Burkett Partners is the brain-child of Jennifer Burkett, a talented consultant who has worked at the intersection of design, change, business operations, art and therapy. Jennifer has more than 15 years of experience in program management and design. She has worked with diverse businesses, from social-justice-driven entities, small businesses, and more traditional enterprise. She is also completing a graduate degree in art therapy, where she has built additional skills in facilitation, creativity and building community. Her experience has given her a unique ability to solve tricky problems and get everyone working together and supporting one another.

Jennifer started Burkett Partners to bring her unique and powerful blend of empathy and expertise to companies that didn’t have the time or resources to install a full time program director. She thrives on helping small to medium companies meet their goals while working together with care and joy.

Jennifer Burkett learned early in her professional career to honor her left-brain/right-brain tendencies. Jennifer holds dual bachelors degrees in Mathematics and Studio Art, and she is an emerging Art Therapist and Facilitator, scheduled to finish her masters degree in August 2025. Jennifer believes in designing solutions that embrace people and their communities holistically.

With a career that spans investment banking, real estate underwriting, social compliance auditing, starting a small artisan business, and over nine years of self-employment, she’s uniquely poised to creatively tackle diverse challenges in a variety of industries.

As an avid traveller, home cook & artist, Jen believes that the best strategies can come from unexpected experiences and emotional authenticity. She strives to create connection and alignment within all her client teams.

Consulting Project and Program Director

Is your small to medium business suffering from operational lag and unscalable internal systems?  Is your team working hard but not working “smart”?

Imagine a car engine. You’ve got a driver with a vision, and a whole complex mechanism beyond the pedals to put that vision into action - but you need a little something to help smoothly connect the two. A project director functions like engine grease, transmitting vision into strategy, measurable data, and internal systems so that your whole team goes the same direction, together.  

DESCRIPTION:

Helps you identify operational challenges that are creating friction

Creates internally-supported plans to manage improvement and change

Identifies capability gaps & training needs

Designs plans and procedures to tackle big challenges, launches or shifts

Provides support and expertise to management and team members

Advises on future roadmaps to meet stretch and “blue sky” goals

Creative Facilitation Workshops

Are you sitting on a great idea for a new product or offering but don’t have the resources to cleanly turn that vision into reality? Do you want to make sure you are providing real value to real people? Is your team struggling to relate to one another?

Creative workshops will support you in reconnecting with one another, finding solutions and working with purpose. This approach pairs creative research design with with goal setting and empathy.  

DESCRIPTION:

Helps your team identify and develop innovative product or service offerings through human centered design processes

Supports market research and analysis to provide insight into market fit and creative solutions

Creates a framework with clear goals, accountability, and realistic support for a sustainable team culture

Aligns your team around mission and purpose

Creatively identifies potential problem areas, interpersonal dynamics or operational roadblocks to success

Checks in with your team to resolve developing changes or challenges