Completed Projects

As our clients’ priorities evolve, so does our work.

In addition to work within our current platforms, we have undertaken projects in healthcare, the environment, transportation, housing, and workforce development.

Since 1985, Civic Consulting Alliance has completed more than one thousand projects benefiting our region.

2025

  • Firearm Injury Registry

    Client: Rush University Medical Center, University of Chicago Medical Center, Cook County Health and Hospitals System
    Partner: Slalom
    Focus Area: Safety and Justice


  • Circuit Court 100-Day Plan Implmentation

    Name: Implementing 100-Day Plan

    Client: Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court
    Partner: Protiviti
    Focus Area: Safety and Justice

  • Cut the Tape Implementation Planning (Phase 2)

    Client: Chicago Office of The Mayor, City of Chicago, Chicago Department of Finance
    Focus Area: Economic Vitality

  • Navy Pier 2024 Strategic Plan

    Client: Navy Pier, Inc.
    Partner: Mayer Brown, McKinsey & Company
    Focus Area: Economic Vitality


  • Commercial Property Tax Report Implementation

    Client: Cook County Board of Commissioners - Office of the President, Cook County Assessor, Cook County Board of Review
    Focus Area: Economic Vitality

  • Black Student Success - Phase 2

    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Focus Area: Education

  • Illinois Children’s Adversity Index - Development Phases 1 & 2

    Client: Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
    Partner: Protiviti (Fellow)
    Focus Area: Education

  • Five-year Homelessness Plan - Engagement Strategy Phase 2

    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Focus Area: Economic Vitality

  • MOPIT Implementation Support

    Client: Chicago Office of The Mayor, Chicago Department of Technology and Innovation (DTI)
    Focus Area: Special Projects

2024

  • Community Violence Intervention Public-Private One Table

    Clients: Government Alliance for Safe Communities
    Partner: BCG
    Focus Area: Safety & Justice

  • Cook County Circuit Court 2024 Transition

    Clients: Mariyana Spyropoulos
    Partner: CIBC, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP, University of Chicago
    Focus Area: Safety & Justice

  • SAO Transition Advisory Support

    Clients: Eileen O'Neill Burke
    Focus Area: Safety & Justice

  • Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office Organizational Assessment

    Clients: State's Attorney of Cook County
    Focus Area: Safety & Justice

  • Workforce Strategy Alignment—Immigrants, Migrants, and Refugees

    Clients: Chicago Office of The Mayor
    Focus Area: Economic Vitality

  • "Cut the Tape" Implementation Planning

    Clients: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Partner: Protiviti
    Focus Area: Economic Vitality

  • Mayor’s Office of Re-Entry Strategy

    Clients: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Focus Area: Safety & Justice

  • Support for 501c3 Incorporation

    Clients: West Side United
    Focus Area: Economic Vitality

  • Five-year Homelessness Plan

    Clients: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Focus Area: Economic Vitality

  • Operationalizing Community Policing - Phase 1

    Clients: Chicago Police Department
    Focus Area: Safety & Justice

  • Chicago Public Schools Strategic Plan

    Clients: Chicago Public Schools
    Focus Area: Education

  • Hub and Spoke Capacity Building

    Clients: Government Alliance for Safe Communities
    Partner: BCG
    Focus Area: Safety & Justice

  • Update Strategy to Improve Food Access

    Clients: West Side United
    Partners: McKinsey & Company
    Focus Area: Economic Vitality

  • Chicago Police Department Workforce Allocation Study Scope Development

    Clients: Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago, The Joyce Foundation
    Focus Area: Safety and Justice 

  • 911 Alternate Response Strategy Development

    Clients: Chicago Office of The Mayor, Chicago Office of Emergency Management & Communications (OEMC), Chicago Police Department, Chicago Department of Public Health
    Partners: Northwestern University (Undergraduate Fellow)
    Focus Area: Safety and Justice

  • Cook County Pretrial Stakeholders Group

    Clients: Cook County Board of Commissioners - Office of the President, Cook County Justice Advisory Council
    Focus Area: Safety & Justice

  • People’s Plan for Community Safety - Phase 3

    Clients: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Focus Area: Safety and Justice

  • Senior Staff Collaboration Tools

    Clients: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Focus Area: Special Projects

  • CPD-CVI Professional Understanding - Phase 2

    Clients: Chicago Police Department, Community Safety Coordination Center, Chicago CRED, Metropolitan Family Services
    Focus Area: Safety and Justice

  • Cook County Property Tax Inaugural Annual Report

    Clients: Cook County Board of Commissioners - Office of the President
    Partner: Frank Beal
    Focus Area: Economic Vitality

  • Workforce Strategy Alignment Phase 2

    Clients: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Focus Area: Economic Vitality

  • People’s Plan for Community Safety Phase 2 (Implementation)

    Clients: Chicago Office of The Mayor, Community Safety Coordination Center
    Focus Area: Safety & Justice

  • CPS Black Student Success Working Group

    Clients: Chicago Public Schools
    Partners: Protiviti Fellow
    Focus Area: Education

  • Chicago Department of Public Health Community Health Hubs

    Clients: Chicago Department of Public Health
    Partners: Deloitte
    Focus Area: Special Projects

  • Summer Safety Planning 2024


    Clients: Chicago Office of The Mayor, Community Safety Coordination Center, Chicago Office of Emergency Management & Communications (OEMC), Chicago Police Department
    Focus Area: Safety & Justice

  • Cook County Bureau of Asset Management - Strategic Plan

    Clients: Cook County Bureau of Asset Management
    Partners: Kearney
    Focus Area: Economic Vitality

  • City of Chicago Real Estate Development Initiative

    Clients: Chicago Office of The Mayor
    Partners: Northwestern University Undergraduate Fellow
    Focus Area: Economic Vitality

  • Excel Training for City Colleges of Chicago

    Clients: City Colleges of Chicago
    Focus Area: Education

  • City of Chicago Neighborhood Investment Analysis

    Clients: Chicago Office of The Mayor
    Partners: Kearney
    Focus Area: Safety & Justice

  • People’s Plan for Community Safety Phase 2 (Implementation)

    Clients: Chicago Office of The Mayor, Community Safety Coordination Center
    Focus Area: Safety & Justice

  • Strategic Workshops

    Clients: Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities
    Focus Area: Safety & Justice

  • Strategic Planning & KPI Dashboard

    Clients: Illinois Department of Human Services,
    Partners: Accenture
    Focus Area: Special Projects

  • Workforce Strategy Alignment

    Clients: Chicago Office of The Mayor
    Partners: Protiviti (Fellow)
    Focus Area: Economic Vitality

