Mission Statement

IDEA Consulting is committed to using evidence-based innovations that support diversity and inclusion. We endeavor to enhance organizational health and culture by providing staff and stakeholders with tools to navigate and empower their diversity of thought, beliefs, and experiences. We serve a wide variety of organizations interested in enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts by offering education, evaluation, and facilitating respectful dialogue. We pursue excellence by embracing the transformation of the greater community into a more inclusive place. By removing barriers to performance, effectiveness, belonging and engagement, IDEA Consulting empowers businesses, public organizations, and non-profits to reach their full potential.

Vision Statement

IDEA Consulting envisions a company where empirical research drives social change. We set out to be a market leader in cultivating inclusive and equitable individuals who are catalysts for change in the communities to which they belong.

Our Team

The IDEA Consulting team is an ethnically diverse group of women professionals that manifest our mission and vision by exemplifying the equitable and inclusive culture we aim to cultivate. Our passion for DEI derives from the authenticity of each member’s personal narrative. IDEA provides services grounded in our team's diversely informed perspectives gleaned in their academic, professional, and lived experiences. With well over a decade of professional experience in research, program evaluation and development, education, and communications the IDEA team is well-prepared to evaluate and educate your organization on DEI improvement.

Hazel Delgado

Director of Evaluation and Research

Hazel is a multi-skilled researcher with cross-disciplinary knowledge in social-psychological concepts, research methodology, and multicultural issues. She has produced peer-reviewed scientific papers, government reports, statistical data trend reports and evaluations. Her work has been presented at numerous conferences and is often cited in new research. She won competitive funding from the National Science Foundation to support her research and received the UNL Levine Diversity Enhancement award among other research awards.

Alisha Jimenez

Director of Policy and Analytics

Alisha is a lawyer, trained mediator and restorative justice facilitator, program evaluator, social science researcher, and policy analyst. Drawing on over a decade of experience, Alisha uses evidence-based strategies and data analytics to identify and resolve programmatic problems that translate into organizational policy change. Alisha discovered her passion for DEI following several consultation opportunities with non-profit organizations, research and policy organizations, and government agencies.

Chelsea Richardson

Director of Communication and Marketing

Chelsea is a writer, educator, marketing professional, academic researcher, advocate, storyteller, and program development specialist. She builds curricula that synthesize research on issues of race, class, and gender to promote inclusivity and nurture empathetic communities. As Education and Outreach Coordinator for the Nebraska Supreme Court Office of Public Guardian, Chelsea developed e-learning programs that protected civil rights for persons with disabilities. Additionally, she launched multimodal outreach campaigns and improved research methods, online program evaluation, and organizational reporting. Chelsea’s professional experience in communications includes managing web development, social media, email, and print outreach marketing for private, public, and nonprofit entities. She simplifies data into accessible stories that resonate with stakeholders.

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