ABOUT IVY
Ivy Planning Group is an award-winning, full-service management consulting, and training firm that leverages difference as a workforce + workplace + marketplace opportunity for enterprise organizations. Founded in 1990, the company’s roots are in fortune 1000 core business consulting and strategy development.
The Ivy Difference
THE IVY DIFFERENCE
We have a passion for leadership development, change management, and using diversity, equity, and inclusion solutions to solve real world problems. We balance strategy, diversity, and an unwavering eye on the bottom line. Ivy helps enterprise clients enrich their product and service offerings so they can deliver exceptional value to their customers, partners, and stakeholders.
MISSION + VISION
Our mission is to be a world-class diversity and inclusion management consulting provider, helping enterprises of all kinds to reach their full potential. For more than 30 years we’ve upheld that mission. Our vision is to retain our entrepreneurial energy, and work hand in hand with our clients to design strategic, change-ready, creative organizations. Organizations that are eager and fully capable of reaping all of the benefits that come from being a diverse and inclusive enterprise.
JANET CRENSHAW SMITH
Co-Founder and President
Janet Crenshaw Smith, Co-Founder and President of Ivy Planning Group, is an award winning strategy consultant and large systems change agent. Janet has testified before U.S. Congressional Subcommittees as an expert on performance and organizational change.
OUR CLIENTS
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U.S. Department of Justice
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NBCUniversal Comcast
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Black Entertainment Television
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State of Delaware
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Institute of Food Technologists
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HBO
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Post Consumer Brands​
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San Ysidro Health Care
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Lockheed Martin
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MetLife
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Intelligence Agencies
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American Transmission Company
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JP Morgan Chase
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​Target
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​Hilton
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​Amway
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​Evans and Chambers
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​Scripps Network
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​Nike
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​PepsiCo
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​Viacom
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​American Red Cross​
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​Freddie Mac
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​Hyatt
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Herman Miller
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Special Olympics International
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Deloitte
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Department of Defense
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​Pepco Holdings
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​WSSC
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​FINRA
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​United Way of America
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
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​U.S. Government Accountability Office
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​U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
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​Marsh & McLennan Companies
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​U.S. Department of Treasury
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O'Melveny & Myers
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U.S. Postal Service
THE IVY EDGE
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At Ivy, we are dedicated to transforming leaders and organizations through innovative strategies and high-performing practices. We are always asking ourselves how can we deliver real, measurable value to our clients? We’ve been leveraging difference as a workforce, workplace, and marketplace enabler for more than 35 years.