Who are Results 1st’s Clients?
People and groups who we help are also integrally involved in the products we shape and offer. Here are some examples of people who have played that role with us.
- With Al Browne, we pioneered some ways to verify the use of a major educational platform well beyond page views and downloads.
- With Arthur Dade, we explored with staff how to use common observations as a way to go deep. In the case of his group, we started with the word used by his social workers: stuck. So, what do you see and hear when a person is stuck? And unstuck?
- With Jesse White, we forged the Appalachian Community Learning Project that brought real-time change to isolated, very-low-income settlements. Projects were based on sparkplugs — local residents with the itch and skills to act.
- With the Verizon Foundation we pioneered some ways to verify use of a major educational platform well beyond page views and downloads.
- With Edgewood-Brooklyn in Washington, D.C., we explored with staff how to use common observations as a way to go deep. In the case of this group, we started with the word used by his social workers: stuck. So, what do you see and hear when a person is stuck? And unstuck?
- With the Appalachian Regional Commission, we forged the Appalachian Community Learning Project that brought real-time change to isolated very-low-income settlements. Projects were based on sparkplugs — local residents with the itch and skills to act.
Other leaders whose work with us has benefited us mightily include:
Foundations
- Mike Bailin, CEO, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
- Susie Bowie, CEO, the Manatee (FL) Community Foundation
- Bob Giloth, Executive Vice President, the Duke Endowment
- Walter Woods, CEO, The Humana Foundation
Government Agencies
- Cheri Coryea, Former County Administrator, Manatee County, Fla.
- Kurt Kimball, City Manager, Grand Rapids, Mich.
- Donald Schaefter, Governor of Maryland
- Ross O. Swimmer, Undersecretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior
- Jesse L White, Federal Co-Chair, The Appalachian Regional Commission
Nonprofits
- Anne LeBaron Heller, CEO, Take Stock in Children
- Arthur Dade, Senior Vice President, Edgewood-Brooklyn, Washington, DC
- Richard Heitler, Director of Training, Local Initiatives Support Corp.
- Arthur Webb, CEO, Village Services, New York City
Corporations
- Victor J. Riley, CEO, Key Corp
- Robert Higgins, CEO, Transworld Entertainment
- Barbara Pilliod, Product Director, General Electric
- Mike Marvin, CEO, MAP Info.
- Mark Chudzicki, CEO
