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Strategy with Integrity.
Leadership with Impact.

You want to make an impact, and we’re here to help you do it. With guidance to navigate complex challenges, strategies that bring clarity, and tools to strengthen your leadership, you’ll have what you need to achieve your mission and create lasting change.

Atabey: Rooted in strength, transformation, and nurturing, signaling balance between strategy and justice.

Meet Aklima

Aklima Khondoker is a civil rights attorney and strategist, and Founder of Atabey Strategies. With more than a decade of leadership at the intersection of law, advocacy, and philanthropy, she helps organizations in the U.S. and Canada strengthen governance, navigate change, and design strategies that deliver lasting impact.

Her work has been featured in The New York Times, TIME, CNN, and NPR.

    Services

    Governance

    Good governance keeps your organization steady and accountable.

    We help you strengthen boards, clarify roles, and set up systems that support effective decision-making and long-term growth.

    Strategy

    Clear strategy turns vision into action.

     

    We work with you to define priorities, focus resources, and create practical roadmaps that help you achieve your goals.

    Leadership Transitions

    Change at the top can be challenging.

     

    We guide you through leadership transitions with strategies that protect continuity, empower new leaders, and keep your mission moving forward.

    Cross-Border Positioning

    Operating across the U.S. and Canada brings unique opportunities—and complexities.

     

    We help you align messaging, strategy, and partnerships so you can succeed on both sides of the border.

    Unlock North American Potential

    Working across the U.S. and Canada requires more than understanding two markets—it demands a strategy that connects them. We help you navigate the differences in policy, culture, and systems so your organization is positioned to grow with clarity and confidence on both sides of the border.

     

    Our approach to U.S.–Canada positioning is grounded in three essentials:

    • Alignment — Ensuring your vision and values translate across borders.

    • Adaptation — Tailoring strategy to meet unique cultural and policy contexts.

    • Advancement — Turning cross-border presence into growth and influence.

     

     

    "Cross-border impact isn’t just about expanding reach—it’s about building bridges that make missions stronger and more sustainable." — Aklima Khondoker

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