Gratus Connecting is fueled by G.R.I.T. (Gratitude, Resilience, Integrity, Transformation) and committed to M.E.S.H. (Making Extraordinary Shift Happen). We focus on maximizing vulnerable and authentic leaders, facilitating growth strategies, and aligning aware humans for action.
We support executive coaching, human development, organizational growth, collaborative group facilitation, creative strategic planning and implementation, and initiative management.
Our core values, gratitude, resilience, integrity and transformation, are connected and ingrained in everything we do. When leaders demonstrate a willingness to grow, and embrace courage and vulnerability in the face of fear and uncertainty, these traits are modeled and empower future leaders to do the same.
If you see opportunity in challenge, possess a desire to rise above, need to break free from limiting beliefs, and understand the true gift and service of leadership, our G.R.I.T. teams will align with you. Together we connect to creatively work through issues and opportunities, accelerate personal and professional growth, hone leadership skills, and improve human connections.
Emerald City, founded in 2021, is a 12,000 square feet coworking, hospitality, and social space dedicated to catapulting Black entrepreneurs and businesses to wealth and regional success. The mission of Emerald City is to prioritize Black entrepreneurship and black professionals in Pittsburgh through resources, education, and opportunities.
Comcast Business offers a suite of Connectivity, Communications, Networking, Cybersecurity, Wireless, and Managed Solutions to help organizations of different sizes prepare for what’s next. Powered by the nation’s largest Gig-speed broadband network, and backed by 24/7 customer support, Comcast Business is the nation’s largest cable provider to small and mid-size businesses and one of the leading service providers to the Enterprise market. Comcast Business has been consistently recognized by industry analysts and associations as a leader and innovator, and one of the fastest growing providers of Ethernet services.
For more information, call 866-429-3085. Follow on Twitter @ComcastBusiness and on other social media networks at http://business.comcast.com/social.
Lettie Toujours is a creative design maven who will design and decorate your home, help you host a fabulous event, give you gentle guidance to learn something new; a modern day Auntie Mame giving you courage to throw your first dinner party or paint your dining room bright orange—and can arrange flowers for every event that you can throw at her.
For over a decade, Lettie has conceptualized, produced and executed high end social and corporate events in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia and New York. Her design aesthetic is called upon for floral and interior styling, imaginative set design for fashion shows, concerts and conferences. Lettie is also sought after by her for residential design projects, color consultations and selection of finishes. She is influenced by Paris, London, art, history and individual style.
Lettie has styled editorial design shoots for local and national magazines and blogs such as Green Wedding Shoes, The White Wren, Grey Likes Weddings, Pittsburgh Magazine and Whirl Magazine. Lettie is proud to be a Mom, an independent business owner, flaneur and ardent supporter of all that is local, sustainable and reusable.
Kabeyia & Kompany LLC is a Professional Business Services firm, located in Squirrel Hill within the City of Pittsburgh and McKeesport. We provide Bookkeeping, Payroll, Tax Preparation/Consultation, Business Administration, Risk Management, Notary and DMV (PennDOT) Services. Our services are provided to a wide range of industries to include technology, insurance, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, trucking and much more. We tailor professional solutions that are perfect for self-employed, small business, non-profit and government clients to help streamline processes, improve profits and meet internal/external regulatory requirements. Our diversified business solutions makes us ‘your preferred source for professional business and government services’.
Staffing Solutions –
DIVERSANT provides Fortune 500 and midmarket companies with IT staffing and innovative Veterans Programs. DIVERSANT is headquartered in Red Bank, New Jersey and operates 13 offices throughout the United States. To learn more, visit diversant.com.
• Top Privately Held Companies in New Jersey, NJBIZ
• Nation’s Top Business, 2015, Diversity Business
• BE 100s Nation’s Most Successful Black-Owned Businesses, Black Enterprise
• Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Gene Waddy, CEO, Past Recipient
Payroll Solutions –
Alpha Business Solutions, a DIVERSANT Company, is a provider of fully managed payroll services that help our clients save time and money and increase their supplier diversity by partnering with a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE).
With Alpha Business Solutions, you eliminate costly in-house payroll systems and the time spent by your employees on payroll and tax regulation compliance. Instead, you have a fully functioning payroll system that is extremely efficient, cost effective, accurate, confidential, and secure. Just as important, we free up your internal personnel who can then spend more productive time addressing customers’ needs, enhancing your bottom line, and adding long-term value to your business.
