A Trusted Advisor for Public-Sector Leaders.
Helping Organizations Adapt and Endure.
Clear direction. A sound path to completion. An approach that meets the moment.
Start with a free 20-minute consultation. Tell me what you are facing,
and I will let you know whether I can help and what the next step would be.
Joe Karkoski
EXPERIENCE AT PUBLIC SCALE
35+ years
U.S. EPA and the California Water Boards
325+ staff
Led across complex public programs
55+ programs
Funding, governance, and delivery at scale
$10B+
Moved over five years
TWO WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
Support scaled to the decision in front of you.
The work starts with the real situation, not a generic playbook. Executive Advisory is advice to the executive carrying the decision. Project Advisory is support to the organization solving a defined problem. Both serve leaders of public agencies, nonprofits, and associations.
Work through a decision with a senior advisor.
Discreet advisory support for senior public-sector leaders facing consequential decisions, competing obligations, and stakeholder pressure.
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Focused Engagement: a defined start on one decision, ending in a written summary and agreed next steps
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Longer Engagement: continued advice when the work runs past a single decision
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Scope agreed before the work begins
Move a difficult public project forward.
Senior executive support for organizational change, strategy, governance, program delivery, and water-sector finance as a specialization.
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Clarify the governing constraint
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Make tradeoffs visible and who decides clear
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Build an operating response that can last
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
“What consistently stood out was his judgment under pressure.”
Felicia Marcus, former Chair, State Water Resources Control Board