
We are HCM
HCM works effectively on our clients’ behalf, providing support and strategic guidance to help form policy priorities that are impactful and meaningful in education.
We tackle the systemic barriers, improving student achievement from kindergarten to 12th grade, reforming federal financial aid, increasing college attainment and completion rates, and ensuring that student preferences and priorities are at the center of regulatory decision-making. We work hard because success is our priority.
HCM was created because we believe that sound public policy can improve outcomes for all people.”
– Terrell Halaska Dunn, HCM Partner, Former policy advisor to the White House and two federal agencies, national expert in health, K-12 and postsecondary policy
How We Began
Our team shares a fundamental and important desire – to contribute to meaningful and equitable change for communities who are underserved by our education systems. Since 2008, HCM Strategists has coalesced around these goals, bringing together colleagues with different backgrounds who share years of expertise in K-12 education, postsecondary education and work and learning. Our founding partners Terrell Halaska Dunn and Kristin Hultquist are honored to share their mission with the finest, most experienced minds in public policy, advocacy and institutional practice. We work tirelessly to improve equitable education outcomes throughout the country.
We firmly believe that achieving these outcomes takes a combination of high-level government experience, a lived experience, an understanding of underserved communities, a network of strong relationships, a keen analytical ability and a creative approach.
In July 2020, education and connecting work and learning became the sole focuses of HCM with the transitioning of its former health innovation practice to an independent entity.
