Builder. Connector. Magic Maker.


Nakata Advisory is a Hawaii-based and globally-minded consulting firm obsessed
with clarity, alignment, and excellence. 

Let us be your strategic business partner to provide the “rocket fuel” for your desired future. 

Business Excellence Flywheel

Nakata Advisory, LLC - Business Excellence Flywheel. 1.) Fulfilled Team Members, 2.) Your MAGIC Strategy, 3.) Integrated Communications & Alignment, 4.) Data Management & Scalable Systems, 5.) Overjoyed Customers

This is a truth that is inelastic of industry, culture, and place.

In this “new normal” of increased ambiguity, accelerating change, and scarce human capital – Nakata Advisory is the timely strategic business partner that will strengthen your toolkit across your enterprise and beyond.

Services

Business Development

High-Impact Community Partnerships
Brand Promise Assessment
Customer Experience
Marketing Strategy & Roadmap

 

Organizational Alignment

xCOO
People Strategy
Integrated Communications
Interdepartmental Synergy
Systems Creation

 

Non-Profit Strategy

Advancement Operations
Fundraising
Stewardship
Campaigns
Volunteer Management
Integrated Communications

 

Unyong Nakata, Principal
Nakata Advisory, LLC
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Unyong Nakata is the Founder and Principal of Nakata Advisory, LLC, where services are focused on catalyzing business development and operational alignment.  Unyong is driven by the core values of integrity, excellence, and compassion; her diverse experiences have cultivated a unique toolkit to complement her obsession to create brand equity, alignment, and organizational efficiency through the most important asset – people.

  • Unyong’s professional experience spans both the for-profit and non-profit areas. She has built and led teams in the areas Sales, Marketing, Business Development, Customer Service, and Supply Chain. Unyong was a key part of the executive leadership team that not only sustained but bolstered a company’s position despite tremendous and unpredictable challenges during the COVID pandemic all the while creating enterprise systems. Specifically in the non-profit space, Unyong expertise stems from creating high impact Advancement programs through alumni and volunteer management, private donations, integrated marketing and events, and strategic campaigns. The through line is Unyong’s ability to catalyze positive change and scalable excellence.

    Unyong is proud to serve on the boards of the Salvation Army, Domestic Violence Action Center, Great Aloha Run, Aloha United Way – Women United, and the Patsy T. Mink Center for Business and Leadership.

    Unyong has been recognized by Hawaii Business Magazine as one of the “20 for the next 20,” the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii as the “Young Professional of the Year,” Pacific Business News for “Women Who Mean Business” and “Forty Under 40,” and by the AFP – Aloha Chapter as the “Outstanding Professional Fundraiser of the Year.”

    Unyong serves as the host of the Hawaii Business Magazine’s podcast.

    Unyong holds a bachelor of science in Microbiology and a master of business administration from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

“It isn’t where you came from, it’s where you’re going that counts.”

— Ella Fitzgerald

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”

— Babe Ruth

“Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.”

— Helen Keller

 

Builder. Connector. Magic Maker.