creative problem solving

A 2 Associates, LLC is a New York State certified Woman Owned Business Enterprise founded in 2019 by Ann Morse Abdella. It specializes in consulting and contracted rural health planning and evaluation services, serving commercial, not-for-profit, philanthropic, and government organizations with a commitment to improving population health in rural communities.

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Ascent Design is a product development company with an 18-year track record spanning concept to high-volume production. Led by Principal Mechanical Engineer and President Ralph Burns, a licensed Colorado Professional Engineer, the company has developed flight hardware, medical devices, consumer and instrumentation products, and manufacturing tooling, and holds 32 utility patents.

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Bright Lights Innovations, LLC (BLI) is a boutique management and educational consulting and organizational development firm and an advisor in the field of Creativity and Innovation strategy and execution. BLI provides leaders of private, public and non-profit organizations guidance and tools for creative and strategic thinking to identify needs, ideate solutions, implement actionable plans, and integrate new methods, skills and attitudes.

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designMind is a 20 year old design firm located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC. Its strength is creative problem solving and project management for all size projects, cleanly and elegantly designing effective and appropriate visual communications. The firm is mostly owner and creative director Marianne Michalakis, who had nearly ten years of experience as an award-winning art director and designer at Washington and New York firms before establishing designMind.

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