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Insights That Drive Sustainable Change

Constellation Strategy helps organizations navigate complex public sector work with grounded analysis, practical strategy, and disciplined follow‑through. Our approach centers on program strategy, policy insight, and change management — the horizontal capabilities that help leaders move priority work from intention to implementation.

We believe durable progress comes from aligning vision, people, and systems, and supporting teams as they make decisions, build momentum, and deliver results that last.
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How We Work

Clients rely on Gina for her calm, steady leadership and her ability to keep conversations productive, even when stakes are high or perspectives differ. She brings a structured yet flexible approach that helps teams:

  • Navigate complex decisions
  • Build alignment across partners
  • Maintain momentum
  • Deliver practical, equitable solutions


Constellation Strategy reflects Gina's belief that organizations do their best work when strategy and execution reinforce each other, and when people feel supported in moving important work forward.

‌Gina Solman
Founder & Principal Consultant


Gina Solman brings two decades of experience in program leadership, policy analysis, and cross-agency coordination. She is known for helping teams make decisions, build partnerships, and deliver results that last — especially in environments where priorities are complex, interdisciplinary, or politically sensitive. 

Her federal experience includes leading major programs in fee‑for‑service and regulatory agencies at the U.S. Department of Transportation. She has directed multimillion‑dollar investments, shaped national policy, and delivered high‑impact programs across FHWA, FAA, FRA, FTA, PHMSA, DOE, and HUD. Her work earned the USDOT Secretary’s Award for advancing sustainability and resilience in rail.


Gina holds an MA in Energy & Environmental Analysis from Boston University. She is the Advisory Board Chair and a past president of WTS-Boston.


What Clients Gain


Across her career, Gina has helped organizations:

  • Design and modernize programs
  • Shape policy and coordinate cross‑agency initiatives 
  • Facilitate decision‑making and strengthen operations 
  • Produce high‑quality analysis and decision‑ready materials

These outcomes reflect the horizontal capabilities that anchor Constellation Strategy’s work

Representative Work

These examples highlight the kinds of multi‑layered challenges we help organizations solve, from coordinating across agencies to improving programs and policies.

National Resiliency Strategy for Rail

The Federal Railroad Administration needed a clear, forward‑looking framework to guide climate, emissions, and resilience decisions across the national rail system. The work integrated science, emissions modeling, resilience best practices, and equity considerations into a cohesive strategy across engineering, environmental, and policy teams. The resulting plan earned the USDOT Secretary’s Award for its national impact and cross‑agency collaboration.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development sought to modernize a decades‑old noise assessment program that had become difficult for staff and local partners to use. The modernization effort included a national needs assessment, identification of systemic barriers, and redesign of the program’s structure, guidance, and tools. The updated framework made the program clearer, more consistent, and more equitable for practitioners across the country.

State and local agencies needed a reliable way to quantify emissions reductions without specialized modeling expertise. This project involved designing FHWA’s CMAQ Emissions Calculator Toolkit, translating complex emissions modeling into intuitive tools, and delivering nationwide training. The toolkit is now widely used to support competitive funding applications, improve reporting consistency, and help agencies demonstrate the benefits of their transportation projects.

A federal agency required structured support to manage a high‑profile Title VI investigation involving sensitive material and tight timelines. The work included coordinating a 25‑person multidisciplinary team, establishing clear workflows and quality controls, and creating psychologically safe conditions for staff working with emotionally charged content. The effort helped FHWA resolve the investigation and build a sustainable model for future civil rights reviews.

A federal agency introduced a policy to speed the flow of grant funding, but instead saw reviews slow under risk‑averse practices and inconsistent interpretation. To address the issue, the effort brought together grants, legal, and project management teams and applied structured facilitation, root‑cause analysis, and policy‑to‑execution mapping to understand how the process actually operated. This work surfaced the specific points of friction, clarified decision pathways, and established a more streamlined, accountable review structure. The updated guidance reduced administrative burden, accelerated funding timelines, and demonstrated how targeted process redesign can help organizations translate policy intent into operational performance, which is an approach that now supports clients navigating similarly complex regulatory environments.

Our Core Values

Integrity

We provide honest, responsible guidance that helps leaders make informed decisions

Innovation

We bring creative, research‑driven approaches to evolving sustainability, mobility, and policy challenges

Collaboration

We work closely with partners and communities to create strategies that resonate and drive real change