  • Treatment Not Trauma Working Group Implementation Planning

    Clients: Chicago Office of The Mayor
    Focus Area: Special Projects

  • Implementation of Digital Equity Plan

    Clients: Cook County Board of Commissioners - Office of the President
    Focus Area: Economic Vitality

  • Cabinet Priority Initiatives Management

    Clients: Chicago Office of The Mayor
    Focus Area: Special Projects

  • Chicago Public Library Strategic Planning Preparation

    Clients: Chicago Public Library
    Partners: Treacy & Co. by Cherry Bekaert
    Focus Area: Education

  • Government Alliance on Community Safety's Implementation Approach for Long-Term Priorities (Phase 5)

    Clients: Cook County Board of Commissioners - Office of the President, Cook County Justice Advisory Council, Chicago Office of The Mayor, Illinois Department of Human Services, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
    Focus Area: Safety and Justice

  • Garfield Park Rite to Wellness Legal Support to Establish a 501c3

    Client: The Garfield Park Rite to Wellness Collaborative (GPRWC)
    Partners: DLA Piper LLP
    Focus Area: Special Projects

  • Chicago Public Library Tableau Dashboard

    Client: Chicago Public Library
    Partners: Protiviti
    Focus Area: Education

2023

  • Comprehensive Community Safety Plan

    Platform: Safety & Justice
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor

  • CARE Expansion Implementation Planning

    Platform: Safety & Justice
    Clients: Chicago Office of The Mayor, Chicago Department of Public Health, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Fire Department, Chicago Office of Emergency Management & Communications (OEMC)
    Partner: Kearney

  • CPD+CVI Professional Understanding

    Platform: Safety & Justice
    Clients: Chicago Office of The Mayor, Chicago Department of Public Health, Chicago Police Department, Community Safety Coordination Center
    Partners: Booth School of Business (Fellow Nathan Weil)

  • Organize Strategic Priorities for the Policy Office

    Platform: Special Projects
    Clients: Chicago Office of The Mayor, City of Chicago

  • Public Safety Task Force - Phase 3

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago
    Partners: BCG

  • Support for Clean Communities Investment Accelerator (CCIA) Federal Funding Application

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Clean Energy Coalition

  • Support for Clean Communities Investment Accelerator (CCIA) Federal Funding Application

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Clean Energy Coalition

  • Chicago Public Library Staffing Analysis

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Library
    Partners: Academy Group (Fellow Fatima Mendoza), Bresler, Peter Household

  • Career Services Model Development

    Platform: Education
    Client: City Colleges of Chicago
    Partners: West Monroe

  • CARE Mental Health Alternate Response Staffing Analysis

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Chicago Department of Public Health, Chicago Office of The Mayor, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Fire Department
    Partners: Kearney, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP

  • Adult Learner Engagement Model Development

    Platform: Education
    Client: City Colleges of Chicago
    Partners: BCG

  • Property Tax System Public Information and Customer Support

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Cook County Board of Commissioners - Office of the President
    Partners: CIBC (Fellows Luis Gallegos and Fernando Lopez-Flores), Protiviti (Fellow Erin Tucker) University of Chicago (Fellow Hamza Jilani)

  • Cook County Bureau of Economic Development Strategic Refresh

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Cook County Bureau of Economic Development

  • Define Strategic Priorities for Deputy Mayor for Business and Neighborhood Development

    Platform: Economic Vitality 
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor

  • IDHS Division of Family and Community Services Strategic Planning

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Illinois Department of Human Services
    Partners: McKinsey & Co.

  • Deputy Mayor Community Safety 100-Day Priorities and Team Structure

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor

  • 2023 Mayoral Transition - Government Briefings

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Chicago for the People
    Partners: BCG, CIBC (Fernando Lopez-Flores and Luis Gallegos), McKinsey & Co., Protiviti (Erin Tucker)

  • Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities Project Management

    Platform: Special Projects Safety and Justice
    Client: Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities

  • 2023 Mayoral Transition - Hiring

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Chicago for the People
    Partners: Analytics8, CIBC (Fellow Fernando Lopez-Flores), Koya Partners, Russell Reynolds Associates

  • Illinois Board of Higher Education Climate and Culture Assessment

    Platform: Education
    Client: Illinois Board of Higher Education
    Partner: Slalom

  • 2023 Mayoral Transition - Transition Committees

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Chicago for the People
    Partner: Allies for Community Business; Bain & Co. (Eliza Harris); Choose Chicago; Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP); Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research & Science (CORNERS); Kivvit; Mayer Brown; McKinsey & Co; Skills for Chicagoland's Future; Slalom, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago; University of Chicago Inclusive Economy Lab; World Business Chicago

  • Civic Committee Public Safety Task Force - Phase 2: Implementation Planning

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago
    Partner: BCG

  • Civic Committee VP for Public Safety Search

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago
    Partner: Lantern Partners

  • Civic Committee Public Safety Task Force - Phase 1: Design & Launch

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago
    Partner: BCG

  • Illinois Reentry Council Strategic Support

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Illinois Justice Project

  • Intergovernmental Coordination on Violence Prevention - Phase 4 (Capacity Building)

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Cook County Board of Commissioners - Office of the President; Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority; Illinois Department of Human Services; Chicago Office of the Mayor; Chicago Department of Public Health

  • Asylum Seeker Long-term Operations

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Illinois Department of Human Services
    Partners: Deloitte

  • Newcomer Support Strategy

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools

  • Optimizing Tree Planting Process Flow

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor, Chicago Department of Public Health
    Partners: Accenture

  • Establishing a Youth Mental Health Collaborative for Chicago

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor

  • City of Chicago Asylum Seeker Resettlement Operations

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor

2022

  • Intergovernmental Coordination on Violence Prevention - Phase 3

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Cook County Board of Commissioners - Office of the President, Cook County Justice Advisory Council, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Illinois Department of Human Services, Chicago Office of the Mayor, Chicago Department of Public Health

  • Chicago Police Department Reform Communications Revamp

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Chicago Police Department
    Partners: Zeno Group

  • Resettlement Operations

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Illinois Department of Human Services

  • Long-Term Viability of Regional Public Transit

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)
    Partners: Analytics8, Crowe

  • Developing a Sustainable Governance Structure for a 211 in Metro Chicago

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: City of Chicago, Cook County, United Way Metro Chicago

  • Youth Programming Coordination

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor

  • CPS COVID-19 Future State Planning

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools

  • Executive Director Search

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities
    Partners: Lantern Partners

  • Intergovernmental Coordination on Violence Prevention - Data Analysis and Visualization

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Cook County Board of Commissioners - Office of the President; Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority; Illinois Department of Human Services; Chicago Office of The Mayor; Chicago Department of Public Health
    Partners: CannonDesign

