Andrea Clinton

April 11, 2025

Why Civic Consulting Alliance is investing in helping the Chicago Police Department redefine policing as community policing

Civic Consulting Alliance staff are leading a year-long project to operationalize community policing across the Chicago Police Department (CPD) so that community policing is synonymous with policing in Chicago. This multi-phase project* will develop a clear department-wide vision that integrates community ...
November 26, 2024

Cross-sector collaborations: A recipe for success

Welcome to Civic Consulting Alliance’s Quarterly Partner Spotlight, where we highlight the corporate partners that help our clients get big things done. In 2024, we collaborated with 29 professional services partners, each bringing unique expertise and capacity to tackle the ...
August 19, 2024

Unlocking the Chicago region’s potential with pro bono partners

Sinead Mullen, Partner at Bain & Company, shares how Bain's blend of expertise and tenacity to solve problems, combined with Civic Consulting Alliance’s unique relationships with local government, creates a high-impact partnership. Together, we bring diverse stakeholders to the table to untangle complex problems and accelerate progress on the solutions that are making an impact in the Chicago region.
July 15, 2024

Positioning the City to speed up affordable housing and commercial corridor development

Civic Consulting Alliance is playing a key role in the Cut the Tape initiative to help the City accelerate its approval processes for real estate development projects. We leveraged our expertise to help the Mayor’s Office research best practices from ...
May 30, 2024

Closing opportunity gaps for Black CPS students

Civic Consulting Alliance supported Chicago Public Schools with the design, preparation, and execution of eight community round tables that would lead to impactful recommendations for the Black Student Success Plan. These recommendations could be considered for incorporation into the district's upcoming five-year strategic plan.
March 7, 2024
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Doubling the reach of Chicago’s mental health crisis response program

Civic Consulting Alliance’s pro bono partners Kearney and Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila provided specialized expertise in legal analysis, labor modeling, and implementation planning that’s helping the City double the geographic reach of its promising mental health crisis response program.
November 30, 2023

Cook County launches new program to help municipalities make critical infrastructure investments

An influx of capital and recovery funding provides an opportunity for municipalities to make infrastructure investments that will improve residents’ quality of life, reduce racial and ethnic disparities, and mitigate the effects of climate change. Cook County is home to more ...
August 22, 2023
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Fellow Spotlight: Tarun Kapoor

Tarun Kapoor was with us as a Fellow from KPMG from July through October. What project work were you involved in during your time at Civic Consulting Alliance? I supported two Racial Equity Rapid Response (RERR) Team initiatives: developing a ‘Guide to ...
August 31, 2022

Enhancing museum campus as a global, year-round destination

Civic Consulting Alliance staff are experienced in coordinating large groups of stakeholders with diverse ideas and priorities to “get big things done.” We partnered with the Mayor’s Office to support and facilitate the Museum Campus Working Group. The final report, “Where ...
July 30, 2022

Standing up the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability

In July 2021, Chicago’s City Council passed the Empowering Communities for Public Safety (ECPS) ordinance. This landmark ordinance creates two bodies: a new city agency called the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA), with power to advance systemic ...