About

ABOUT

I founded Zena Consulting in 2008, to help leaders communicate more effectively in today's increasingly diverse marketplace. Originally focused on Training and Facilitation, I've since added Strategic Communications to ground your inclusion efforts in demographic data, and get better outreach results.

This combination of services helps clients in all sectors close gaps between systems and people: from small businesses and corporations, to government agencies and social-profits. The firm is a Washington OMWBE-certified DBE.

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"As a leader of color, I’ve felt empowered working with Lee. She took the time to understand our vision, and skillfully applied her deep knowledge of cultural and diversity elements to researching and writing our grants, and developing marketing materials."

NARIMA AMIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GLOBAL SOCIAL BUSINESS PARTNERS

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"Lee’s insights were critical to branding that reflects our priority and intentions. I highly recommend executive teams work with her to avoid subtle, but potentially disastrous messaging mistakes that you wouldn’t even catch."

JEN HAMILTON, COO, CONSULTANT'S INSTITUTE

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LEE MOZENA, MA

I grew up navigating between western Pennsylvania
Appalachian and Rust Belt cultures- where the first day of deer-hunting season was a school holiday, In this 100% European American milieu, gender, class, and religion were differences that mattered.

After a stint in copywriting I turned to training and development; working with community-based organizations and family service providers to close gaps between mainstream systems and under-represented, (often minority) communities.

Zena Consulting was founded to address these same challenges in private and public sectors.

Learn more about me at HERSTORY.

CREDENTIALS

Education
M.A. Sociology, The New School
B.A. Communications, Temple University

Certifications
- Adaptive Community Leadership, Saybrook University
- Training Specialist, University of Washington
- Cultural Detective Facilitation, Nipporica Associates
- Mediation Training, Skagit Dispute Resolution Center

Recognitions & Volunteer Work
- National Co-Chair, E/D/I Task Force, Association of Women in Communications
- Washington State Department of Enterprise Service, DES Business Diversity Advisory Committee, BDAG
- Contributor to “Access to Asia”, by Sharon Schweitzer
- Washington Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, (CAPCAN)- Volunteer Award

See METHODOLOGY

Small & Minority Biz Equity

I volunteer on Governor Inslee's Washington State Business Diversity Advisory Group (BDAG). Run by the Department of Enterprise Service (DES), BDAG's goal is to help DES level the playing field for small and minority-owned businesses through policy and procurement process improvements.

Learn more about DES

Learn about business certification

ZENA ASSOCIATES

Patricia Davis, PMP

Dee Knapp, JD

See Zena Consulting PARTNERS

CERTIFIED DBE

Ask me about supporting your next federal or state proposal. Zena Consulting was certified by Washington State's Office of Minority and Business Enterprises as a DBE (disadvantaged business enterprise), in 2019.

NAICS
611430 Professional Development and Training
624190 Mediation
641613 Management Consulting
541910 Marketing Research and Analysis
541720 Economic Research and Development

COMMODITY CODES
915-03 Communications/Public Relations
915-22 Communications/Marketing Services
918-26 Consulting Services/Communications
918-65 Consulting Service/Human Relations
924-78 Educational/Training Services

WHY KNOT

This Celtic shield design represents my heritage, the four directions, and my consulting process- which pulls together separate ideas into something new, whole and stronger.

Universal to humankind, knots are practical and concrete- We use them to tie shoes, hair, boats, etc. Knots are also abstract- they symbolize God or the divine. As such, they're also instruments of prayer and meditation.