  • Chicago Public Schools 3-Year Vision Blueprint

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partners: Slalom

  • Chicago Park District Organizational Assessment

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Chicago Park District
    Partners: West Monroe

  • Business Development Function

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago, World Business Chicago

  • SY23 Back to School COVID Mitigation Strategy

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partners: Deloitte

  • CPS Start of Schools SY22-23

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partners: N/A

  • Metropolitan Planning Council Strategic Reset

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Metropolitan Planning Council

  • CCPSA Roadmap to Launch - Phase 2

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability
    Partners: Northwestern University (Annie Zhou)

  • Small Business Orientation

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor, Chicago Department of Planning and Development (DPD)
    Partners: Protiviti (Brian Rolison)

  • Data Visualization for Chicago Recovery Plan Projects

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Partners: Slalom

  • Municipal Capacity for Capital Investments

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Cook County Board of Commissioners - Office of the President; Cook County Bureau of Asset Management; Cook County Bureau of Economic Development; Cook County Department of Emergency Management and Regional Security; Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability; Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways
    Partners: Protiviti (Yashvi Patel); University of Chicago (Mayur Bajaj)

  • Support for the Museum Campus Working Group

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Partners: Accenture, Protiviti

  • Intergovernmental Coordination on Violence Prevention - Phase 2

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Cook County Board of Commissioners - Office of the President, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Illinois Department of Human Services, Chicago Office of the Mayor, Chicago Department of Public Health

  • Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Early Childhood Organization Development

    Platform: Education
    Client: Illinois Department of Human Services

  • COVID-19 Impact on Women in the Workforce

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor; City of Chicago; Women Employed; World Business Chicago

  • Skyline Improvement Process

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools

  • Build Back Better Regional Grant Challenge Phase 2

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: mHUB

  • American Rescue Plan Implementation - Phase 1

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor

  • CPS COVID Mitigation Implementation

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools

  • CPS Office of Diverse Learners Organizational Assessment

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partners: West Monroe

  • Office of Firearms Violence Prevention Strategic Roadmap

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Illinois Department of Human Services

  • DPD Commercial Corridor Program Assessment

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Chicago Office of The Mayor

  • CPS Whole School Safety - Phase 3

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools

  • Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability Roadmap - Phase 1

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability
    Partners: Protiviti, Northwestern University

  • Advancing Cities Employees Career Pathways Implementation

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: West Side United

  • CTA Bus Electrification Feasibility Study

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client:Chicago Transit Authority
    Partners: Sam Schwartz, Joyce Foundation

  • Expanding Central Grant Coordination

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor

2021

  • Cook County Pretrial Fairness Act Culture Change Management

    Platform: Safety & Justice
    Client: Cook County Public Defender; Circuit Court of Cook County

  • CPD Reform Pilots Strategic Design (Phase 2)

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Chicago Police Department

  • Pre-K - 2nd Grade Early Learning Strategy

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partner: Protiviti

  • Racial Equity in Healthcare Progress Report Learning Collaboratives

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA), University of Chicago Medical Center, Rush University Medical Center

  • Community Safety Coordination Center (CSCC) Roadmap

    Platform: Safety & Justice
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor

  • Support for Management of American Rescue Plan

    Platform: Safety & Justice
    Client: Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago
    Partner: EY

  • Supervisor Staffing Process Optimization

    Platform: Safety & Justice
    Client: Chicago Police Department
    Partner: Slalom

  • American Rescue Plan - Legal Analysis

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago
    Partner: Mayer Brown

  • American Response Plan Act (ARPA) Framework Development

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Cook County Board of Commissioners - Office of the President, Cook County Bureau of Finance
    Partner: Northwestern University, University of Chicago, Frank Beal

  • 5/25 Positioning Chicago to Access Federal State & Local Fiscal Recovery Funding

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Partner: Accenture

  • Accelerating the Garfield Park Rite to Wellness Collaborative

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Rush University Medical Center, The Garfield Park Rite to Wellness Collaborative

  • 5/25 Move to Action Theory of Change and Implementation

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: The Chicago Community Trust
    Partner: Protiviti

  • Build Back Better EDA Challenge

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: mHub
    Partner: West Monroe

  • Intergovernmental Coordination on Violence Prevention

    Platform: Safety & Justice
    Client: Cook County Office of the President

  • Cook County Pretrial Fairness Act Working Group Support

    Platform: Safety & Justice
    Client: Cook County Public Defender

  • American Rescue Plan Investment Strategy

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago
    Partner: BCG

  • CPS Student Re-Engagement Strategy

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partner: The Academy Group

  • Racial Equity Rapid Response (RERR) - Strategic Planning & Implementation

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor, Chicago Department of Public Health

  • IL Dept. of Juvenile Justice Transformation Support

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice, State of Illinois
    Partner: Protiviti

  • Development of School Safety Alternatives

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partner: Slalom

  • Strategy & Stakeholder Engagement: Reducing Prosecution of Misdemeanors

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: State's Attorney of Cook County

  • Ongoing Management of Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities
    Partner: BCG, Protiviti, Richard Ryan

  • Chicago Public Schools Skyline Networked Improvement Community Task Force

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools

  • Violence Reduction Dashboard

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Partner: Slalom

  • CPD District of the Future Strategic Design

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Chicago Police Department

  • OPSA Human Resources Section Consolidation

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Chicago Office of Public Safety Administration (OPSA)
    Partner: West Monroe

  • Chicago Public Schools Portfolio Strategy

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools

  • Chicago State University Center for Workforce Equity

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago State University

  • COVID-19 Racial Equity Response Effort

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Partner: Accenture, Deloitte, KPMG LLP, Slalom

  • Strategic Planning for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
    Partner: Arup and Kearney

  • Strategic Refresh and Workgroup Consolidation

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools

  • Citywide Racial Healing - Together We Heal

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Partner: Zeno Group

  • Our City Our Safety Project Management Design

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor

  • Chicago Early Learning Collaborative Governance

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago
    Partner: McCullough, Wendy Household

  • Racial Equity in Healthcare Progress Report Transition

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Rush University Medical Center, University of Chicago Medical Center
    Partner: Mayer Brown LLP

  • Business Development for Invest S/W

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago
    Partner: Bain & Company

  • Vaccine 1B Distribution

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor

  • Implementation of We Rise Together

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: The Chicago Community Trust
    Partner: BCG

  • Working Group for Equity - Black Student Success in IL Higher Ed.

