Getting from your current state to your desired state can present challenges for the team who is committed to getting you there.

Managing those challenges is essential to achieving results.

And yet, most project teams lack the skills and support to effectively navigate these unavoidable challenges – and even better, to use those conflicts as a catalyst for change.

That’s where Halcyon comes in.

Working with mission-driven organizations, we combine proprietary project management prowess with professional mediation, research, and facilitation skills.

So you get optimal results. And a process with your team members that is a source of growth and transformation.

This isn’t just project management. It’s project LEADERSHIP.

And it’s why 100% of our clients would hire us again.

The higher bar that Halcyon sets ensures your custom projects and change-transformation initiatives:

• Tap all individual and collective skills, talents, voices, and contributions of your team
• Apply qualitative research-backed efforts that uncover the most critical needs among customers, stakeholders, and employees
• Run more efficiently via consensus-driven, stabilizing facilitation
• Foster a more stable culture with inspired, engaged employees who stay longer
• Build diverse coalitions in environments that support psychological safety
• Achieve ambitious and high-visibility policy goals and ROI

Katherine Boyd

CEO and Founder, Change Management & Strategic Planning

Katherine founded Halcyon Northwest in 2014 to guide institutions through organizational change initiatives. She helps clients articulate desired goals and achieve transformative change, using an approach that centers on respect for an organization’s existing culture and the treatment of all people with dignity.

Katherine leads collaborative teams that deliver projects on time, on budget, and with the highest degree of quality. Halcyon’s rigorous project and change management approaches are informed by extensive experience and industry best practices, while adhering to Katherine’s high standards for integrity. Katherine takes pride in leaving clients in a stronger place than at the start of each project, imparting strategies and knowledge that will help organizations capably address future change initiatives.

Katherine has focused her career in the public sector because she believes it makes the biggest impact on society and community. Recent and current projects that Katherine has worked on include the Washington State Suicide Prevention Plan, the Washington State Agricultural Needs Assessment, and the fpOnline organizational change management project.

Katherine’s approach to client work extends to Halcyon’s partners and employees. All Halcyon team members excel in their areas of expertise and are encouraged to level up professionally. As a result, Halcyon is a dynamic firm that continuously evolves to offer best-in-class service to clients, staff, and strategic partners.

Katherine’s leadership propels Halcyon into the future as the firm expands its footprint in the public service and healthcare sectors, as well as into new geographies. Halcyon will continue to help organizations achieve their ambitious goals and prepare for continuous  change and transformation.  Meanwhile, Katherine will oversee Halcyon’s growth as a firm, scaling its industry-leading solution offerings, strategic partnerships, consulting talent, and operations.

Katherine earned a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University and graduated magna cum laude. She went on to earn a Masters of Public Administration from The Evergreen State College. She funded her education with scholarships, public loans and grants, and work study, which makes it especially meaningful to give back to the public through her work.

Martha Burwell

Change Management

Martha is a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) expert with a focus on intersectional gender equity. Her specialty using data and research to pinpoint DEI opportunities with small companies, then using a design-based approach to translate that data into positive action. In addition to her work on the Halcyon Northwest change management team, she also leads Martha Burwell Consulting.

Jeff Kass

PMO Lead and Senior Project Manager

​Jeff is a certified project management professional and certified scrum master with extensive experience in enterprise rollouts of applications and environment buildouts. Most recently, under contract, he managed multiple projects for the County of San Diego, California over a four-year period, successfully leading engineering teams and analysts. Prior to that, Jeff worked multiple years with an international team as the deputy program manager for a Middle Eastern government as part of a Boeing initiative. Jeff’s stands out in completing challenging projects with diverse groups of team members. He is a US Air Force officer veteran.

Bridget Eileen Manalo

Senior Project Manager

Bridget is a passionate communications-centered project manager, focusing on team dynamics and clear messaging to deliver results. She is a certified project master and has demonstrated success leading large-scale events and change management projects.

Bridget has experience in working with cross-functional teams and understanding communication barriers. She also has an entrepreneurial eye targeting process improvement, program language, and mentorship while creating opportunities to market success.

Bill Braswell

Process Improvement

Bill is a process improvement consultant with more than 20 years of experience in leveraging Lean concepts and Organization Development, including a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt from the Management and Strategy Institute. He has a talent for bringing together diverse groups to identify priorities and to ensure buy-in for transformation efforts. His specialty is in coaching staff and leaders to excel in their roles and to continuously seek excellence.

Kathryn Bost

Marketing and Business Development Lead

​Kathryn Bost has been supporting marketing teams for over 25 years by finding project opportunities, developing subconsultant teams, and submitting winning proposals. From her work in engineering, architecture, and communications firms, she has developed significant expertise in navigating public agencies and procurement processes. She specializes in working with small and disadvantaged firms to help them develop new markets, expand their connections, and win more work.