Abbott Little - Housing and Human Services Consulting

Kerry Abbott’s approach to consulting emphasizes close attention to detail, careful coordination with clients, and an ability to incorporate stakeholder feedback.

Experience: Kerry Abbott has been consulting since 2005 for agencies providing housing, health care, and supportive services. These agencies cater primarily to formerly homeless and other special needs populations. Familiar with the work of developers, government agencies, and service providers, Kerry has been involved with the delivery of needed housing and services throughout her career.

Before launching a consulting practice, Kerry spent more than fifteen years in non-profit executive management, working with supportive and affordable housing providers and social service and advocacy organizations. Her most recent position was as Deputy Director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, where she oversaw the Property Management, Support Services, Money Management, Human Resources, and Financial Functions of the organization. During her tenure, THC brought more than 1,200 units of housing under non-profit management.

Currently, Abbott consults with non-profit and government agencies on program planning, design and operations. She has worked extensively on the gathering and refining of best practices materials, in addition to assisting individual agencies with their program funding and structural needs.

Abbott Consulting began in 2005 as Abbott Little, the consulting partnership of Kerry Abbott and Shelagh Little. In 2010, Shelagh left the partnership to take a position with a former client. Kerry Abbott continues to grow her consulting practice with a team of supporting associates, providing a comprehensive array of services to non-profit and public agency clients.