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago State University

  • Recovery Workforce Development Initiatives

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Partner: Bain & Company, Deloitte

  • Chicago Police Department Youth Investigation - Juvenile Intervention Support Center Strategy

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Chicago Police Department, Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Partner: The Academy Group

2020

  • Leadership Performance Assessment

    Platform: Internal
    Client: Civic Consulting Alliance
    Partner: West Monroe 

  • Racial Equity Provider Group Joint Statement Support

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Rush University Medical Center, University of Chicago Medical Center
    Partner: Oliver Wyman, KPMG LLP

  • Corporate Coalition Launch

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Corporate Coalition of Chicago
    Partner: J.P. Morgan Chase, AT&T of Illinois, Protiviti, and Mark Van Grinsven

  • Chicago Public Schools High School Vision Collaborative

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools

  • COVID-19 External Stakeholder Engagement

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Chicago's philanthropic community

  • COPA Policy Working Group

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA)
    Partner: Sidley Austin

  • Definition of Governance Model and Structure

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: West Side United

  • DEI Acceleration and Board Committee

    Platform: Internal
    Client: Civic Consulting Alliance

  • Recovery Corps Strategic Framework

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance

  • PMO Recovery Task Force Implementation

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Partner: EY

  • West Side United Program Management

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: West Side United

  • Mayor's Office Contact Tracing Implementation

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Chicago Department of Public Health, Chicago Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago
    Partner: Oliver Wyman

  • Revise Chicago Police Department Performance Evaluation System, Phase 2

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Chicago Police Department

  • Mayor's Office of Violence Prevention Planning Process

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor

  • COVID-19 Youth Service Corps

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, City of Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Partners: Slalom

  • Chicago Public Schools COVID-19 Contact Tracing

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partners: Deloitte

  • City Mobile Services

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago
    Partners: Anjana Dalal

  • COVID-19 Benchmarking and Research

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Cook County - Office of the President, Bureau of Economic Development
    Partners: Boston Consulting Group, Oliver Wyman, Baker McKenzie

  • COVID-19 Reopening Guidelines for Private and Public Sectors

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Partners: BCG

  • Economy Change & Recovery Task Force

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Partners: McKinsey & Company

  • Chicago Public Schools COVID-19 Reopening Plan

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partners: Accenture

  • Chicago Public Schools Collaboration Model for Strategic Vision

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partners: McKinsey & Co.

  • COVID-19 Benchmarking & Research

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Partners: Boston Consulting Group

  • Comprehensive Violence Reduction Framework and 2020 Implementation

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor + City of Chicago

2019

  • Mission and Strategy Bureau of Economic Development

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Cook County, Cook Department of Economic Development

  • Universal Pre-K: Phase 2

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partners: Deloitte

  • South Suburban Economic Development

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Cook County Board of Commissioners - Office of the President, Cook County - Bureau of Economic Development
    Partners: Denzin Soltanzadeh, Mayer Brown, R.W. Ventures

  • Cook County Assessor's Office Leadership Group Effectiveness

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Cook County Assessor
    Partners: Spectacular at Work

  • West Side United Goals and Metrics Phase II - Dashboard

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: West Side United
    Partners: Boston Consulting Group

  • West Side United Small Business Grant Pool

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: West Side United
    Partners: CIBC

  • Key Summer Violence Prevention Coordination

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Mayor's Office of Public Safety
    Partners: Crowe

  • Universal Pre-K Enrollment Collaborative

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor

  • Universal Pre-K Phase 1

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partners: Deloitte

  • Key Messages and Communications Vehicles

    Platform: Internal
    Client: Civic Consulting Alliance
    Partners: Zeno Group

  • Recruiting Senior Talent

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Partners: Anjana Dalal

  • Salesforce Buildout for Development

    Platform: Internal
    Client: Civic Consulting Alliance
    Partners: West Monroe

  • Civic Leadership Learning Lab, West Side United

    Platform: Civic Leadership
    Client: Civic Consulting Alliance

  • West Side United Development of Education Strategy

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: West Side United
    Partners: CIBC

  • West Side United Healthy Food Strategy

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: West Side United
    Partners: Bain & Company

  • State's Attorney of Cook County Supervisor Development

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: State's Attorney of Cook County

  • West Side United Procurement Strategy

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: West Side United
    Partners: PwC

  • Consent Decree Implementation

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Civilian Office of Police Accountability

  • Emerald South Executive Director Search

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative
    Partners: Lantern Partners

  • Gubernatorial Transition

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Civic Consulting Alliance
    Partner: Advance Illinois, Deloitte, EY, Mayer Brown LLP, McKinsey & Co.

  • Cook County Strategic Roadmap

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: Cook County Board of Commissioners - Office of the President
    Partner: Civic Consulting Alliance, Frank Beal

2018

  • West Side United Community Project Implementation

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: West Side United
    Partner: KPMG

  • Options Enrollment and Transition Process

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partner: Kellogg School of Management

  • CHIPACE Accelerating Entrepreneurship in High Need Communities

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Civic Consulting Alliance
    Partner: Kellogg School of Management, Parker Dewey

  • State's Attorney Leadership Development

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Cook County State's Attorney
    Partner: Deloitte, Zeno Group

  • Violence Reduction Working Group

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Chicago Mayor's Office

  • Wilmette Paid Sick Leave and Minimum Wage Working Group

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Village of Wilmette
    Partner: The Smart Cube

  • Civic Leadership Network Analysis

    Platform: Civic Leadership
    Partner: CIBC

  • CS4All Phase II

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools

  • Chicago Police Department Financial Management

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Chicago Police Department
    Partner: CIBC

  • CTA Strategy Review

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Transit Authority
    Partner: PricewaterhouseCoopers

  • COPA Chief Administrator Hiring Process

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor, Illinois Justice Project
    Partner: Lantern Partners

  • Options Schools Portfolio

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partner: Deloitte

  • Training Academy Staffing Assessment

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Chicago Police Department
    Partner: West Monroe

  • Transportation Planning Phase III

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago
    Partner: McKinsey & Company, The Boston Consulting Group

  • University of Chicago Civic Leadership Academy

    Platform: Civic Leadership
    Client: University of Chicago, Office of Civic Engagement
    Partner: LISC-Chicago, KPMG

2017

  • West Side United Total Health Collaborative: Incubation and Planning Committee

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Rush University Medical Center
    Partner: Root Inc.

