Business Description
Brighther is an MWBE-certified management consulting/professional services, coaching, and training firm serving New York City agencies, nonprofit organizations, employers, and workforce development partners. Founded by a current PhD candidate in AI, Columbia-certified executive coach and ICF-credentialed leader with 15+ years at EY and Boeing, Brighther delivers inclusive solutions that build organizational capacity. We provide services in 3 areas: Training, Leadership Development and Coaching, AI, Technology & Organizational Consulting, and Neurodiversity Inclusion, Hiring and Disability Support.
Leadership Development, Training & Coaching
Brighther provides executive, leadership, and career coaching with specialized expertise in women's leadership and advancement, and coaching leaders through AI disruption, organizational change, and periods of transition and uncertainty. Programs include cohort-based leadership development, 360-degree leadership assessments using Hogan and NBI instruments, individualized development plans, succession planning, mentoring program design, and performance management strategy. Facilitation of management retreats and workshops, Training and workforce development offerings include instructor-led training (non-technical), workshop facilitation, AI training and AI literacy programs, DEI and workplace inclusion training, professional skills development, job readiness, and workforce transition programming. Additional capabilities include curriculum development, instructional design, train-the-trainer programs, upskilling and reskilling initiatives, and onboarding program design for public agencies, nonprofits, and employers.
Technology & Organizational Consulting
Brighther provides management consulting and organizational development services including current state assessments, capital planning feasibility assessments and strategic assessments, strategic planning, business process analysis and redesign, change management, requirements definition, stakeholder engagement, and program design. Technology consulting services include IT change management, technology process design, digital transformation readiness, go-live support, UAT, post-implementation stabilization, and operating model design for key systems including Microsoft, ServiceNow and SAP.
We are certified in AI transformations and also provide support with AI readiness assessments and governance framework development, AI change adoption strategy and execution. Additional capabilities include government consulting, policy and program analysis, portfolio management, interagency coordination, and human capital management strategy.
Neurodiversity Inclusion & Disability Employment
Brighther provides neurodiversity inclusion consulting and disability employment services for employers, HR teams, and public agencies. Services include neuroinclusion strategy, neurodiversity hiring program design, inclusive interviewing practices, reasonable accommodations guidance, disability etiquette training, and manager and team training on supporting employees with ADHD, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), dyslexia, and other cognitive differences. Brighther also delivers pre-employment transition services (Pre-ETS), work readiness training, life skills programming, and employment preparation curricula for individuals with disabilities, including programming aligned to ITPs and IEPs. Additional services include ERG facilitation, psychologically safe team culture development, disability inclusion policy consulting, and workforce needs assessments — grounded in both professional expertise and lived experience as a LEND graduate, awarded certificate by ACRE, and parent of a child with autism.
Brighther serves NYC agencies, nonprofits, educational institutions, and employers citywide, bringing a transformation-led, equity-centered approach to consulting, coaching, AI enablement, and workforce inclusion.