Team
ALLISON HUBER, M.P.A., PRESIDENT & OWNER
After
a
successful
15-year
tenure
in
the
non-profit
and
government
sectors,
Allison
transitioned
to
a
consulting
practice
with
the
goal
of
strengthening
organizations
that
empower
lives
and
communities.
Known
for
her
strategic
problem-solving
skills
with
emotional
intelligence,
Allison
can
envision
the
"big
picture"
and
translate
it
into
an
actionable,
operational
plan.
With experience in managing staff and support consultants, she also possesses a knack for identifying and fostering strategic alliances to enhance project goals and funding proposals, but more importantly to build long-lasting relationships for greater impacts. She is highly skilled in a variety of capacities including leadership, nonprofit board development, small business sales support, communications, program design, goals & objectives, key performance indicator dashboards, CRM systems (salesforce, Monday.com, LGL...), fund development (grants, events, & donors), professional development, and coaching.
Her skills have been honed over years of practice and applied in experiences such as her time as the sole staff of a new nonprofit. In her Executive Director role, she executed marketing, funding, advocacy, programming, board development, finance, outcomes, and governance strategies.
She works with government, political, private and nonprofit sectors enabling her to pivot successfully through any obstacle to achieve goals and is comfortable engaging with C-Suite to Mid-Management to Front-Line professionals from all backgrounds. She is comfortable presenting to a group of 10 or 1,000.
She has experience teaching at the collegiate level in the Nonprofit/Social Entrepreneurial undergraduate/graduate space at Belmont University and with one of her mentors, Dr. Bernard Turner.
More recently, she has worked for several agencies as a consultant, with most of her work behind the scenes in fund development, strategy, communications, and professional development. She was a producer/presenter with MyCom, a youth development network in Cleveland for their professional development series, Wisdom for Wednesdays, held during COVID helping frontline workers with real-time support.
During 2025, she spoke at the Center for Nonprofit Management’s Bridge to Excellence Conference in Middle Tennessee and for CANDID National on topics relative to recent policy issues facing nonprofits. In 2025, she was awarded the Grant Professionals Association’s Presidents’ Award for her work as the Co-Chair of the Governmental Advocacy Committee updating all members about the Federal policies and their impact.
Learn more about Allison on LinkedIn.
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Members of Our Team
Pete Chouteau, Consultant ("You Forgot a Comma" Commenter)
- Researcher for Strategic Plans Peer Studies & Literature Reviews
- Writing and Proofreading External and Internal Products
Kathleen Wildman, Consultant (Fund Development Strategist)
- Assessor of Organizational Culture of Philanthropy
- Development Expert with Donor Cultivation, Public and Private Funding, & Donor Retention
Esther Kendren, Consultant (Sponsorships "Maybe is a Possible Yes...")
- Supports Sponsorship Outreach for Events to Companies & Organizations
Ascend provides total project management and includes a full spectrum of management and executive services to organizations.
Our topic areas of expertise include Workforce Development, Small Business Support, Youth Development and Government and Non-Profit Management
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