  • Neighborhood Jobs Connection

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago
    Partner: Digitas

  • CPD Plan for Training and Reform

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Chicago Police Department
    Partner: A.T. Kearney Inc., Accenture, EY, Kellogg School of Management, The Boston Consulting Group, West Monroe Partners, LLC

  • Municipal ID

    Platform: Special Projects
    Client: City Clerk of Chicago
    Partner: Kirkland & Ellis

  • CS4All (Phase 1)

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partner: Kellogg School of Management

  • Incentive Landscape Study

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Partner: Crowe Horwath LLP

  • Develop Employee Performance Management

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Cook County State's Attorney
    Partner: Baker McKenzie, Deloitte

  • Deputy Public Safety Recruitment

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Office of the Inspector General
    Partner: Lantern Partners

  • Black Chicago Tomorrow

    Platform: Community and Neighborhood Change
    Client: Sam Scott

  • Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Strategic Plan

    Platform: Economic Vitality
    Client: Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
    Partner: Bain & Company

  • Cook County State's Attorney's Office Transition

    Platform: Safety and Justice
    Client: Cook County State's Attorney's Office
    Partner: BCG, Deloitte, Mayer Brown

  • Chicago Public Library Materials Handling

    Platform: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Library
    Partner: KPMG

2016

  • Rush Internal Anchor Mission

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Rush University Medical Center
    Partner: Bain & Co.

  • Demand Planning Model

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: City Colleges of Chicago
    Partner: The Allstate Corporation

  • Chicago Public Library Cultural Assessment

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Library
    Partner: Strategic Talent Solutions

  • Chicago Public Library Performance Management System

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Library

  • Physical Bond Court Redesign

    Practice Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Cook County Criminal Justice Stakeholders
    Partner: CannonDesign, Kellogg School of Management

  • Mental Health Resource Unit

    Practice Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Cook County Public Defender

  • Aggregate Pricing Analysis

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Treasurer's Office
    Partner: The PrivateBank

  • Chicago Small Business Advantage

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Partner: Accenture

  • Forest Preserve Strategy Workshop

    Practice Area: Special Projects
    Client: Forest Preserve District of Cook County

  • Urban Farming Planning

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Safer Foundation, Urban Transformation Network
    Partner: Baker & McKenzie

  • Department of Family and Support Services Strategic Framework

    Practice Area: Special Projects
    Client: Department of Family and Support Services

  • Growth Zones

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Mayor's Office
    Partner: CBRE Chicago, Zeno Group

  • Cook County Long Range Transportation Plan

    Practice Area: Special Projects
    Client: Cook County

  • Reduce Mental Health Population in Jail

    Practice Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Cook County Public Defender

  • Harris Policy Labs

    Practice Area: Special Projects
    Client: Cook County Public Defender

  • Public Private Training Partnership

    Practice Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy

  • Illinois Higher Education Strategy

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: Office of the Illinois Secretary of Education
    Partner: Oliver Wyman

  • Police Accountability Task Force

    Practice Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Police Accountability Task Force
    Partner: Mayer Brown

  • Labor Market Trajectory's Impact

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Partner: A.T. Kearney Inc.

  • Chicago Infrastructure Trust New Operational Model and Priorities

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Infrastructure Trust
    Partner: Ernst and Young

  • Governance Model for New Principal Quality Organization

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: The Chicago Public Education Fund

  • Working Families Task Force

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Mayor's Office

  • LEAN Capacity

    Practice Area: Special Projects
    Client: State of Illinois and the Illinois Department of Transportation
    Partner: The Duchossois Group

  • Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Restructuring

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Activity
    Partner: Kirkland & Ellis LLP

  • State Tax Incentives Analysis

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Activity

2015

  • Chicago Public Library Organizational Management

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Library
    Partner: Brian Hanessian

  • Chicago Public Schools Early College STEM Schools

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partner: McKinsey

  • Cook County Health and Hospital System Network and Capability Planning

    Practice Area: Healthcare
    Client: Cook County Health and Hospital System
    Partner: Strategy&, The PrivateBank, UIC, Deloitte

  • Cook County Health and Hospital System Transformation Planning

    Practice Area: Healthcare
    Client: Cook County Health and Hospital System
    Partner: Bain & Company

  • Cook County Outpatient Health Centers

    Practice Area: Healthcare
    Client: Cook County Health and Hospital System
    Partner: Deloitte, KPMG

  • Cook County Outpatient Health Centers: Oak Forest Transformation

    Practice Area: Healthcare
    Client: Cook County Health and Hospital System
    Partner: Booth School of Business

  • Employment Opportunities for Youth

    Practice Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Department of Family and Support Services

  • Malcolm X Healthcare Transformation

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: City Colleges of Chicago

  • Thrive Chicago Data Architecture

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: Thrive Chicago
    Partner: McKinsey, Deloitte, DLA Piper

  • Thrive Chicago Program Management

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: Thrive Chicago
    Partner: McKinsey, Deloitte, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

  • World Sport Chicago Merger Strategy

    Practice Area: Special Projects
    Client: World Sport Chicago

  • Chicago Park District Communication Strategy

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Park District

  • Chicago Park District Foundation Strategy

    Practice Area: Special Projects
    Client: Chicago Park District
    Partner: Wrapports, Roland Berger, Richard Kately

  • Chicago Public Library Technology Analysis

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Library
    Partner: The Greatest Good

  • Chicago Public Library's Partnership Strategy

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Library

  • Chicago Public Schools Citywide STEM Initiatives Support

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools

  • Chicago Treasurer Transition

    Practice Area: Special Projects
    Client: Chicago Treasurer's Office
    Partner: Arena Partners, Bryan Cave, GCM Grosvenor, Mayer Brown

  • Cook County Pilot Model Bond Court Planning

    Practice Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Illinois Supreme Court
    Partner: Mayer Brown, A.T. Kearney

  • Cook County Regional Healthcare Strategy

    Practice Area: Healthcare
    Client: Cook County Health and Hospital System
    Partner: McKinsey

  • Gubernatorial Opportunities for Illinois

    Practice Area: Special Projects
    Client: Governor's Office
    Partner: Accenture, Bain, Boston Consulting Group, Colliers International, Deloitte, EY, Leff Communications, McKinsey, Schiff Hardin

  • Metra Strategic Plan Implementation and Performance Management

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Metra

  • Thrive Chicago Anchor Transition Plan

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: Thrive Chicago
    Partner: DLA Piper

  • University of Chicago Leadership Academy

    Practice Area: Special Projects
    Client: University of Chicago
    Partner: University of Chicago, LISC

  • Chicago Park District Economic Impact Project Report

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Park District
    Partner: Roland Berger, Global Economics Group

  • Chicago Public Library Reduction of Hold Times

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Library
    Partner: The Greatest Good

  • Chicago Public Schools Financial Education Plan

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partner: The PrivateBank, Ariel Investments

  • Chicago Treasurer Pension Negotiation Fee

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Treasurer's Office
    Partner: The PrivateBank

  • Choose Chicago Funding Options

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Choose Chicago
    Partner: Jones Day, McKinsey

  • Cook County 2018 Strategy

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Cook County
    Partner: Boston Consulting Group

  • Cook County Communications Plan

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Cook County
    Partner: BCN Creative, Thirdwave

