Strategic Partners
In order to ensure our ability to provide the most comprehensive services to our clients, we have forged strategic partnerships with innovative individuals and agencies whose specialties complement those of TBA. By integrating our expertise with theirs, we are able to offer a wide range of high quality services to our clients.
Dr. Maria G. Hernadez
Dr. Maria Hernandez is President and Chief Operating Officer of Impact4Health, a California firm focused on healthcare innovations to advance health equity. The firm’s primary services include consultation on strategy, talent development, and patient and community engagement to reduce health outcome disparities. Impact4Health is the lead consulting firm for the Alameda County Pay for Success Asthma Initiative focused on a home-based intervention for children with uncontrolled asthma. Her work on the Inclusion Scorecard for Population Health is focused on improving services for diverse communities. Dr. Hernandez is also a Member of the Board of the AAA Club serving Northern California and is on the Governance and Innovation & Member Value Committees. A first generation Latina, Maria was born and raised in Southern California and is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. She has consulted at Fortune 100 corporations, startups, and public entities for the past 25 years. A strong champion of diversity, inclusion and equity, Maria is co-founder of LatinaVIDA a nonprofit 501c3 dedicated to inspiring the next generation of Latina executives.
Website: www.mariaghernandez.com
Innovative Educators
Innovative Educators (IE) is an educator owned and managed company that has become the nation’s leading providers of online training for educators. IE’s primary goal is to provide the information, training, and skills necessary to implement positive change on a personal, professional, and institutional level. IE offer webinars on a wide range of topics focused on critical issues facing today's colleges, universities, educators and students. IE is dedicated to providing superior training, and they can also support institutions and organizations to develop their own webinars and manage all phases in a way that simplifies what can be a complex process.
Website: https://www.innovativeeducators.org/
Appreciative Advising
Institutions are searching for positive ways to increase student retention and success rates. Appreciative Advising harnesses the power of the organizational development theory of Appreciative Inquiry and the positive psychology literature to provide a framework for increasing adviser and student success.
Appreciative Advising is the intentional collaborative practice of asking positive, open-ended questions that help students optimize their educational experiences and achieve their dreams, goals, and potentials. It is perhaps the best example of a fully student-centered approach to student development. The great news is that it works!
Website: www.appreciativeadvising.net