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Who We Are

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. 

MISSION + VISION

 

We exist to help organizations and leaders translate vision into action — integrating bold strategy, practical execution, and inclusive perspectives. Our vision is a world where transformation is holistic: workplaces, markets, and people co-evolve in equitable, high-performing systems.

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GARY A. SMITH

Co-Founder and Senior Partner

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Gary A. Smith, Co-Founder and Senior Partner of Ivy Planning Group, has over 25 years of strategy, technology, management consulting and executive coaching to large private sector and government organizations.

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JANET CRENSHAW SMITH

Co-Founder and President 

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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

  • NBCUniversal Comcast

  • Black Entertainment Television

  • State of Delaware

  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission

  • Institute of Food Technologists

  • HBO

  • Post Consumer Brands​

  • San Ysidro Health Care

  • Lockheed Martin

  • MetLife

  • U.S. Department of Agriculture

  • Intelligence Agencies

  • American Transmission Company

  • JP Morgan Chase

  • ​Target

  • ​Hilton

  • ​Amway

  • ​Evans and Chambers

  • ​Scripps Network

  • ​Nike

  • ​PepsiCo

  • ​Viacom

  • ​American Red Cross​

  • ​Freddie Mac

  • ​Hyatt

  • Herman Miller

  • Special Olympics International

  • Deloitte

  • Department of Defense

  • ​Pepco Holdings

  • ​WSSC

  • ​FINRA

  • ​United Way of America

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield

  • ​U.S. Government Accountability Office

  • ​U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

  • ​Marsh & McLennan Companies

  • ​U.S. Department of Treasury

  • O'Melveny & Myers

  • U.S. Postal Service

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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.

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