ABOUT

The art of communication is the language of leadership.

James Humes

When leaders  or managers ask, "how can we be more inclusive?," we say, "start at the top." People always have higher skills and experience than they realize. Our Services  help them reach the same conclusion. 

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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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Purpose & Vision

Our purpose is improving organizational capacity, competitiveness, and growth, through better communication, especially around diversity and inclusion. ​Our vision is an equitable and prosperous USA economy, driven by a thriving middle class.
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Lee Mozena, MA

Lee founded Zena Consulting in 2008, to improve diversity and inclusion communication for USA-facing businesses, local or regional governments, and social profits. 

She has 15+ years experience working across cultures, sectors, and functions. Using her ability to see, synthesize, and articulate many perspectives, Lee has trained and presented at national and regional conferences, in addition to many businesses and associations. See Clients 
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Her background includes entrepreneurial stints in business communications, advertising, real estate, and family services, These experiences led to the unique, market-based perspective of Zena Consulting. Lee is happy to jump in and help short-handed teams, or tap associates (below) for larger projects.  

Get to know Lee at at Herstory, or read about her advocacy work for small business equity, below,

Lee (center) with models from Malikah Festival,in Redmond, WA, 2017.

Credentials

Education 
MA Sociology, The New School
BA Communications, Temple University

Certifications
-  Washington state OMWBE DBE since 2019
-  Adaptive Community Leadership, Saybrook University
-  Training Specialist, University of Washington
-  Cultural Detective Facilitation, Nipporica Associates
-  Basic Facilitative Mediation Training, Skagit Dispute Resolution Center

Recognitions & Volunteer Work
-​  National Co-Chair,  E/D/I Task Force,  Association of Women in Communications, (AWC)
-  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 

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Meet Our Team

​Zena Consulting has a carefully vetted strategic network of colleagues who bring depth to larger projects. 

Patricia Davis, PMP

Training & Facilitation

Ron Higg, MS

Management Consulting

Tom Rosenak, BA

Training & Coaching

See Zena Consulting PARTNERS

Small & Minority Biz Equity

Lee volunteers on the Washington state Business Diversity Advisory Group, BDAG. Overseen by the Department of Enterprise Service, DES, which awards 1 billion+ yearly to businesses, BDAG's role is helping DES "change the culture of procurement," through developing more equitable policy and procurement processes. 

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