EXPERTISE
Social Impact Creation from A-Z
Implement.
I will help you build a business that creates sustainable impact and generates profit – for the long haul.
Social Impact (Entrepreneurship) Coaching
Marketing & Strategy
I LOVE (!) helping people ideate, innovate and bring to life their ideas for their product. For you, that may be the perfect box and accompanying POP displays or it may be creating that perfect set of marketing materials. If you visualize it, I will help you bring it to life!
Workforce Development
Culture creating positive atmospheres that are ALL ABOUT working towards and achieving atmospheres of positivity, creating future leaders, and building people’s potential. Positively seeking to create economic prosperity.
AND, YES, HAVING FUN ON THE JOURNEY.
Finding Your Super Power
That power will help you make connections, create economic impact, generate societal wealth and accomplish your goals. Guaranteed.
Nonprofit Management
TALKS
Initiator of Ideas (AKA Thought Leadership)
How to harness the power of Social Entrepreneurship to create societal wealth for employees, communities, corporations and all stakeholders.
Subject Matters
Ideation , Innovation and Design, Execution, Social Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Revenue Creation & Generation, Pivoting, Failure (You Will Survive!)
PROJECTS & CLIENTS
Corporations & Start ups
Some of my favorite work has been scouting out the local climate and environment in order to seek out local resources and work with local communities to establish social enterprises. These enterprises, in turn, will fall under the umbrella of a multinational’s CSR program. Other work includes assisting a multinational begin the initial process of thinking through the elements of devising a custom-made indices to track and measure performance in the hospitality industry as well as develop workforce development plans.
Local Governments & Education
Ideation, Innovation, and Implementation are the key tenants to all the successful programs I have created and partnered with – all contributing to the creation of opportunities. My North Star is always to contribute to the creation of societal wealth.
Non-Profits & NGOs
Nonprofits, NGO’s and Community Organizations have worked with KREATE to ideate, innovate and implement ideas and programs for workforce development programs, curriculum development, sustainability creation plans. In addition, KREATE has actively mentored and advised Staff.
EXPERIENCE – Highlights
2009-Present
Founder & Principal
KREATE ADVISORS, BERKELEY CA, USA & CAPE TOWN,
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Award winning social enterprise creating jobs for thousands of woman (since inception) with products sold domestically and internationally. South Africa’s longest running social enterprise. Built for sustainable growth and to create societal wealth.
ALICIA POLAK
2019-2022
Advisor & Lead Project Planner Proactive Rental
Inspection Program & Racial
Equity Assessments
THE CITY OF OAKLAND, OAKLAND, CA
2003-2011
Founder & CEO
THE KHAYELITSHA COOKIE COMPANY/KHAYA COOKIE COMPANY, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA & PHILADELPHIA, PA
Retail Banking
Vice President
BLACKROCK, NEW YORK, NY
Vice President - International Private Banking Group
MERRILL LYNCH, NEW YORK, NY
Analyst - Financial Institutions Groups
Assessed financial condition of high-net-worth clients ($100 million +) to determine appropriate asset allocation. Recommend offshore mutual funds, equity, fixed income and hedge products.
Education
New York University Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service
New New York University Stern School of Business
University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
New York University, College of Arts &
Sciences
JOURNALISM & SOCIOLOGY
Executive Education
Wharton Business School University of Pennsylvania Aresty Institute of Executive Education
Advanced Finance & Accounting
Harvard University
Certifications
PMP # 3028701 Disciplined Agile Scrum Master # 3413511
TESTIMONIALS
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