— SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS
Empowering Teams · Transforming Talent · Driving Change
Where institutions turn when transformation cannot fail.
A trusted leader in leadership development, organizational improvement, and workforce transformation.
Our Discipline
Engaged Across
Federal Agencies • Healthcare Systems • Pharmaceuticals • Court Systems • Higher Education • First Responders
Federal Certifications & Credentials
SBA Designation
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
Federal Contract Vehicle
GSA Multiple Award Schedule
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People are the driving force behind every organization. We believe in developing organizational cultures to unleash the collective power and energy of your team.
—
Alfranda Durr
Founder · ALD & Associates LLC
— What We Do
Six disciplines.
One uncompromising standard.
We don't bundle. We don't generalize. Each engagement is led by practitioners who have done the work, inside the organizations they now advise.
1 / Governance
Policies & Procedures
Policy architectures, standard operating procedures, and compliance frameworks built to withstand audit, scale, and political transitions.
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2 / execution
Program Management
Standing up, running, and governing complex programs across federal, healthcare, and enterprise environments, with the discipline they require.
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3 / Teams
Team Development
Team chartering, team coaching, and team dynamics work that turns groups of capable individuals into high-performing operating units.
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4 / leaders
Leader Development
From high-potential identification through executive coaching, programs grounded in evidence, calibrated to the leadership your mission actually needs.
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5 / Strategy
Strategic Planning
Vision, mission, and multi-year strategic plans, built with your executive team, calibrated to your operating reality, designed to survive execution.
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6 / Learning
Training Programs
Instructionally rigorous, brand-aligned curriculum. Virtual, in-person, asynchronous. Built for adult learners who do hard jobs and have no time for filler.
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— Professional Development
The Short Course Catalog.
A curated catalog of professional development courses designed to make talent and teams better. Empowering people. Elevating performance. Enhancing impact.
/ Leader development, team performance, and workforce capability programs
/ Designed for federal, healthcare, and enterprise learners. Not generic content
/ Virtual, in-person, and asynchronous delivery formats available
/ Section 508 / WCAG accessible by default
— OUR APPROACH
The way we work is the work.
A four-stage operating model refined across federal, healthcare, and Fortune 500 engagements. Grounded in evidence, executed with discipline.
1
Discover
Listen first. Stakeholder interviews, document review, data analysis. We name the real problem. Not the one easiest to solve.
2
Design
Co-create the solution architecture. Frameworks, governance, learning pathways, change strategy, aligned to your operating reality.
3
Deliver
Execute with rigor. Stand up the work, train your people, embed the new system. We work alongside your team, not in parallel.
4
Durable
Transfer ownership. We measure outcomes, document playbooks, and leave your organization stronger than we found it.
28+
Years of Senior Military Command
Our CEO served 28 years as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army National Guard. Operational discipline isn’t a value statement. It’s our background.
Veteran-led, mission-first.
Our CEO is a retired senior officer of the U.S. Army National Guard. We bring the operational rigor of decades of military service to every client engagement.
Federal-grade, enterprise-ready.
GSA Schedule contract holder with the compliance posture federal agencies require, and the agility commercial clients demand.
Built to transfer ownership.
Our engagements end with you running the work, confidently, not with a perpetual retainer.
Evidence over opinion.
Our Chief Social Scientist leads survey design, research, and analysis. Recommendations are grounded in data, not consultant intuition.
— Engagement in Action
The work in the room.
Leadership development cohorts, executive briefings, and culture engagements across the federal, healthcare, and enterprise organizations we serve.
Leadership Cohort Graduation
Executive Briefing
Culture Engagement
— LEADERSHIP
A practice led by people who have actually led.
A retired senior U.S. military officer and a credentialed social scientist. The depth of experience your engagement deserves. Partnering with you directly, not delegating to juniors.
Al Durr
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Leads ALD's strategic vision, business development, and key client relationships. More than three decades of experience in Human Resources, Equal Opportunity, and Program Management. Served 28 years as a commissioned officer in the Army National Guard.
28-yr Army National Guard • HR&EO • Program Management
Dr. Andrea Davis
Chief Social Scientist
Leads social science research and analysis across the organization. Provides strategic guidance, conducts research studies, and advises on social and behavioral aspects of organizational initiatives. Leads curriculum development and survey design.
Ph.D., U. Florida • Research & Analytics • Curriculum Design
Awards & Recognitions
People’s Choice Award
2023
Small Business of the Year
2024
Veteran-Owned Business of the Year
2025
— Featured Engagement
A national virtual learning system,
built for the corrections community.
ALD didn't deliver a course library. They delivered a sustainable national learning system: content, governance, and the people to run it. Eighteen months in, our workforce is still using what they built.
Senior Program Director
National Public Safety Agency · Engagement reference available under NDA
Scope
National virtual curriculum
Topics
Unconscious Bias and
Leader Development
Reach
Live webinars + micro-learning
Outcome
Embedded national platform
— Where We Work
Built for the sectors where the stakes are highest.
Federal Government
Civilian agencies, DoD, VA, and independent commissions.
Healthcare
Hospital systems, national health organizations, payor networks.
Pharmaceuticals
Compliance training, leadership development, organizational design.
Court Systems
Judicial education, equity training, leadership pipelines.
Higher Education
Faculty development, administrative transformation, training strategy.
Utilities
Workforce planning, safety culture, leader development.
First Responders
Corrections, public safety, emergency services, the work we know best.
Mission-Driven Nonprofits
Capacity building, board development, organizational scaling.
Let's discuss
what your organization actually needs.
No sales process. No standardized deck. A confidential 30-minute conversation with a principal, to understand your context and determine whether we're the right fit.
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A veteran-led management consultancy. Trusted by the institutions where transformation is non-negotiable.
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SECTORS
Policies & Procedures
Program Management
Team Development
Leader Development
Strategic Planning
Training Programs
FIRM
Leadership
Sectors
Contact
CONTACT
Washington, DC
Tacoma, WA
Virtual nationwide
(202) 838-7470
info@ald-associates.com
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