Renga Consulting

What Renga Consulting does

Renga Consulting is a privately held professional services firm founded in 2014 in Brookline, Massachusetts, providing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) consulting, strategic planning, data-driven assessment, and leadership and career coaching. The firm primarily serves higher education institutions but also engages for-profit and not-for-profit clients, primarily within the Northeast United States. Core products include a DEI practice built around the proprietary Project Inclusion methodology (a rubric-based assessment framework developed in collaboration with the New England Resource Center for Higher Education and endorsed by the American Association of Colleges and Universities), strategic planning engagements, an evidence-based data assessment service, on-site DEI workshops on topics such as unconscious bias and courageous conversations, and individual executive and career coaching.

The firm is built on a small senior consulting team headed by founder and president Dr. Alane K. Shanks, Ed.D., supported by Drs. Jenene Cook and Robert Amelio as consultants, facilitators, and trainers. Project Inclusion's intellectual property is grounded in the NERCHE Rubric for the Institutionalization of DEI in Higher Education, piloted in 2015 with Balfour Foundation grant funding across four New Hampshire campuses. Notable engagements span institutions including Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Yale School of Public Health, the University of Notre Dame, UMass Boston, Simmons University, and Gonzaga University, with WPI's 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award serving as the most prominent documented client outcome.

Renga generates revenue through quote-based professional services contracts, delivered primarily via direct sales, on-site workshops, strategic planning engagements, and individual coaching. Distribution is direct and regional; no resellers, software platform, or recurring subscription component is present in the business model. Marketing relies on content marketing through the firm's blog and email newsletter, referrals from academic and institutional clients, and participation in higher education professional networks. Pricing is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Renga Consulting

Legal name

Renga Consulting

Website

https://rengaconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Renga Consulting is a Brookline, Massachusetts-based boutique DEI consulting firm that delivers assessments, strategic planning, workshops, and executive coaching primarily to higher education institutions in the Northeast US, anchored by its proprietary Project Inclusion methodology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) & Belonging Consulting (BPAHAGAJ)

Keywords

• Diversity equity inclusion consulting
• Higher education consulting
• Strategic planning services
• Leadership coaching services
• Organizational development consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Brookline

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting engagements for DEI assessment, strategic planning, and organizational development. Revenue generated through service contracts with educational institutions, for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Renga Consulting is a boutique professional services firm providing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) consulting, strategic planning, data-driven assessment, and leadership and career coaching to higher education institutions, for-profit organizations, and not-for-profit organizations. Services are delivered through on-site workshops, strategic planning engagements, executive coaching, and the proprietary Project Inclusion assessment methodology grounded in the NERCHE Rubric.

Product overview

Renga Consulting offers a portfolio of professional consulting services centered around Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), Strategic Planning, Data Driven Assessment, and Leadership & Career Coaching. The flagship offering is Project Inclusion, a rubric-based assessment framework designed for higher education institutions to evaluate and improve campus diversity, equity, and inclusion. The company operates as a services firm rather than a software platform, providing on-site training, workshops, strategic facilitation, and executive coaching to education, for-profit, and not-for-profit sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Project Inclusion

Quantifiable outcome

• WPI received 2020 HEED Award placing it in top 2% of U.S. higher education schools for diversity and inclusion initiatives after working with Renga Consulting

Named customers16 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Dr. Alane Shanks served as Visiting Scholar at NERCHE. Renga Consulting developed the Project Inclusion methodology in collaboration with NERCHE colleagues using the NERCHE Rubric for the Institutionalization of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The partnership involved writing a successful grant and piloting Project Inclusion in four New Hampshire campuses with Balfour Foundation funding.
• American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEndorsed the Project Inclusion methodology. AACU published an article about the NERCHE Rubric that underpins the Project Inclusion process used by Renga Consulting.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Paradigm Strategy: Paradigm Strategy is a DEI and equity consulting firm that helps organizations design and implement inclusion strategies. Comparable to Renga as a similarly focused DEI consultancy serving both higher education and corporate clients.
• Cook Ross: Cook Ross is a boutique DEI and inclusion consultancy offering consulting, training, and coaching to organizations across sectors. Directly comparable to Renga as a similarly sized DEI specialty firm serving corporate and institutional clients.
• The Winters Group: The Winters Group is a DEI-focused consulting firm providing strategic advising, leadership development, and organizational change services. Directly comparable as a specialized DEI consultancy competing for similar institutional clients.

Regional players

• Campus Compact: Campus Compact is a national coalition supporting civic and democratic engagement in higher education with affiliated state-level offices. Listed as a client testimonial source for Renga and comparable as an adjacent ecosystem participant in the higher-education DEI space.

Broad incumbents

• EAB (Education Advisory Board): EAB is a higher-education advisory firm providing research, consulting, and technology services to colleges and universities. Comparable to Renga as a broader incumbent serving many of the same institutional clients on strategic and organizational priorities.
• Korn Ferry (DEI practice): Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm with DEI advisory offerings integrated into its talent management and executive search business. Comparable to Renga in serving institutional and corporate clients seeking DEI and leadership development support.
• Accenture (DEI consulting): Accenture offers DEI and inclusion consulting as part of its broader management consulting and human capital practice. A relevant broad incumbent competing for institutional and corporate DEI transformation work.
• Deloitte (Human Capital / DEI practice): Deloitte is a global professional services firm offering large-scale DEI strategy, organizational transformation, and human capital consulting. Comparable as a broader incumbent competing for the same enterprise DEI engagements Renga targets, though at much larger scale.
• Huron Consulting Group (Higher Education): Huron Consulting provides higher-education strategy and operational consulting. Comparable to Renga in serving higher-education institutions on strategic transformation initiatives, including DEI and organizational change.
• Russell Reynolds Associates (DEI practice): Russell Reynolds is a global executive search firm with a dedicated DEI advisory practice. Comparable to Renga in delivering DEI strategy and leadership advisory services to higher education and corporate clients, though at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/renga-consulting

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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