About
Little Consulting Company (LCC) partners with nonprofit and philanthropic leaders to refine systems, strengthen strategy, and build power with communities. We work alongside mission-driven organizations navigating complexity, leading through transition, and creating the conditions for lasting change.
Our work is grounded in equity and shaped by deep experience across advocacy, philanthropy, and nonprofit leadership. We support transformation that is both strategic and human; we honor the complexity of change and keep communities at the center.
We don't accept the status quo as the ceiling. Our work centers the lived experiences of communities most impacted by injustice and prioritizes partnerships with BIPOC- and ALAANA-led organizations driving change from the ground up.
A Little Consulting goes a long way!
"We work alongside leaders and organizations to refine systems, build power, and create lasting change.”
Marquita Little Numan, Principal
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Marquita Little Numan partners with leaders, organizations, and movements to build power, strengthen strategy, and lead with authenticity. With two decades of experience refining, stewarding, and improving systems across policy, philanthropy, and nonprofit leadership, she brings a grounded approach to transformation—one that honors the whole person and centers equity, community, and justice.
Through coaching and strategic advising, Marquita supports leaders navigating transitions, organizational shifts, and the ongoing work of aligning their values with their impact. Much of her work centers on BIPOC leaders, emerging and established executive directors, and individuals moving through pivotal moments who are ready to lead from a place of conviction and purpose.
Her career has been shaped by direct experience with the systems she works to transform. She began in direct service alongside children and families often navigating poverty and crises, which led her to policy and advocacy as pathways to broader change. She has led state and national initiatives, including helping to architect Arkansas' Medicaid Expansion, which was an effort that dramatically reduced the uninsured rate and created innovative a Medicaid delivery model. As inaugural president and CEO of the Urban League of Arkansas, she revitalized the organization after two decades of dormancy. She has also guided philanthropic strategy and investment in policy advocacy at the state and national levels.
Her work has also taken her internationally, including serving at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa supporting youth development and student affairs.
Marquita has completed the Henry Toll Fellowship with the Council of State Governments and the Child Health Leadership Network fellowship with the Annie E. Casey Foundation. She holds a master's degree in public service and a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies. She serves on several boards and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
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Health Policy, Two-Generation Approaches & Policy Advocacy Strategy
Equity-Centered Practice & Strategy
Program Design, Learning & Evaluation
Community Engagement
Philanthropic Strategy
Executive & Nonprofit Leadership
Professional Coaching
Connie Little Bledsoe, Senior Consultant
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Connie Little Bledsoe believes the people who are the most impacted by poverty are the best architects of solutions for their communities. This philosophy has led her engaging approach to community development over the past three decades. She has over 20 years of experience in hunger and food insecurity, especially in rural communities.
She spent much of that time leading the Agency Relations department at the Arkansas Foodbank for nearly two decades. In this role, Connie coordinated the establishment of food pantries and cultivated relationships throughout the state. She has worked with almost 500 organizations to start food pantries in underserved communities. Her visibility in the community and direct work with food pantries across the state, allowed her the opportunity to connect with people that come from diverse backgrounds. Additionally, she has been involved in many community projects, including establishing Foodbank branches in several rural counties and launching the organization’s first after school feeding program. She has also participated in national programs to address barriers to nutritious food, like Feeding America’s Equitable Access Community of Practice. Because of her work to alleviate hunger, she was honored by her alma mater with the Champions Against Hunger award in 2020. She began her career in public education and continues to be passionate about mentoring young people, especially young professional women.
Connie earned a bachelors in business administration at Philander Smith College. She also completed graduate studies in Nonprofit Management at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock where she was recognized as Outstanding Nonprofit Management Student of the Year by the faculty and her peers. She is a proud mother and grandmother and enjoys traveling and spending time with her family and friends in her spare time.
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Food Insecurity & Hunger
Nonprofit Operations & Administration
Program Operations & Compliance
Grants Management & Reporting
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL)
Results-Based Leadership
See Us in Action
News story and testimony on TANF drug testing bill.
Talk Business and Politics discussion on health care reform.
AETN appearance to discuss federal CHIP funding.