ATD Advisory

ATD Advisory is a boutique business consultancy in Cambridge founded by Andrea Taylor Dunkley. It helps small businesses and nonprofits navigating transition or growth, focusing on strategy, planning and operational clarity so leaders can move from big ideas to practical next steps. Services cover business strategy, advocacy, branding, ambassadorships, operations management, hospitality and events, and professional development, with particular interest in micro-businesses and solopreneurs building wealth.

Dunkley is a lifelong Cambridge resident with deep civic ties. She sits on the executive board of Cambridge Local First, advocating for independent locally owned businesses, and was a founding steering committee member of the Cambridge-Somerville Black Business Network. She serves on the Cambridge Health Alliance Advisory Council, including as a co-chair and on its Health Equity Committee, and on the Lesley University Alumni Association Council and the Central Square Advisory Committee.

What to Know

• The firm is Black-owned, woman-owned and disability-owned.
• Dunkley’s work has been featured by WBUR, Cambridge Day and the Cambridge Somerville Independent.
• She previously served on Lesley University’s Business Management Division Advisory Board.
• She also took part in a cycle of Cambridge’s city participatory budgeting process.