  • Cook County Summer Fellows

    Practice Area: Special Projects
    Client: Cook County
    Partner: Goldman Sachs

  • Malcolm X Clinical Strategy Transformation

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: City Colleges of Chicago
    Partner: Oliver Wyman

  • Chicago Public Schools Design High School

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools

  • Chicago Public Schools Southside Selective Enrollment Marketing Plan

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partner: Towers Watson

  • Illinois Chief Technology Officer Search

    Practice Area: Special Projects
    Client: Governor's Office
    Partner: Lantern Partners

  • Mayoral Second Term Priorities Committee

    Practice Area: Special Projects
    Client: Mayor's Office
    Partner: M.A. Rood Company, Bacon Volpe Communications

  • Partnership with Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council to Support Sentencing Commission

    Practice Area: Safety and Justice
    Client:  Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council
    Partner: KPMG

  • 1000 Jobs Assessment

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: World Business Chicago
    Partner: Shannon Moore

  • Win Win Symposium

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Workforce Funder Alliance
    Partner: The Joyce Foundation, Women Employed

  • Oversee Public Defender's Priorities Planning and Address Gaps

    Practice Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Cook County Public Defender

  • Chicago Public Library Strategic Plan Refresh

    Practice Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Library

  • Procurement Reform Task Force

    Practice Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Mayor's Office
    Partner: Mayer Brown

2014

  • Chicago Park District Communication Strategy

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Park District
    Partner: Zeno Group

  • Chicago Public Library Hold Times Reduction

    Program Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Library
    Partner: The Greatest Good, LLC

  • Chicago Public Library Partnership Filter

    Program Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Library

  • Chicago Treasurer Transition

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: City of Chicago Office of the Treasurer

  • City Colleges of Chicago Malcolm X Healthcare Transformation

    Program Area: Education
    Client: City Colleges of Chicago

  • City of Chicago Loading Zone Reengineering

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Office of the Mayor

  • Cook County 2018 Strategy

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Cook County
    Partner: The Boston Consulting Group

  • Cook County Fellows Recruitment 2014

    Program Area: Special Projects
    Client: Cook County
    Partner: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

  • Cook County Health and Hospitals System Network and Capability Planning

    Program Area: Healthcare
    Client: Cook County Health and Hospitals System
    Partner: Deloitte, Strategy&, The PrivateBank, University of Illinois at Chicago

  • Cook County Health and Hospitals System Oak Forest Transformation

    Program Area: Healthcare
    Client: Cook County Health and Hospitals System
    Partner: University of Chicago Booth School of Business

  • Cook County Health and Hospitals System Outpatient Health Centers Development

    Program Area: Healthcare
    Client: Cook County Health and Hospitals System
    Partner: Deloitte, KPMG LLP

  • Cook County Health and Hospitals System Uninsured Strategy

    Program Area: Healthcare
    Client: Cook County Health and Hospitals System
    Partner: Deloitte, KPMG LLP

  • Employment Opportunities for Youth

    Program Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Department of Family and Support Services

  • Gubernatorial Opportunities

    Program Area: Special Projects
    Client: The Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago
    Partner: Schiff Hardin LLP

  • Gubernatorial Transition Management

    Program Area: Special Projects
    Client: Governor-elect Bruce Rauner's Transition Team
    Partner: Accenture, Bain & Company, Colliers International, Deloitte, EY, Leff Communications, McKinsey & Company, The Boston Consulting Group

  • Lucas Museum Site Selection Taskforce

    Program Area: Special Projects
    Client: Mayor's Office
    Partner: Downtown Partners Chicago, Leff Communications, McKinsey & Company

  • Metra Strategic Plan Implementation and Performance Management

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Metra

  • Park District Foundation Strategy

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Park District Foundation
    Partner: Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

  • Strategic Plan for Skills for Chicagoland's Future

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Skills for Chicagoland's Future
    Partner: Deloitte

  • Streamline Business Environment

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: City of Chicago
    Partner: A.T. Kearney, McKinsey & Company

  • Thrive Anchor Transition Strategy and Planning

    Program Area: Education
    Client: Mayor's Office, Thrive Chicago
    Partner: DLA Piper

  • Thrive Chicago Program Management

    Program Area: Education
    Client: Mayor's Office, Thrive Chicago
    Partner: Deloitte, DLA Piper, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, KPMG LLP, McKinsey & Company

  • University of Chicago Leadership Academy for Government and Nonprofit Creation

    Program Area: Special Projects
    Client: University of Chicago
    Partner: KPMG LLP

2013

  • University of Chicago Civic Leadership Academy

    Platform: Civic Leadership
    Client: University of Chicago, Office of Civic Engagement
    Partner: LISC-Chicago, KPMG

  • Business Advisory Group for Central Loop Bus Rapid Transit

    Program Area: Transportation
    Client: Chicago Department of Transportation
    Partner: KPMG LLP

  • CARE Communication Strategy

    Program Area: Safety and Justice
    Client:
    Partner: Zeno Group

  • Chicago Department of Transportation People Plazas

    Program Area: Transportation
    Client: Chicago Department of Transportation
    Partner: Perkins+Will

  • Chicago Public Library Performance Management

    Program Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Library

  • Chicago Public Library Strategic Plan

    Program Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Library
    Partner: Bain and Company, The Greatest Good LLC

  • Choose Chicago Tourism Attraction Analysis

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Choose Chicago
    Partner: The Boston Consulting Group

  • Choose Chicago Tourism Brand Development

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Choose Chicago

  • Choose Chicago Tourism Market Strategy

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Choose Chicago
    Partner: McKinsey and Company, The Boston Consulting Group

  • Choose Chicago Tourism Project Management

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Choose Chicago

  • City of Chicago Capital Construction Cost Effectiveness

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Mayor's Office
    Partner: Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP

  • City Technology Plan with Focus on Job Creation

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Mayor's Office
    Partner: Digitas, KPMG LLP, Studio V Design, The PrivateBank

  • City-County Institutionalize Collaboration

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: City of Chicago, Cook County

  • Citywide STEM Strategy

    Program Area: Education
    Client: Mayor's Office
    Partner: Bain and Company, McKinsey and Company

  • Commercial Buildings Initiative Expansion Strategy

    Program Area: Environment
    Client: Mayor's Office
    Partner: West Monroe Partners

  • Cook County Health and Hospitals System Communications Plan

    Program Area: Healthcare
    Client: Cook County Health and Hospitals System

  • Cook County Health and Hospitals System Cost of Care Methodology

    Program Area: Healthcare
    Client: Cook County Health and Hospitals System
    Partner: Global Economics Group

  • Cook County Health and Hospitals System Health Demands of Region Analysis

    Program Area: Healthcare
    Client: Cook County Health and Hospitals System
    Partner: Navigant Consulting, Target GIS

