The mission of Platform Civic Strategies is to provide nonprofit and philanthropic organizations with four key services:

  • Strategic Planning

  • Designing Advocacy Campaigns

  • Qualitative Evaluation

  • Public Policy Research & Writing

Founder Jessica Hembree has more than twenty years of experience at the intersection of philanthropy and civic engagement.



Platform Civic Strategies has been instrumental in helping us increase our prevention volunteers’ interest, commitment and skills in engaging in advocacy. The trainings Jessica provides are informative and entertaining and even some of our most seasoned volunteers learn something new about using their voice.
— Laura Bruce, Tri-County Mental Health Services Prevention


With timely and in-depth facilitation by Platform Civic Strategies, the MCOH Board engaged in a meaningful set of exercises and discussions that lead to a more focused and forward-looking mission, vision and strategic plan while shifting our emphasis in a direction that is closely aligned with community-identified needs and priorities.
— Gary Harbison, Missouri Coalition for Oral Health