Name

Ross Strategic

Legal name

Ross Strategic

Website

https://rossstrategic.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Strategic Management Consulting

NAICS

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Management Consulting Services (54161), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Sector & Policy Consulting (BPAHACAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK)

Keywords

• Strategic consulting services
• Environmental policy consulting
• Stakeholder engagement facilitation
• Program design evaluation
• Public sector advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Strategic Consulting Services: Ross Strategic provides strategic consulting services to public institutions, private enterprises, and non-governmental organizations. Services include collaborative processes, program design and implementation, monitoring, evaluation and learning, research and analysis, and strategy development. Revenue is generated through consulting engagements with government agencies, foundations, and non-profit clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ross Strategic provides strategic consulting, stakeholder facilitation, and program design services to government agencies, public utilities, foundations, and non-profit organizations. Its work spans environmental, public health, transportation, energy, and natural resource policy, with services delivered through collaborative processes, strategic planning, program design, research, and evaluation engagements.

Product overview

Ross Strategic is a strategic consulting firm offering professional services across five sectors (Energy, Environment, Public Health, Transportation and Land Use, and Natural Resources) through five core service areas: Collaborative Processes, Program Design and Implementation, Monitoring Evaluation and Learning, Research and Analysis, and Strategy. The firm works with governments, utilities, foundations, and non-profit organizations to shape strategy, design programs and policies, and evaluate performance. The company does not offer a software product but rather provides expert consulting, facilitation, and advisory services delivered by staff across multiple U.S. locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Collaborative Processes Services Stakeholder engagement and facilitation services including interested parties engagement, public outreach, board and advisory group support, conflict mediation and consensus building, and tribal forums and engagement.
• Program Design and Implementation Services Program design, launch, and improvement services including case study and toolkit development, road maps and implementation plans, knowledge management systems, risk and prioritization frameworks, implementation support and capacity building, and watershed-based collaboration.
• Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Services Evaluation services including evaluation frameworks, indicators, data collection systems, and learning networks to help organizations understand what is working and inform strategic decisions.
• Research and Analysis Services Research services including landscape assessments, stakeholder mapping, regulatory analysis, epidemiological studies, climate vulnerability studies, and legislative and policy analysis.
• Strategy Services Strategic planning and organizational direction services to help organizations set clear direction and stay ahead of change.
• Energy Sector Consulting Advisory services to help foundations, non-profits, government agencies and partners transform and integrate energy systems for safe, reliable, and sustainable energy.
• Environment Sector Consulting Analytic, stakeholder process management, strategy development, and facilitation support to help clients respond to environmental challenges, including Lean and Six Sigma business methods.
• Public Health Sector Consulting Interdisciplinary approaches to help organizations improve public health using broad frames to understand root causes and potential solutions.
• Transportation and Land Use Consulting Services to help clients envision and achieve sustainable, accessible, and affordable transportation systems integrated with urban design and other sectors.
• Natural Resources Sector Consulting Expertise in addressing complex natural resource issues including endangered species protection, watershed strategies, and policies to protect coastal areas and forests.

Quantifiable outcome

• Secured over $300 million in state capital budget appropriations for Chehalis Basin over six biennia, enabling 200+ projects
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core, key and supporting.

