Shàn Strategies aligns capital, talent, and industry to drive economic transformation and individual prosperity.

 

WHO WE ARE

We believe that together, we go far.

Shan Strategies is an economic transformation consulting firm that operates at the intersection of public investment, workforce systems, and global industry partnerships.

We work with state governments, industry leadership, and philanthropy around three integrated capabilities:

  • Design and manage intermediary systems that align employers, education providers, and public agencies.

  • Develop and lead strategy for large-scale public and private funding into high-impact education, workforce and economic development strategies.

  • Build cross-border partnerships, particularly between Asian and Arizona, to support the growth of emerging technology industries.

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
— African Proverb

 

What we do

Workforce and talent systems

We design and manage intermediary systems that align employers, education providers, and public agencies.

  • Pipeline design (education—>employment)

  • Employer alignment

  • Credential and pathway strategy

Investment deployment

We develop and lead large-scale federal, state, and private sector funding into high-impact education, workforce and economic development strategies.

  • RFP design and management

  • Grant/intermediary execution

  • Public and philanthropic funding strategy

Industry + Global partnerships

We support companies in building the partnerships, relationships, and local presence required for long-term success.

  • Market entry support for companies to access talent and public resources

  • Asia-US partnership development

  • Cultural + workforce policy navigation

  • Ecosystem activation: stakeholder mapping, curated introductions, community relations


When the best leaders leave, people will say, “We have done it ourselves.”
— Lao Tzu

Examples of clients & community engagements

private industry

  • Amkor Technology Arizona

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield AZ Foundation for Community Health & Advancement

  • Discovery Triangle Corporation

  • Launch School

  • Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation

  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Arizona

philanthropic foundations

  • Arizona Community Foundation

  • Helios Education Foundation

  • SEMI Foundation

  • Vitalyst Health Foundation

education

  • Grand Canyon University

  • Maricopa Community Colleges

  • NAU Continuing Education

  • NAU Arizona Teacher Residency

Community organizations

  • Activate Food Arizona

  • Aliento Education Fund

  • ASU Morrison Institute for Public Policy Advisory Board

  • AZ Dreams

  • City of Phoenix Workforce Development Board

  • Common Sense Media Advisory Council

  • Desert Botanical Garden

  • First Place AZ

  • Greater Phoenix Chamber

  • Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation/ ElevateEdAZ

  • Launch Flagstaff

  • Phoenix Art Museum

  • Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center Board of Directors

  • Teach For America Advisory Board

  • The Nature Conservancy/AZ Thrives

  • Valley Leadership