Aspira-USA is a high-performance team of experienced advisors.
Our team members have served in senior management positions as business owners, C-suite executives and on for-profit and non-profit corporate boards. In those capacities they have coached others and assisted in transforming businesses and government agencies to run more profitably and effectively.
Highlights: We developed strategic plans and operational policies and procedures for the Office of the Chief Information Officer within the US Department of Education and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); developed strategic and financial plans for IBM Corporation to ensure customer satisfaction and administrative metrics were achieved; assisted American Express Corporation develop and grow its mergers and acquisition business unit from $5M to over $400M in less than five years; leading a team at Newport LLC to help companies transform, expand or merge with others.
We help our clients enter and thrive in the marketplace they serve.
We promote and encourage entrepreneurship through our ASPIRA-USA Entrepreneurship AcademyTM. Our course includes an introduction to all aspects of business operations, excursions to co-working spaces and local businesses, and a series of “lunch and learn” presentations to introduce students to local entrepreneurial luminaries. We launched our "New Dawn--New Day!" workshops to assist small businesses reinvent themselves and re-emerge successfully in the 21st Century marketplace. In addition, we develop custom workforce development training workshops on various topics to address the specific needs of our government clients.
Highlights: We provided day-and-a-half New Dawn--New Day! workshops, sponsored by the Richmond, VA Office of Minority Business Development, to multiple small businesses throughout various industries. We provided comprehensive entrepreneurship training to young adults as part of the Washington, DC Department of Employment Services (DOES) Career Connections program, to older adults at the Community College Preparatory Academy (CC-Prep), and to returning citizens as part of a program sponsored by the Washington, DC Department of Small, Local Business Development (DSLBD) .
We leverage our skill-sets to improve our clients marketability and reputation.
Our team members have served as corporate spokespersons, speechwriters, conference speakers and public relations specialists. Aspira-USA provides a vast array of communication services that utilize our years of experience in the industry. These include branding, marketing, editing, copywriting, grant and proposal writing, graphic design and printing. We develop public relations and social media campaigns. We provide media training, write business plans and crisis management strategies.
Highlights: We co-developed an acclaimed SUCCESS Symposium and Video Library Series for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA); we co-organized and developed websites, public relations, advertising and other promotional material for Verizon Communications, Zanzibar on the Waterfront; Melody Tavern, the Bahamas HBCUX College Football Classic, the First Baptist Church of Glenarden Faith Festival and the Doug Williams Redskins Celebrity Weekend in Nassau, Bahamas; we received writing and communication awards from the prestigious International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).
We help government agencies meet objectives and operate efficiently.
We offer federal agencies, and rural and urban municipalities technical and non-technical support to help plan, staff and execute projects to achieve desired results. Our team also works collaboratively with our clients to provide data, insights and editorial support for competitive grant proposal writing.
Highlights: Aspira-USA became a SBA 8 (a) certified firm in 2024. Working as part of a collective with the National League of Cities, we provided research, advisory and editorial support for multiple Municipalities seeking to win competitive federal grant funding for an array of projects to enhance their communities.