Community Development. Economic Development. Leadership Development.

Within each of our communities, we have a mix of interests, priorities, histories and sociocultural experiences. To find common ground amidst that much diversity and to pursue joint opportunities is not a sprint… but a marathon.

Overview

Serving Communities LLC is a boutique firm specializing in community development, economic development, and leadership development matters. The firm's principal, Joy Wilkins, loves to develop partnerships for working together across boundaries, lead high performing teams, and engage with community leaders to help improve lives.

Joy has delivered research, planning, teaching, and advisory services for clients in the United States and Canada. She is often called on to help leaders in the areas of community engagement, strategy design, and consensus building.

Areas of Expertise

Examples of matters on which Serving Communities LLC has advised include:

Business retention and expansion
Community resiliency
Cross sector collaboration
Disaster recovery
Economic inclusion
Economic revitalization
Entrepreneur development
Ethics
Human services
Marketing and recruitment
Organizational development
Professional development
Public policy
Strategic planning
Workforce development

About Joy

Joy Wilkins is a nationally recognized leader in community, economic, leadership, and workforce development whose career has centered on bringing people and organizations together to strengthen communities and expand opportunity. Joy has served as a senior public service faculty member with the University of Georgia, as a group manager and project director with Georgia Tech, and in research roles with the Metro Atlanta Chamber and a software development startup. She has also served with the U.S. Economic Development Administration's disaster recovery team.

Joy is an adjunct faculty member for the University of North Carolina's School of Government and a regular instructor for the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). Designated as a Certified Economic Developer by IEDC, Joy is also an Honorary Life Member of IEDC. She is a registered mediator in the State of Georgia.

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