FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. —Melvin Consulting is a Native American owned firm, primarily based in Flagstaff, offering engineering and administration consulting, based in 2016 by proprietor Daryl Melvin. The agency has grown to 5 staff and continues to increase.
Melvin, who’s Hopi, mentioned the corporate is positioned to serve in rural communities alongside the Colorado Plateau and past with purchasers starting from tribes and tribal applications to well being care facilities and nonprofit organizations. Providers are additionally supplied to personal companies, foundations and varied state and native authorities companies within the area and nationally.
As a Native American-owned agency, Melvin Consulting seeks to have a good time Native American expertise whereas helping tribes and tribal communities as they develop community-based options in assist of native asset management and administration of their sources.
“We consider in capability constructing and infrequently supply coaching as a part of our providers. By means of life experiences, our workers inform our community-centered method to implementing place-based options to deal with the distinctive wants of every consumer,” he mentioned. “In supporting Native American communities and initiatives, Melvin Consulting has collaborated with many tribes, nonprofits and companies regionally, regionally and nationally.”
Melvin mentioned notable initiatives embody contracts for building of an condo undertaking for IHS workers in Keams Canyon; a design undertaking for a essential entry hospital emergency division renovation in Polacca; strategic planning and enterprise plans for enterprises and applications comparable to Jemez Pueblo and Zuni Youth Enrichment Mission together with initiatives with First Nations Growth Institute, the California Tribal Fund, the Wheelwright Museum, the Hopi Faculty, Diné Bi’ Iina and the Native American Enterprise Incubator Community.
Providers embody strategic planning, facilitation, board coaching, philanthropic advisory providers, advertising and marketing and enterprise planning.
“We consider that options come from the communities themselves and they’re greatest suited to implement these options. We offer a values-based method and construction for essential conversations that result in readability and motion,” he mentioned.
Like many small companies and start-up corporations, the pandemic has had a basic and lasting impression on Melvin Consulting.
“As an expert providers agency, our work usually includes direct interplay with purchasers to develop programming and to implement these plans. As the primary wave of COVID was peaking, we skilled an interruption of enterprise with purchasers placing contracts on pause or deferring work by pushing out their timelines. In response, Melvin Consulting invested considerably in upgrading know-how, software program and software of web-based instruments that allowed for partaking on-line group periods, conferences and trainings whereas assembly consumer wants with out requiring in-person conferences,” he mentioned.
Melvin mentioned the transfer to a 100% digital presence was a major enterprise requiring all of Melvin Consulting to faucet into their superpower as Native folks — adaptation.
“Additionally, the digital divide is, and has all the time been, a major barrier within the communities we serve. So we now have developed processes to make sure that nobody is left behind on this digital world. Meaning going the additional mile when planning and being intentional with every on-line interplay. It’s necessary to us that our facilitation course of ensures that every one voices are valued and heard,” he mentioned.
Melvin mentioned they’re happy to share that they’re all studying and rising collectively whereas adapting and buying new abilities.
“Whereas we might all wish to see one another in individual, we’ve additionally discovered that in some instances the transition to on-line platforms has made trainings and gatherings extra inexpensive. Persons are connecting with others of their fields nationally and around the globe. What we’re reminded of time and again is that we’d like one another, and we’re simpler once we join, in-person or digital, and take a collaborative method to drawback fixing. Innovation is really a workforce sport,” he mentioned.
The Melvin Consulting workforce additionally supplied professional bono providers by means of June for the Hopi Tribe drawing on Melvin’s background in public well being and hospital administration together with the communications and knowledge evaluation experience on their workforce. This included creating public providers bulletins, analyzing state well being knowledge and advising on public well being issues. For the PSAs, Melvin Consulting was capable of accomplice with the Hopi Tribe and the Hopi Training Endowment Fund to create and distribute the PSAs to each put up workplace field at Hopi.
“I like to see public-private-social sector collaborations. General, it was necessary for our workforce to seek out methods to contribute in some small manner. My mother even posed for a photograph for a public service announcement — we acquired the entire household concerned,” he mentioned.
Melvin mentioned a dream and purpose of Melvin Consulting is to have a formalized program for native youth and rising leaders.
“Proper now, we now have work for licensed constructing inspectors, workplace supervisor and facilitators skilled in partnering with tribal communities. As our firm grows, we hope to ascertain relationships with schools and commerce colleges on a job program and internships,” he mentioned. “Members of our workforce get pleasure from assembly group members and supply complimentary 30-minute calls to debate concepts and points with potential purchasers who need to study extra about our providers.”
Melvin has over 20 years of expertise working with tribal nations, non-public entities and the general public sector in well being care, engineering, technique, management, and infrastructure growth. Melvin is captivated with perpetuating tribal sovereignty and offering tribes with the instruments and experience essential to develop and implement initiatives which are in alignment with their values leading to stronger economies.
Previous to establishing Melvin Consulting PLLC, Melvin held the place of Chief Government Officer for quite a few tribal hospitals and well being facilities with a give attention to elevating the work of essential entry hospitals and increasing the providers of ambulatory facilities. Moreover, he labored with town of Flagstaff in Governmental Affairs and Neighborhood Growth offering him with a deep understanding of how tribes can work throughout metropolis, county and state legislative our bodies to advance tribal pursuits.
In main various and complicated organizations, Melvin was accountable for organizational budgets of over $38 million and for capital initiatives valued at $160 million. Melvin presently serves on the boards of the St. Mary’s Meals Financial institution and Hopivewat — A Hopi Cultural Useful resource Middle.
Melvin beforehand served on the board for the Hopi Financial Growth Company, Arizona Indian Dwelling Treasures Awards, Hopi Training Endowment Fund, Hopi Arts and Training Non-profit and Native Individuals for Neighborhood Motion.
Melvin presents on matters comparable to budgeting, creating robust imaginative and prescient and mission statements,management, board governance, strategic planning and entrepreneurship.
Eileen Egan, who can also be Hopi, is a accomplice at Melvin Consulting. For almost 20 years, Egan has partnered with executives, boards and workers to empower them and their organizations to succeed in their objectives by means of the efficient use of sources, methods and the facilitation of significant conversations. Egan brings a breadth of expertise in useful resource growth, program administration, facilitation, strategic planning and board governance.
She has insights into a wide selection of organizations on the nationwide, regional and native ranges spanning greater training, hospital foundations, grantmakers and rural nonprofits.
Egan beforehand served because the fundraising director on the American Indian School Fund for 11 years to assist the nation’s tribal schools and universities along with her experience in main presents, deliberate giving, company relations, basis relations, annual giving and prospect analysis.
Egan additionally labored on the Harvard College Native American Program specializing in scholar affairs, recruitment and advocacy. She served on the board of administrators for the Hopi Training Endowment Fund, Arizona Indian Dwelling Treasures Awards andn Tales on Stage. She presents and trains on matters comparable to diversifying fundraising income streams, grant writing, constructing particular person giving applications, main presents —“Making the Ask,” board governance, deliberate giving, prospect analysis and strategic planning.
As a PLLC, Melvin Consulting doesn’t immediately apply to grants, or immediately apply for federal/state or tribal funding.
Extra info is on the market at Melvin Consulting PLLC, 2532 N 4th Road, 127, Flagstaff, Arizona 86004 or telephone: (928) 380-1807 or by e mail at daryl@melvinconsultingpllc.com or at www.melvinconsultpllc.com.
