Beth Melton
About Melton Strategic Solutions
Beth is the founder and principal consultant at Melton Strategic Solutions. Beth is a former local elected official and educator who is passionate about ensuring that all families have equitable access to child care and providers are supported and thriving. Her work in the child care policy space has explored unique solutions including license-exempt family, friend, and neighbor care, local regulatory reforms, child care infrastructure investments, and use of local voter-approved funds among others. In addition to child care, her policy work has focused on economic mobility, human services, public health, and climate solutions.
Over the course of her career, Beth has worked extensively in the government, education, nonprofit, and political sectors. She is a leader, facilitator, and problem-solver with a knack for project management. Beth is a graduate of Reed College, Lewis and Clark College, and University of Denver and holds degrees in psychology, elementary and early childhood education, and educational leadership and policy studies.
She is currently fulfilling her family’s long-time dream of living in Central America while remaining deeply connected and committed to building good policy that works for people. She loves to read on the beach and debate politics and is brushing up on her Spanish.
Collaborators
Leah Weatherman is a data and research specialist who supports organizations working to solve complex social problems. Her expertise lies in integrating qualitative and quantitative tools into a research-based, action-oriented approach. Driven by a deep-rooted desire to foster positive change, she has held diverse roles in interpretation, education, and community outreach. Wanting to understand the mechanics of sustainable solutions more deeply, Leah joined Colorado State University’s Impact MBA program, where she specialized in social entrepreneurship and studied the early childhood education business model. Now, as a data and research consultant, she works with organizations that are unafraid to ask big questions to solve big problems. linkedin.com/in/leah-weatherman
Sarah Hughes founded Groundswell for Good, LLC to help mission-focused organizations translate analysis into action by using data to answer questions, tell stories and make change. Her expertise spans leading comprehensive needs assessments, designing and implementing community-surveys, collecting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, and crafting reports that spotlight critical issues affecting children and families. Prior to consulting, Sarah served as the Vice President for Research Initiatives at the Colorado Children’s Campaign. As a mom to two children under 5, she is passionate about using her lived and professional experience to advance work that helps families with young children thrive. groundswellforgood.com
Christina Gotfredson is the Founder of Spiral Impact, a consultancy firm helping philanthropist and impact investors measure and manage the impact of their portfolios. She has deep expertise in human-centered design in which she uses to ensure that the impact strategies she develops are deeply informed by the needs and experiences of users. spiralimpact.org
Kate Kalstein provides governance, research and planning services to non-profit clients through Kate Kalstein Consulting. Engagements include complex project management and interim leadership; strategic planning; work to develop improved board structure and meeting practices through enhanced board governance; comprehensive research and policy development; leadership coaching; and meeting facilitation. An attorney with more than 20-years professional experience, Kate has devoted her entire career to strengthening nonprofit organizations. Today Kate is based in Denver, Colorado where she remains actively involved with the community through her professional practice, volunteer activities, and ongoing leadership development. katekalstein.com