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Strategic Consulting | Event Strategy & Production | Special Projects

Building the bridge between ideas and execution.

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D.L. Hatchett & Associates helps organizations turn ideas, opportunities and high-stakes initiatives into executable plans by identifying what success requires, closing gaps in capacity and resources, and assembling the right expertise to deliver.

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D.L. Hatchett & Associates is a strategic consulting and project-delivery practice led by Dorita Hatchett. The firm works across strategy, special projects, events and live experiences, bringing together the people, processes and specialized expertise required to move complex work from concept through execution. Associates and project partners are selected based on the needs, budget and operating environment of each engagement.

How We Work

  • Understand the objective and the result the client is trying to create.
  • Identify what success requires across people, process, resources, timing and experience.
  • Validate what the client already has and identify gaps in capacity or ownership.
  • Assemble the right team and resources for the engagement.
  • Manage the path from idea to execution with clear priorities, decisions and accountability.

Strategic Consulting & Special Projects

Cross-functional planning, operating structure, stakeholder coordination, project roadmaps and implementation support for work that does not fit neatly into day-to-day operations.

Stakeholder, Donor & Executive Experiences

Programs and experiences requiring high-touch communication, guest management, leadership coordination, hospitality and relationship-centered execution.

Virtual & Hybrid Production

Global virtual production, speaker preparation, run of show, participant experience, platform operations and distributed-team delivery across time zones.

Resource & Team Integration

Project-specific teams assembled from trusted specialists in areas such as marketing, branding, design, décor, production, registration, logistics and hospitality when the engagement requires them

Event Strategy & Production

Executive, institutional, corporate, donor, community and major-event experiences from strategy and planning through production and onsite execution.

Organizations we have worked with

  • Prairie View A&M University – Sesquicentennial strategy and signature-event consulting
  • University of Houston – Chancellor/President special events and advancement
  • NCAA Men’s Final Four – community engagement and major-event delivery, 2023–2025
  • FIFA World Cup 26 Houston – venue transportation operations, 2026
  • Houston Super Bowl Host Committee – Super Bowl LI parking and transportation management
  • METRORail – construction liaison and public/stakeholder engagement
  • Texas Southern University / KTSU 90.9 FM – event coordination and live experiences

About Dorita Hatchett

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Dorita Hatchett is the founder and lead strategist of D.L. Hatchett & Associates, with more than 20 years of experience translating complex ideas into coordinated plans, experiences and operating systems. Her work spans executive and institutional events, major sports experiences, stakeholder engagement, advancement and fundraising, public-facing infrastructure projects, and global virtual production. She holds an MBA from the University of St. Thomas and a BBA from Southwestern University.

Dorita Hatchett

Houston, Texas
dorita@dlhatchett.com
832-978-3114

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