About

A strategic partnerfor leaders who caredeeply about outcomes.

Thrive Consulting Group was founded on a simple belief: mission-driven organizations deserve strategy that translates into measurable results.

Dr. Ursula L. Mullins

Currently

Chief Performance & Innovation Officer, Dare to Care Food Bank

Founder & Principal

Dr. Ursula L. Mullins

Dr. Ursula L. Mullins is a strategic advisor, facilitator, and organizational performance leader with more than 20 years of experience helping organizations navigate complexity, improve performance, and turn strategy into action.

Throughout her career, she has led large-scale strategic initiatives across government, nonprofit, and community-based organizations. Her expertise spans strategic planning, board governance, facilitation, performance management, process improvement, project management, and organizational effectiveness.

She currently serves as Chief Performance & Innovation Officer for Dare to Care Food Bank, where she leads enterprise-wide strategy, performance management, innovation, and organizational execution.

Through Thrive Consulting Group, she partners with mission-driven organizations seeking clarity, alignment, and measurable results.

Credentials

A foundation of rigor.
A practice of results.

Education

Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology

University of Kentucky

Ongoing study in strategic performance management, organizational effectiveness, and leadership development.
Professional

Certifications

  • Lean Six Sigma01
  • Balanced Scorecard02
  • Predictive Index03
  • Strategic Performance Management04
Mission

Helping mission-driven organizations thrive.

We partner with leaders to align people, priorities, and performance to build organizations that don't just plan for impact, but deliver it. Every engagement is designed around your context, culture, and readiness.

Core Values

What guides the work.

Three convictions that shape every engagement — quietly, consistently, and without compromise.

Mission First

The work only matters if it advances your mission and the communities you serve.

Clarity Over Complexity

We translate ambition into plans your team can actually operate.

Accountable Partnership

We stay with you from strategy through execution—not just planning.

Leadership Philosophy

Strategy is a leadership discipline.

Great strategy isn't a document. It's a habit of leadership. It requires clarity of purpose, courage in prioritization, and the discipline to measure what matters.

My work centers on building that discipline within your team, so long after our engagement ends, your organization is stronger, more aligned, and more capable of turning intention into impact.

Let's Partner

Ready to Move Your Strategy Forward?

Let's discuss how Thrive Consulting Group can help your organization align people, priorities, and performance.