Executive Advisory · Strategy · Leadership
Strengthen Your Organization.Build an Effective Strategy.
Hobbs Strategic Partners helps nonprofit, business, education, and public-sector leaders solve complex challenges, strengthen their organizations, and turn plans into measurable progress.
Founder Kenya K. Hobbs brings more than 30 years of executive leadership and organizational development experience to help you move forward with confidence.
Founder & Principal
Our Approach
A Plan Isn't Progress Until Your People Can Put It to Work.
Your organization may already have a strong vision. The challenge is turning it into decisions, systems, and daily practices that produce results.
Kenya has spent more than three decades working where strategy meets execution. He has managed complex operations, led multidisciplinary teams, and developed partnerships.
We bring that experience directly to your leadership team. Together we identify what needs attention, make sound decisions, and build the capacity to carry them out.
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Collaborative
We work alongside your leadership team. The people who carry out the work help shape the solutions, so ownership lasts.
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Results-Oriented
Every engagement starts with clear priorities, realistic objectives, and defined deliverables.
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Accountable
Clear expectations, honest communication, and regular updates keep your team informed and the work moving.
Services
The Expertise to Help You Move Important Work Forward.
Choose a signature offering with a defined scope, or build a custom engagement around your priorities.
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Strategic Advisory & Planning
Clear Direction for Decisions That Shape Your Future.
From growth to leadership transitions, sound strategy gives your team a clear path. We help organizations build actionable strategic plans, strengthen board governance, and prepare for succession.
Signature Offering
Leadership Continuity Cohort
Four facilitated sessions with individualized coaching to strengthen succession planning and leadership continuity.
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Leadership & Professional Development
Build Leaders Who Bring Out the Best in Their People.
We help new supervisors, managers, and executives communicate effectively, navigate conflict, and build productive teams. Every program centers on practical skills participants can use right away.
Signature Offering
New Supervisor Foundations
Three half-day sessions over six weeks that equip new and emerging supervisors with essential leadership skills.
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Community Engagement & Strategic Partnerships
Build the Relationships That Move Communities Forward.
Meaningful progress often requires working beyond your own walls. We help leaders engage stakeholders, build cross-sector partnerships, strengthen employer relationships, and coordinate workforce and economic mobility initiatives.
Signature Offering
Employer Pipeline Sprint
A 12- to 16-week engagement to grow employer participation, with a commitment target written into the agreement.
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Training, Facilitation & Organizational Culture
Conversations That Build Stronger Teams.
We facilitate board retreats, strategic discussions, leadership workshops, and difficult conversations. We also train teams in workplace culture, conflict resolution, and inclusive leadership. Every session is tailored to move participants from discussion to action.
Signature Offering
Inclusive Leadership Workshop + Findings Report
A 2.5-hour workshop, virtual or in person, with an optional confidential findings report that identifies priorities for improvement.
Our Work
Experience Applied to Real Organizational Challenges.
Each engagement starts with a clear need and a defined outcome.
Case Study 01
Strategic Advisory · Leadership Development
Succession Planning Learning Collaborative
Foundation-funded nonprofit capacity-building initiative
Designed and facilitated a four-session succession planning collaborative for nonprofit organizations, with individualized coaching for each participant and a learning review for the funder.
Case Study 02
Community Engagement · Workforce Development
Youth Apprenticeship Talent Pipeline
Citywide education and workforce partnership
Led employer outreach across manufacturing and other career pathways, secured formal apprenticeship-slot commitments, and supported a 10-week implementation plan with biweekly progress reporting.
Case Study 03
Training · Organizational Culture
Inclusive Leadership Workshop
National membership organization
Designed and delivered a 2.5-hour virtual leadership workshop for about 60 regional coordinators, followed by a confidential findings report for the organization's leadership.
Who We Serve
- Nonprofit and community-based organizations
- Philanthropic foundations and funding partners
- Businesses and employers
- Colleges, universities, and educational institutions
- Government and public agencies
- Workforce development organizations
- Faith-based and mission-driven institutions
Leadership Experience & Credentials
- Former Vice President, Medaille University
- Former Director, Buffalo Niagara Partnership
- National Economic Mobility Fellow
- Board Member, Say Yes Buffalo
- Co-Founder, American Alliance for Black Mental Wellness
- Certified Diversity Professional
- 2026 DEIA Legacy Award Recipient
Understand the challenge, offer sound guidance, and help leaders turn decisions into meaningful action.
About the Founder
Kenya K. Hobbs
Founder & Principal · Hobbs Strategic Partners
For more than 30 years, Kenya K. Hobbs has worked where leadership decisions carry real consequences: running organizations, developing people, and strengthening communities. His career spans higher education, government, workforce development, and community engagement.
At Medaille University, he served as vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion and later as interim vice president for student development. In that role he led eight departments, a staff of 30, and a $4 million budget. He also taught in the university's graduate organizational leadership program.
As director of community engagement and equity initiatives at the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, Western New York's largest chamber of commerce, he worked with employers, educators, and community groups on workforce challenges and barriers to economic mobility. He secured $150,000 in state funding for that work.
Earlier, he held leadership roles with M&T Bank's Buffalo Promise Neighborhood initiative and the City of Buffalo's Office of Strategic Planning.
He holds a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Medaille University and a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University at Buffalo. His certifications include conflict resolution, trauma-informed care, facilitation, and diversity leadership. He is a National Economic Mobility Fellow of the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives and received the 2026 DEIA Legacy Award from the Buffalo Niagara Human Resource Association.
Ways to Engage
The Right Level of Support for the Work Ahead.
Some organizations need an advisor for critical decisions. Others need ongoing guidance or added executive capacity.
Projects are quoted at a fixed fee or hourly rate. Ongoing advisory engagements are monthly.
Strategic Advisor
Focused Guidance for the Decisions in Front of You.
For smaller organizations and executives who want a trusted sounding board.
Engagement Includes
- One to two agreed priorities per month
- Two strategic consultation meetings monthly
- Email consultation between meetings
- Review of key plans and documents
- Monthly progress summary
Executive Partner
Closer Collaboration for Bigger Challenges.
For growing organizations, leadership transitions, and major initiatives.
Engagement Includes
- Two to three agreed priorities per month
- Weekly strategic consultation meetings
- Next-business-day consultation
- Quarterly facilitation and board support
- Monthly progress summary
Fractional Executive
Senior Leadership Capacity When You Need It Most.
For organizations covering a senior vacancy or transition, before making a permanent hire.
Engagement Includes
- Three to four agreed priorities per month
- Weekly meetings and leadership-team involvement
- Same-day response to urgent issues
- Monthly facilitation and board support
- Monthly progress summary
What the First 90 Days Can Look Like
For ongoing advisory engagements, the first three months follow a clear rhythm.
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Month 01
Assess & Prioritize
We review your challenges, consult with leadership, and agree on immediate priorities.
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Month 02
Implement & Strengthen
We address those priorities, support key decisions, and strengthen the processes your team relies on.
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Month 03
Measure & Sustain
We review results, clear remaining obstacles, and set next steps to sustain momentum.
Contact
Let's Talk About What's Next for Your Organization.
Start with a 20-minute conversation with Kenya. Share your challenges and goals, and we'll explore whether Hobbs Strategic Partners is the right fit.
- kenya@hobbsstrategicpartners.com
- linkedin.com/in/kenyahobbs
- Based in
- Buffalo, New York
Request a Conversation
Email Kenya with your name, your organization, and a brief description of what you'd like to discuss.
Email Kenya