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Leveraging 20 years of professional international development experience
We help organizations translate vision into measurable impact. We help leaders and teams identify challenges, uncover opportunities, and create sustainable solutions. We look beyond immediate issues to examine the systems, relationships, and practices that influence organizational performance and community outcomes.
Our change model employs the 5A Transformation System:
Awareness + Assessment +Analysis + Accountability + Action
These pillars shape every training, facilitation, and consulting engagement we deliver.
Every engagement is tailored to your needs. Through facilitation, research, training, and technical assistance, we equip teams with the tools, knowledge, and strategies needed to navigate complexity, strengthen relationships, and achieve their objectives.
At Odara Solutions, we don't just offer recommendations—we help build the capacity, leadership, and systems that enable organizations to thrive and create lasting change.
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Founder and Principal
Zakiya S. Carr
Zakiya S. Carr is a social inclusion expert and strategist with extensive experience in international development and over 20 years shaping public policy focused on Latin America and the Caribbean. In addition to founding ODARA Solutions, LLC and launching the Black Women Disrupt initiative in 2018, she most recently served the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the U.S. Department of State. Prior to that, she held senior positions on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, at the Inter-American Development Bank and led country teams in Ecuador and Venezuela at the Inter-American Foundation. Currently Zakiya serves as both an inaugural Alcee L. Hastings Fellow at Howard University and Senior Atlantic Fellow. She is an accomplished public speaker, who is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and English.
Zakiya creates opportunities for economic empowerment and investment for historically marginalized groups and builds bridges of understanding between communities.
