of child welfare, social services, colleges and universities, and non-profit organizations.
As the chief operating officer for Clarus, Kristie leads and manages all operational aspects of the company to support the growth and health of Clarus, continuously improve the quality of our services, and ensure the continued satisfaction of our clients.
Birmingham-Southern College
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science
Rachel focuses on helping organizations of all sizes and missions create meaningful strategies and actions. With an extensive background in communications, civic engagement, and leadership, she’s spent more than a decade convening, facilitating, and organizing diverse stakeholders around complex issues.
Rachel’s interdisciplinary master’s degree in criminology emphasizing data science informs her experience with program management, strategic planning, and policy development.
Her areas of expertise include substance use, mental health, healthcare, criminal justice, education, multidisciplinary initiatives, and leveraging federal, state, and private funding. She comes to Clarus after spending several years overseeing organizational development and strategy implementation for rural behavioral health programs and organizations. Prior to that, she served as Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Coordinator, Sexual Assault Kit Initiative in the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office, 10th Judicial Circuit.
University of Pennsylvania
Master of Science, Criminology
University of Alabama
Bachelor of Arts, Communication Studies
LaShundra is passionate about building and maintaining strong relationships and engagement with Clarus clients and among the Clarus team. LaShundra understands that behind-the-scenes aspects of the business are critical to the overall client experience, and she works to maintain the highest level of customer satisfaction.
As the chief administrative officer, LaShundra oversees company infrastructure including information technology, vendor services, and facilities management. She also leads human resources components of the company, ensuring administrative policies and procedures and operational support systems are consistent with company culture and best practice.
LaShundra’s knowledge, talents, skills, and experience provide the foundation for satisfaction of our clients and the growth, success, and sustainability of the company.
Grand Canyon University
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration
Sandrea McAlpine has extensive experience in program management, community development, and strategic planning. With a master’s degree in social work and a proven track record of creating and implementing programs in underserved communities, she has dedicated her career to addressing the needs of marginalized populations.
Previously, Sandrea served as a Case Manager with the Jefferson County Public Defender’s Office, where she worked directly with clients and families to connect them with housing, substance abuse treatment, and mental health services. As a Program Director, she led initiatives focused on community revitalization, volunteer coordination, and stakeholder engagement, utilizing qualitative data to inform and refine her strategies. Her data-driven approach ensured that programs were both impactful and responsive to the needs of the community.
Sandrea’s work is defined by her commitment to social equity and her ability to develop effective strategies that foster collaboration and drive meaningful change. Her use of qualitative insights continues to enhance her efforts in creating sustainable solutions for organizations, communities and the people they serve.
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