About US
Strategic Support for Sustainable Success
KBE Consulting is dedicated to empowering small businesses and nonprofits by helping them understand themselves and their structures from the ground up. We recognize the parallels between personal balance—mind, body, and spirit—and a well-structured business, bringing this connection to light.
Self-reflection and awareness are essential in overcoming barriers and achieving success. By examining core values, beliefs, and ethical standards, businesses can gain clarity and fortify their foundations. KBE Consulting theorizes that with strong integrity, even when tested and challenged, businesses can emerge unscathed.
Our approach, known as the “KBE Way,” emphasizes the original intent of the business, reminding owners of their strengths and guiding them through the necessary measures to ensure structural integrity. Much like a building constructed with blueprints and code compliance, a business’s foundation must be strong to withstand the challenges it may face.
Sustained growth, whether personal or professional, requires regular updates and retrofitting to remain relevant, particularly for those aiming to leave a legacy. Just as structures built near fault lines must comply with earthquake codes, businesses navigating the grant process must rely on solid foundations to succeed.
As a consultant, my goal is to understand each client’s business thoroughly, allowing me to promote them effectively and set them on a path to success.
The Inspiration Behind KBE Consulting:
KBE Consulting was founded out of a desire to empower businesses and nonprofits to grow. My experience in state administration, where I developed systems and managed various administrative tasks, inspired the holistic approach KBE follows. I realized my potential to help others navigate the complexities of the grant process and grow their organizations, especially those hungry for growth.
Meet our Founder
Sandra Ortiz-Brown
Sandra Dominguez Ortiz-Brown, founder of Knowledge Based Empowerment Consultant, LLC (KBE), hails from California now residing in the State of Delaware, a leader in program and grant management, within the government, university, public health, and human welfare industries, including the establishment of two 501(c)(3) charters. Sandra has served at the pleasure of Honorable Governor Minner, as well as the Honorable Governor Carney, on the Governor’s Advisory Council on Hispanic Affairs and Cancer Consortium and champion for culturally and linguistically appropriate service (CLAS) standards and conflict free advocacy. Bringing over thirty (30) years of direct service, administrator and subgrantee full grant cycle closures, adjunct instruction, and infrastructure retrofitting experience segues into coaching others through options.
Sandra’s professional journey started with an appointment at the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools coaching youth from various hard-to-serve, reach and count populations. She exercised her technical certification as a Victims Services Advocate to gain trust, teach, train, moderate, and present, advocating on behalf of local and national organizations. As a Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence (Next Door) bilingual crisis-counselor, trainer, and restraining order declaration specialist for the agency legal clinic. She was specifically requested to provide interpreter support in the City of San Jose court proceedings as well as after hearing processing. Her curriculum development is part of onboarding student new employees, interns, and volunteers for the largest domestic violence agency in Santa Clara County. The Board of Directors appointed her to create the victim’s advocacy component of the Family Violence Center, a “one-stop-shop” collaboration between Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence and the San Jose Police Department.
KBE Consulting works with small businesses and non-profits around the country to guide them on understanding the strengths of their business foundation, strategizing grant acquisitions for the best return on investment (ROI) and putting action behind best practices to thrive through full grant cycles. This includes grant readiness assessments, understanding federal guidelines, predicated governance standards, strategized fund seeking and submittals, and management system implementation.
Sandra has a master’s degree in human service administration, with an emphasis in organizational management and leadership in non-profits, from Springfield College -Wilmington, Wilmington, DE, and baccalaureate degree in criminology, from California State University of Fresno, Fresno, CA.
