In April, we gathered our cherished supporters and co-conspirators to commemorate two decades of Frontline Solutions. It was more than…
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The Evolution of Elevate: Alumni Learning Year
May 8, 2025In Summer 2024, we released a learning report detailing our lessons over the last four years of the Elevate Initiative….
Fighting the Overdose Crisis with Community Power: $1M in Grants Awarded to North Carolina Organizations
March 18, 2025The overdose crisis is impacting US communities everywhere, and overdose fatalities are at an all-time high in Black, Indigenous, and…
Our 2024 Year End Highlights
December 16, 2024OUR PEOPLE: New Hires, Promotions, and Other Staff News -We celebrated multiple promotions this year at Frontline! A huge shout-out…
2024 END OF YEAR MESSAGE FROM FRONTLINE SOLUTIONS’ CEO, MELISSA DESHIELDS
December 16, 2024Dear Friends and Colleagues, If you’re like me, you’re still making sense of this tumultuous season. Perhaps you’re reading post-election…
Power is the Center
August 26, 2024The month of August sorta gets slept on. I am from Alabama and live in Washington, DC, and so when…
Black Philanthropic Ecosystem
August 21, 2024Did you know Black philanthropy predates the tax code? Black community philanthropy existed far prior to the models of philanthropy…
Announcing Elevate 3: A Learning Community Advancing Economic Mobility for Communities of Color
January 5, 2024What does it look like to invest in Black and brown communities? The Elevate Initiative supports organizations doing on-the-ground work…
Our 2023 Year End Highlights
December 15, 2023OUR PEOPLE: New Hires, Promotions, and Other Staff News We celebrated multiple promotions this year at Frontline! A huge shout-out…
2023 END OF YEAR MESSAGE FROM FRONTLINE SOLUTIONS’ CEO, MELISSA DESHIELDS
December 15, 2023Dear Friends and Colleagues, Reflecting on the past year of Frontline Solutions’ work, the word that comes to mind is…
Can Consulting Be Useful?
October 5, 2023In recent years, the consulting industry has come under fire for everything from fueling the opioid epidemic and climate crisis…
Pathways to Progress: How RUNWAY is driving capital to connect Black businesses and communities
Runway June 28, 2023Frontline Solutions is a Black founded and led consulting firm dedicated to advancing freedom and justice for Black, Indigenous, and…
5 Reflections Toward Building a Liberatory Consulting Practice
May 2, 2023Between 2019 and 2022, Frontline Solutions experienced tremendous growth. We more than quintupled our revenue. In 2022 alone, we worked…
Announcing Elevate 2: Accelerating Economic Mobility for Communities of Color
April 12, 2023What does it look like to invest in Black and brown communities? The Elevate Initiative which supports organizations doing on-the-ground…
This is Not an Audit: Are you ready for an Equity Transformation?
February 28, 2023When we first launched our equity footprint model of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in 2019, the world looked quite a…
2022 END OF YEAR MESSAGE FROM FRONTLINE SOLUTIONS’ CEO, MELISSA DESHIELDS
December 16, 2022Dear Friends and Colleagues, In October of 2019, as part of a yearlong strategic planning process led by our good…
Our 2022 Year End Highlights
December 16, 2022OUR PEOPLE: Babies, Businesses, and other Boss Things Two members of our team welcomed babies this year: Congratulations to Claire…
Leading with an Equity Lens: Four Lessons from My Time as an Interim CEO
December 13, 2022In June of this year, I wrapped up a sixteen month stint as interim CEO at the Mary Reynolds Babcock…
Are you all traveling yet?
September 29, 2022As COVID becomes a more seasonal and manageable phenomenon, many businesses and organizations are beginning to return to what some…
We Are Not the Black McKinsey
June 27, 2022At Frontline Solutions, Melissa DeShields is CEO & Partner, Micah Gilmer is Co-Founder and Senior Partner, and Marcus Littles is…
Our 2021 Year End Highlights
December 16, 2021Our People Our Services & Clients Equity Footprint Strategic Planning Evaluation & Learning Innovation Thought Leadership Get Involved OUR…
An End of Year Message From Frontline Solutions’ CEO & Partner, Melissa DeShields
December 9, 2021“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less…
PEOPLE AND CULTURE: HOW OUR BLACK-OWNED CONSULTING FIRM IS DECENTERING WHITENESS
October 28, 2021Melissa DeShields is the CEO and Lucecita Castillo is the Lead People and Culture at Frontline Solutions, a Black-owned consulting…
Building and Belonging Black
August 16, 2021The life of an organizer is all about questions. To me, it seems far more about questions, than answers sometimes. …