  • Cook County Health and Hospitals System Patient experience design toolkit

    Program Area: Healthcare
    Client: Cook County Health and Hospitals System
    Partner: Cannon Design

  • Cook County Health and Hospitals System Transformation Planning and Management Office

    Program Area: Healthcare
    Client: Cook County Health and Hospitals System
    Partner: Bain and Company

  • Cook County New Revenue Opportunities Legal Analysis

    Program Area: Special Projects
    Client: Cook County
    Partner: Mayer Brown, Perkins Coie LLP

  • Cook County Risk Management Program Development

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Cook County
    Partner: Northern Trust Corporation

  • Cook County Tax Audit Process Advisory

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Cook County
    Partner: Northern Trust Corporation

  • County Chief Information Officer Search

    Program Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Cook County
    Partner: Lantern Partners

  • Criminal Justice Data Exchange

    Program Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Cook County
    Partner: DLA Piper

  • Cultural Tourism Positioning Strategy

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Choose Chicago
    Partner: Kellogg School of Management

  • Data Science Initiative: Optimize food inspections with predictive analytics

    Program Area: Special Projects
    Client: Mayor's Office Department of Innovation and Technology
    Partner: Allstate Insurance Company

  • Data Science Initiative: Predict severity of weather events to pre-position emergency resources

    Program Area: Special Projects
    Client: Mayor's Office Department of Innovation and Technology
    Partner: Allstate Insurance Company, McKinsey and Company

  • Data Science Initiative: Predict which retailers are more likely to sell unstamped cigarettes

    Program Area: Special Projects
    Client: Mayor's Office Department of Innovation and Technology
    Partner: McKinsey and Company, The Greatest Good LLC

  • Early College STEM Schools Project Management

    Program Area: Education
    Client: Mayor's Office, Chicago Public Schools
    Partner: McKinsey and Company

  • Illinois Shared Learning Environment

    Program Area: Education
    Client: Illinois State Board of Education
    Partner: BMO Financial Group, DLA Piper, Integralis Inc

  • Maximizing Chicago Park District's Economic Value

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Park District
    Partner: Global Economics Group, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

  • Mayor's Office Public Safety Action Committee Development

    Program Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Mayor's Office
    Partner: Allstate Insurance Company

  • Mayor's Office Sister Agency Back Office Consolidation

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: City of Chicago, Chicago Office of Budget and Management

  • Mayor's Office Tourism Governance Support

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Mayor's Office
    Partner: The PrivateBank

  • Park District Programming Strategy

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Park District
    Partner: Hall and Partners

  • Retrofit Chicago Branding Strategy

    Program Area: Environment
    Client: Mayor's Office
    Partner: Downtown Partners Chicago

  • School Technology Support

    Program Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools

  • World Business Chicago Tourism Committee Management

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: World Business Chicago

  • World Business Chicago Workforce Development Committee Management

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: World Business Chicago
    Partner: Devry University

2012

  • Absence Management RFP

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Cook County

  • Bus Rapid Transit Long Range Plan

    Program Area: Transportation
    Client: Chicago Department of Transportation
    Partner: The Boston Consulting Group

  • Bus Rapid Transit Station Renderings

    Program Area: Transportation
    Client: Chicago Transit Authority
    Partner: Kevin Pound Design

  • CARE Dashboard Prototype

    Program Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle and Mayor Emanuel
    Partner: Allstate Insurance Company, EY

  • CARE Project Management Office

    Program Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle and Mayor Emanuel
    Partner: Allstate Insurance Company

  • Chicago New Americans Plan

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Partner: AT Kearney, Downtown Partners Chicago

  • Chicago Public Schools Chief Transformation Officer Search

    Program Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partner: Nick Pierce and Associates, Inc.

  • Chicago Public Schools Controller Search

    Program Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partner: Lantern Partners

  • Chicago Public Schools Facility Consolidation and Real Estate Strategy

    Program Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partner: Cannon Design, CBRE Group, Inc

  • Chicago Public Schools/City Colleges of Chicago Early College Collaboration

    Program Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools and The City Colleges of Chicago
    Partner: Bain and Company

  • Chicago: Green Meeting Destination

    Program Area: Environment
    Client: Mayor's Office
    Partner: The Joyce Foundation

  • Chief of Staff Search

    Program Area: Education
    Client: City Colleges of Chicago
    Partner: Lantern Partners

  • City and County to Enforce Cigarette Tax Jointly

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: City of Chicago, Cook County

  • City Colleges of Chicago Reinvention Review

    Program Area: Education
    Client: City Colleges of Chicago
    Partner: University of Illinois at Chicago

  • City of Chicago Ethics Training Videos

    Program Area: Special Projects
    Client: Mayor's Office
    Partner: University of Illinois at Chicago

  • City of Chicago Sister City Strategy

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Mayor's Office
    Partner: Mayer Brown, McKinsey and Company

  • City, County Save $33 Million in Collaboration

    Program Area: Special Projects
    Client: City of Chicago, Cook County
    Partner: Accenture, Alvarez and Marsal, IBM Corporation, Mayer Brown, Schiff Hardin LLP

  • Community Antiviolence and Restoration Effort

    Program Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Cook County, City of Chicago
    Partner: Allstate Insurance Company, Bain and Company, Burrell Communications, DLA Piper, EY, IBM Corporation, McDonald's Corporation, N'DIGO, Perkins Coie LLP, Trotter Consulting Group LLC, University of Chicago Crime Lab, Xerox Corporation, Zeno Group

  • Community Antiviolence and Restoration Effort Communications Plan

    Program Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Mayor's Office
    Partner: Zeno Group

  • Community leadership councils

    Program Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Mayor's Office and Cook County President's Office
    Partner: Allstate Insurance Company, Frank Gihan

  • Cook County Energy Savings

    Program Area: Environment
    Client: Cook County
    Partner: ComEd

  • Cook County Judicial System Mapping

    Program Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Cook County Justice Advisory Council and the Mayor's Office
    Partner: IBM Corporation, Perkins Coie LLP

  • CPS Labor Negotiations

    Program Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partner: Bain and Company

  • CPS Office of School Improvement Benchmarking

    Program Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools

  • Economic Analysis Enables Health System to Plan for Better Patient Outcomes

    Program Area: Healthcare
    Client: Cook County Health and Hospital System
    Partner: Global Economics Group

  • Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellow at Chicago Public Schools

    Program Area: Environment
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partner: Environmental Defense Fund

  • Ethics Reform Report Released

    Program Area: Special Projects
    Client: City of Chicago
    Partner: Jones Day

  • Growing Chicago Tourism

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: City of Chicago
    Partner: Griffin Strategic Advisors LLC, Jones Day

