About Allison Motz

Allison Motz is an innovative, strategic thinker with over 18 years of executive management experience creating solutions and strategies moving organizations to their highest potential. She grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and now resides in Nashville, Tennessee. After completing 10 years in the nonprofit and government sectors, she left to pursue a consulting practice with a goal of strengthening organizations that strengthen lives and communities. Her focus is customized to the needs of her clients and supporting their efforts to further their strategic visions. Her experience includes roles as Executive Director, Executive Coach, Sales Strategy Developer, Fund Development and Government Advocacy Strategist, and Communications Lead, among others. She seeks clients willing to work in partnership and welcomes organizations facing complex challenges. She thrives in work that requires strategic and tactical problem-solving. She can see the "big picture" and translate the picture into an operational plan for implementation. She has experience managing staff and support consultants and the ability to identify and facilitate strategic alliances to enhance project goals. Her professional satisfaction aligns to the success of her clients, and she strives to make their plans a reality.

About Brandie Smith

Ms. Brandie S. Smith, MPA, has a diverse background exceeding ten years in program design, implementation, and management across public and private sectors earning multiple awards for leadership and performance. She is adept at analyzing management techniques and processes to improve organizational effectiveness; researching and interpreting regulations; stratifying resources, and developing creative and strategic initiatives.

Always taking a holistic approach, she is often sought out to collect, review and synthesize data to develop courses of action for executive leadership that not only addresses the technical issue at hand, but also the political and other relational aspects involved. Her expertise in emotional intelligence allows her to reach out and connect with people who hold seemingly contradictory and disparate views, find common ground, and work effectively together.

As a nine-year Army veteran and fifteen-year Army spouse she has learned to be adaptable and seeks to make a difference in the lives of others wherever the Army moves her. Most recently she served as the Army Family Program Manager for Joint Base San Antonio; the former Chair of the Joint Base San Antonio Risk Assessment and Prevention Council for Families; former member of San Antonio Military and Veteran Community Council Economic Development Solution Team; member of the Air Force Public-Public, Public-Private (P4) Initiative; PTO Treasurer, voting member of the Campus Education Improvement Council and youth soccer coach.

Originally from Ohio, Brandie S. Smith holds a Bachelor of Art Degree in Urban Studies and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Cleveland State University. In 2012, she co-presented about military hiring strategies and best practices at the U.S. Conference of Mayors Workforce Development Council/National Association of Workforce Boards.