The basics
- Name
- Keena Howse
- Based in
- Washington, DC
- Expertise
- Program implementation · Compliance & monitoring readiness · Program launch & expansion · Workforce & leadership pipelines
- Roles
- Program Implementation Consultant · M.Ed. · PMP
- Multi-site programs
- Ran annual and quarterly planning and review cycles · Turned site reviews into training and support plans
- Launch & expansion
- Procurement, logistics, and resource planning · Staffing and onboarding plans
- Compliance
- Led the formal corrective action plan and its rollout · Led multi-site accreditation planning and resubmission
- Workforce
- Two-cohort fellowship that prepared 14 frontline staff for lead roles · Teaches program administration and professional practice at the college level
- Social
- linkedin.com/in/keenahowse
Areas of expertise
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Program implementation
- Why do approved plans stall?
- What should leaders do in the first 90 days of a new grant?
Compliance & monitoring readiness
- What do reviewers look for on a monitoring visit?
- How does a program recover after a finding?
Program launch & expansion
- What goes wrong when new sites open?
- How do you get staff ready before day one?
Workforce & leadership pipelines
- How can programs keep frontline staff?
- What makes a leadership cohort work?
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Short bio
Keena Howse, M.Ed., PMP, helps mission-driven and publicly funded organizations turn approved plans into programs that run: on schedule, in compliance, and with staff ready to sustain them.
Medium bio
Keena Howse, M.Ed., PMP, is a program implementation consultant. For more than 10 years she has led complex, publicly funded programs in multi-site organizations, supporting 10 federally funded program sites and overseeing program budgets of more than $1.8 million. She helps organizations launch and expand programs, get ready for monitoring and accreditation, organize project portfolios, and build the coaching and training systems that make results last.
Long bio
For more than 10 years, I’ve led complex, publicly funded programs in multi-site organizations.
I hold a Master of Education in Curriculum & Instruction from George Mason University, a B.S. in Child & Family Studies, and the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. I also teach program administration and professional practice at the college level.
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