  • Inter-Agency Data Sharing

    Program Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Cook County President's Office and Mayor's Office
    Partner: DLA Piper, McDonald's Corporation, Xerox Corporation

  • Mayor's Office Community Energy Fact Base Update

    Program Area: Environment
    Client: Office of the Mayor
    Partner: Accenture, Elevate Energy

  • Mayor's Office Interactive Map of Community Energy Use

    Program Area: Environment
    Client: Mayor's Office
    Partner: Datascope Analystics, IDEO

  • National forum features Chicago Youth Violence Prevention Plan

    Program Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: City of Chicago, Cook County
    Partner: Allstate Insurance Company, Bain and Company, Burrell Communications, DLA Piper, EY, Frank Gihan, IBM Corporation, McDonald's Corporation, McKinsey and Company, N'DIGO, Perkins Coie LLP, Sidley Austin LLP, Trotter Consulting Group LLC, University of Chicago Crime Lab

  • One Summer Chicago 2012

    Program Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Mayor's Office
    Partner: Burrell Communications, University of Chicago Crime Lab

  • Performance Management Dashboards for Chicago Department of Transportation

    Program Area: Transportation
    Client: Chicago Department of Transportation
    Partner: The Greatest Good, LLC

  • Red Line Branding

    Program Area: Transportation
    Client: Chicago Transit Authority
    Partner: Downtown Partners Chicago

  • Shedd Aquarium Master Energy Roadmap

    Program Area: Environment
    Client: Mayor's Office, Shedd Aquarium
    Partner: West Monroe Partners

  • Smart Grid Strategy

    Program Area: Environment
    Client: Department of Environment
    Partner: PRTM

  • Sustainability Roadmap

    Program Area: Environment
    Client: Mayor's Office
    Partner: Studio V Design, The Shaw Group Inc.

2011

  • Accelerating Building Energy Efficiency Retrofits

    Program Area: Environment
    Client: City of Chicago
    Partner: Accenture

  • Bus Tracker for Business

    Program Area: Transportation
    Client: Chicago Transit Authority
    Partner: Natural Resources Defense Council

  • Chicago Climate Action Plan: Economic Value Framework

    Program Area: Environment
    Client: Chicago Department of Environment
    Partner: West Monroe Partners

  • Chicago Climate Action Plan: Transportation Committee

    Program Area: Transportation
    Client: Chicago Department of Environment
    Partner: ComEd, Metropolitan Planning Council, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Boston Consulting Group, U.S. Equities Realty

  • City Colleges of Chicago Reinvention

    Program Area: Education
    Client: City Colleges of Chicago
    Partner: Accenture, Bain & Company, CDW, CI Beyond People, KPMG LLP, Lantern Partners, McKinsey & Company, Monitor Group, The Boston Consulting Group, Towers Watson

  • Commute Options Program

    Program Area: Environment
    Client: Chicago Department of Environment
    Partner: Compass X Strategy, Metropolitan Planning Council, The Boeing Company, The Boston Consulting Group

  • Cook County Desk Audit

    Program Area: Special Projects
    Client: Cook County
    Partner: McGladrey

  • Cook County Performance Management

    Program Area: Special Projects
    Client: Cook County
    Partner: Downtown Partners Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Boston Consulting Group

  • County Purchasing: Rapid Cost Reduction

    Program Area: Special Projects
    Client: Cook County
    Partner: Abbott Laboratories

  • Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Program Audit

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
    Partner: Kellogg School of Management

  • Green Ribbon Committee

    Program Area: Environment
    Client: City of Chicago

  • Joint Committee on City-County Collaboration

    Program Area: Special Projects
    Client: Cook County, City of Chicago
    Partner: Accenture, Alvarez & Marsal, Mayer Brown, Schiff Hardin LLP

  • Mayoral Transition Plan

    Program Area: Special Projects
    Client: Mayor's Office
    Partner: A.T. Kearney, Accenture, Alvarez & Marsal, Bain & Company, Deloitte, KPMG LLP, L.E.K. Consulting, Mayer Brown, McGladrey, McKinsey & Company, Metropolitan Planning Council, The Joyce Foundation, The Lucas Group

  • Michael Reese Site Development Project

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Chicago Office of the Mayor
    Partner: Cadence Consulting Group, LLC

  • Reimbursement Policy Review

    Program Area: Special Projects
    Client: City of Chicago
    Partner: Navigant Consulting, Sidley Austin LLP

  • School Support Centers

    Program Area: Education
    Client: Chicago Public Schools

  • Strong Blocks Wrap-Around Strategy

    Program Area: Safety and Justice
    Client: Cook County, City of Chicago
    Partner: Allstate Insurance Company, Bain & Company, Burrell Communications, DLA Piper, EY, IBM Corporation, McDonald's Corporation, McKinsey & Company, N'DIGO, Perkins Cole LLP, Sidley Austin LLP, Trotter Consulting Group LLP, University of Chicago Crime Lab, Xerox Corporation

  • Tax Increment Financing Reform

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: City of Chicago
    Partner: Harvard Business School, Ice Miller LLP, Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan

  • Taxi Code Modernization

    Program Area: Transportation
    Client: Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection
    Partner: Environmental Impact Initiative, Inc., Michael Baker Corporation

  • The Economic Impact and Job Potentials for the Chicago Climate Action Plan

    Program Area: Environment
    Client: Chicago Department of Environment
    Partner: The Boston Consulting Group

  • United Airlines Corporate Relocation Study

    Program Area: Transportation
    Client: Fleishman-Hillard Inc., The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy

  • Workforce Merger

    Program Area: Economic Vitality
    Client: Cook County, City of Chicago
    Partner: Mayer Brown

2010

  • After School Matters: Strategic Plan, Performance Evaluation, and Retention Improvement

    Program Area: Education
    Client: After Schools Matters
    Partner: Deloitte, The Boston Consulting Group

  • Convention Pass

    Program Area: Transportation
    Client: Chicago Transit Authority
    Partner: Natural Resources Defense Council, The Boston Consulting Group

  • CPS Energy Efficiency

    Program Area: Environment
    Client: Chicago Public Schools
    Partner: IBM Corporation

  • CTA Supply Chain

    Program Area: Transportation
    Client: Chicago Transit Authority
    Partner: D2C Ventures, Governmental Solutions, LLC

  • Ecodriving

    Program Area: Environment
    Client: Chicago Department of Environment
    Partner: Edelman, Ford Motor Company

  • Transforming County Government

    Program Area: Special Projects
    Client: Cook County
    Partner: Abbott Laboratories, Accenture, Axiom Consulting Partners, CDW, ComEd, McGladrey, PeopleScout, SNR Denton, The Chicago Community Trust, TrueWorks, U.S. Equities Realty