Kim is President of KFB Consulting, LLC, a boutique organizational development and strategic communications consulting firm that supports some of the foremost progressive leaders and advocacy, organizing and political organizations in the nation. Clients have utilized her expertise on racial and gender equity and inclusion initiatives; communications and leadership development programs; crisis management and conflict resolution; and as an executive coach and facilitator. Prior to launching the firm, she served as executive director of American Rights at Work, a labor policy organization that merged with Jobs with Justice under her leadership in 2012.
She is the author of three reports on women of color and leadership: Pay, Professionalism and Respect: Black Domestic Workers Continue the Call for Standards in the Care Industry (2018), I Dream Detroit: The Voice and Vision of Women of Color on Detroit’s Future (2017) and And Still I Rise: Black Women Labor Leaders’ Voices, Power and Promise (2015), all released by the Institute of Policy Studies. An outspoken advocate for labor rights and gender and racial justice, Brown has been quoted, published editorials, or had her work featured in major daily newspapers and national news outlets including The New York Times, USA Today, Politico and The Hill, and on the websites of Ebony, Teen Vogue, NBC News, Buzzfeed and The Huffington Post. She has also appeared on TV One’s NewsOne, Fox Business, and CNBC.
Brown is Senior Advisor of ReFrame, a strategic communications program supporting economic, racial and climate justice organizations and campaigns. Additionally, Brown is an affiliate coach with Rockwood Leadership Institute and serves on the board of directors of Grassroots Policy Project, an organization that works with social justice movement groups to develop grassroots power for social transformation. She is also the former Senior Advisor on Racial Equity, Inclusion and Leadership at the Center for Popular Democracy.
PRACTICE OVERVIEW
My mission is to transform great organizations into game changers. I help my clients take their work to the next level by focusing on: (1) strong leadership and internal management structures and systems; (2) program direction aligned with clear strategy, and analysis of your organization’s unique contribution to your field; and (3) effective internal and persuasive external communications.
DISTINGUISHES THE PRACTICE
Experiential knowledge meets organizational development theory. Having served at a senior executive level in issue-based advocacy organizations for over a decade, I am acutely aware of the challenges that executives face. Paired with extensive training in organizational development, I know how to apply organizational development theories and practices to pressing organizational issues in a manner that achieves results.
AREAS OF FOCUS
Leadership | Organizational Development & Executive Coaching
- Coaching for executives and senior managers
- Board development, facilitation and coaching
- Strengthening diversity, equity and inclusion
- Right-sizing organizations (mergers, reductions of force, development planning)
- Leadership transitions
- Hiring and staff development
Strategy | Strategic Planning, Campaign/Program Design & Management
- Political analysis
- Retreat/meeting design, facilitation, follow-up and report writing
- Program assessment and metric setting
- Results-oriented program redirection
- Campaign/new initiative development (taking a good idea from concept to implementation)
Communications | Analysis, Strategy & Persuasive Writing
- Analysis of public discourse on an issue and communication strategy development
- Message development, public education campaign design
- Persuasive writing (editorials, speeches, thought papers, grant proposals, presentations, and books)
CLIENT ROSTER
Advancement Project
American Majority Project Research Institute
Amnesty International USA
APROQUEN
Auburn Seminary
BoardSource
Center for Popular Democracy
Center for Innovation in Worker Organization, Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations
Demos
Emerson Collective
Enroll America
Ford Foundation
Green for All
Greenpeace
GuideStar
Haas Network for Transformative Change, UC-Berkeley
Institute for Policy Studies’ Black Worker Initiative
Jewish Voices for Peace
League of Women Voters
Make the Road New York
Maryland Working Families
National Domestic Workers Alliance
National Employment Law Project
New York Communities for Change
ReFrame Mentorship
Resource Generation
RoadMap Consulting
Stand for Children
Social Justice Fund
Washington Center for Equitable Growth
WK Kellogg Foundation
Working Families Party
Young Invincibles