Together, the experienced professionals and proven technologies available at Alpha Business Solutions provide you with that all-important intangible: peace of mind. By eliminating employee misclassification and potential exposure to non-compliance, you can rest assured that with Alpha your payroll functions will operate to your complete satisfaction from day one, and through every payday thereafter.
In answering your payroll services needs, Alpha Business Solutions provides you with a dedicated, expert team of processing specialists – backed by the DIVERSANT company’s 12-plus years of experience working with over 100 corporations in 40 states.
Alpha Business Solutions manages payroll services for contingent labor, flexible workforce, interns, misclassified 1099 employees, pre-identified talent, seasonal workers, working retirees, and more.
All- Inclusive Executive Business Park i.e. utilities, maintenance, cleaning, ample parking are all included for one low flat rate. Office space and business size from less than 400 sq ft to above 4,000 sq ft.
High Visibility., Low Overhead!!
EnterChange Group, LLC is a small, genderqueer woman-owned research and consulting firm dedicated to elevating people and advancing organizations through equity-driven and inclusive change strategy. This firm is certified as a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Women’s Business Enterprise (through WBENC), and LGBT Business Enterprise (through NGLCC). We are committed to a human-centered approach to strategic growth that centers Inclusion, Insight, Integrity, and Innovation. Intersectional equity is at the heart of our work. Appreciating difference and promoting the full contribution of all can only help us achieve the richest potential of humanity and organized work. These are the qualities that we aspire to personally and professionally. We listen first, then we use what we learn to build a strategic, equity-driven process to drive the change forward with everyone onboard!
Lead Consultants Sarah and Amanda have a combined 25 years working to advance equity and inclusion across government, arts, education and workforce development in the Pittsburgh region. Sarah holds a PhD in Administrative and Policy Studies from the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, and Amanda holds an MBA from Robert Morris University. Both have completed diversity, equity, and inclusion training through organizations like the Aspen Institute, Courageous Conversation Academy, Mid-Atlantic ADA Center, YogaRoots on Location, and the American Association of University Women. Our work has focused on strategic and innovative development that promotes equitable, inclusive, and sustainable access to opportunity and mobility. As consultants, we have worked with both small to medium-sized organizations as well as large nonprofit systems, coalitions, and philanthropic foundations, including American Association of Birth Centers, Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges, and The Pittsburgh Foundation. This background well-positions us to provide customized DEI training and strategic support with strong appreciation for diverse audiences, services, and local/national contexts.
Our appreciative inquiry, strengths-based, positive approach to diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) and accessibility/justice work is, in part, about promoting the trust, unity, and accountability needed to begin to heal from racism and other identity-based challenges. We support healing and strategic growth through trainings, resources, and facilitated conversations. We are intentional in centering intersectional identities (race, gender, sexuality, ability, etc.) in our work and the data we collect to inform change efforts. Moreover, we balance the business principles that serve (such as strategy, sustainability, and continual improvement) with trauma-informed, embodied practice that values both how workers think about power and oppression and their lived (physical and emotional) experiences.Overall, EnterChange Group is committed to a person-centered approach to change and organizational growth.
Novus Group offers a comprehensive suite of staffing solutions and professional recruitment services aimed at augmenting our client’s in-house workforce management and talent acquisition efforts.
Our service offerings include the temporary, temporary-to-hire and direct placement of Administrative, Accounting/Finance, Professional and Customer Support personnel.
Custom designer, Kiya Tomlin, launched her collection of re-imagined sweatsuits in Fall of 2014. Inspired by the energy and aspirations of today’s modern woman, the namesake line was designed for women, like herself, with a purpose and passion for life. Uniting cover girl glamor with the comfort and ease of a favorite sweatshirt, her designs embody femininity, versatility, and the constant pursuit of the place where style, function and luxurious comfort intersect. Products include tops, jumpsuits/rompers, dresses, skirts, pants, shorts and accessories. Also available are products for men and washable/re-useable face masks.
Michael’s Manna LLC is a full spectrum food service company that serves its clients in the area of private chef work, catering, opening chef work, chef consulting. MaestroChef’s Products is also a DBA under Michael’s Manna and provides original flavors (spices) for consumers, and high end food service operations.