• BHP FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRoss Strategic serves as the convening partner for the BHP Foundation's North American Water Network, working with four grantee partners to foster cross-border community of practice for water stewardship and governance. For four years, Ross Strategic has designed and facilitated annual in-person convenings and quarterly virtual sessions.
• Centre for Indigenous Environmental ResourcescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in BHP Foundation's North American Water Network, working collaboratively on cross-border water stewardship and governance.
• International Institute for Sustainable DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in BHP Foundation's North American Water Network, contributing to collaborative problem-solving and knowledge exchange on water governance.
• Duke University's Internet of Water CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in BHP Foundation's North American Water Network, bringing academic expertise on water data and information sharing.
• Pacific InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in BHP Foundation's North American Water Network, contributing expertise on corporate water stewardship and water resilience.
• PegasyskeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Pegasys to build the framework underpinning the UN CEO Water Mandate's Positive Water Impact pledge, ensuring corporate commitments could be tied to measurable improvements in water stewardship.
• Clean Energy Transition InstitutekeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeam partner providing detailed analysis of economic and financial impacts of clean energy projects for rural Washington clean energy engagement work.
• IEc (Industrial Economics, Incorporated)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeam partner providing detailed analysis of economic and financial impacts of clean energy projects for rural Washington engagement.
• University of Washington's Center for One Health ResearchkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Dr. Peter Rabinowitz's Center for One Health Research to lead multi-phase stakeholder engagement for integrating human health outcomes in Puget Sound ecosystem monitoring, applying One Health framework.
• Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA)keyImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLed development of 5-year strategic and business plans for NEEA, facilitating Board consensus among 20 member utilities representing energy utilities in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
• Northwest Seaport AlliancekeyImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnered with Northwest Seaport Alliance to convene and facilitate the Puget Sound Zero-Emission Truck Collaborative for developing roadmap to transition drayage fleet to zero-emission vehicles.
• Water Sector Coordinating Council (WSCC) and Government Coordinating Council (GCC)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerFacilitated the Water Sector Cybersecurity Task Force convened by WSCC/GCC, a collaboration among federal agencies, national associations, state entities, and utilities that developed 10 strategic recommendations adopted as national roadmap.
• Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSupported CSTE over two years in developing comprehensive Strategic Plan and Roadmap for national chronic disease surveillance modernization across federal, state, local, Tribal, and territorial jurisdictions.
• Association of Clean Water Administrators (ACWA) and Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBrought in by ACWA and ASDWA to convene national workgroup of state administrators to map regulatory processes for managing contaminants of emerging concern and identify systemic barriers.
• American Public Health Association (APHA)keyImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLed joint strategic planning process for APHA-supported groups of environmental health professionals, developing shared vision, mission, core values, and priority objectives. Continued to facilitate merged National Council for Environmental Health and Equity.
• Kresge FoundationcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConducting initiative-level evaluation through 2028 for the Climate Change, Health and Equity (CCHE) Initiative, supporting design and implementation of evaluation and learning components.
• Adaptation Fund (UNFCCC)keyImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDeveloped Case for Investment (CFI) strategic document articulating imperative for investing in Adaptation Fund, formally adopted by AF Board in October 2025 as part of Resource Mobilization Strategy.
• Washington State Conservation CommissionkeyImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCo-convening the Washington State Food Policy Forum with the Washington State Department of Agriculture for seven years, providing facilitation and process management.
• Washington State Department of AgriculturekeyImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCo-convening the Washington State Food Policy Forum with the Washington State Conservation Commission.
• Water Environment Federation (WEF), American Water Works Association (AWWA), Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA), National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), American Public Works Association (APWA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered since 2006 with EPA's Office of Water alongside five national water associations to develop and update the Effective Utility Management Primer (2008, 2017, 2024).

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is one of the largest global environmental engineering and consulting firms, serving federal agencies, utilities, and multilateral clients on water, climate, and ecosystem restoration. It overlaps Ross Strategic's water and natural resources sectors but at vastly larger scale.
• ICF International: ICF is a large public-sector consulting firm with deep energy, environment, and public health practices serving EPA, CDC, foundations, and multilateral clients. It competes for many of the same RFPs as Ross Strategic but at much greater scale and across a broader portfolio.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen is a top-tier federal contractor with large environment, energy, and public health practices serving EPA, CDC, and defense clients. It competes for the largest federal climate- and infrastructure-consulting vehicles and represents a scale benchmark against which Ross Strategic must defend its boutique differentiator.
• TRC Companies: TRC is a large environmental, energy, and infrastructure consulting firm delivering advisory and engineering services to utilities, governments, and developers. Its environmental consulting practice overlaps with Ross Strategic's water, climate, and natural-resources work, though at materially greater scale.
• Abt Associates: Abt is a large federal research and consulting firm with strong environment, energy, climate, and public health practices supporting EPA, CDC, and major foundations. It overlaps Ross Strategic's federal-agency and evaluation engagements as a deeper-resourced competitor on similar RFPs.

Regional players

• Cascadia Consulting Group: Cascadia Consulting Group is a Seattle-based environmental and sustainability consulting firm supporting governments, utilities, and foundations on climate, waste, and natural resources. Geographically and thematically it is one of the closest comparables in the Pacific Northwest consulting ecosystem.

Direct peers

• Industrial Economics (IEc): IEc provides economic and environmental analysis consulting to federal agencies, utilities, and foundations on energy, water, and climate issues. They are explicitly identified as a team partner of Ross Strategic on rural Washington clean-energy work and operate a similarly sized, similarly specialized boutique practice.
• Resource Innovations: Resource Innovations is a clean-energy and climate consulting firm serving utilities, state agencies, and foundations on energy efficiency, distributed energy resources, and program evaluation. Its services directly mirror Ross Strategic's Energy and Environment sectors and program-evaluation offering.
• VEIC (Vermont Energy Investment Corporation): VEIC is a mission-driven clean-energy consulting and implementation organization working with utilities, state agencies, and foundations on energy efficiency, decarbonization, and program evaluation. It compares closely to Ross Strategic's energy-sector and evaluation practices.
• Cadmus: Cadmus is a professional services firm specializing in water, energy, climate, and environmental policy consulting for federal, state, and foundation clients. Its practice focus — strategy, evaluation, and stakeholder engagement on climate, water, and public health — closely aligns with Ross Strategic's five-sector offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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