Clarity for organizations doing meaningful work

Flavor your story. Make your Mark.

About Saltmark

Saltmark is an independent advisory practice helping organizations navigate growth, change, and complexity through strategic communications, messaging, and storytelling.

Organizations often seek support for a website, a communications challenge, a strategic initiative, or a difficult decision. More often than not, the real work begins with deeper questions: What are we trying to accomplish? What matters most? How do we bring others along?

Saltmark helps leaders think clearly, communicate effectively, and move important work forward.

How Saltmark Helps

Every organization faces moments that require clearer thinking, stronger communication, and a trusted outside perspective. Saltmark helps leaders navigate those moments with confidence.

Clarify

Growth, transitions, and ambitious goals often reveal gaps in messaging and alignment. Saltmark helps organizations define priorities, sharpen positioning, and create clarity around what matters most.

Communicate

From websites and stakeholder communications to case studies and organizational narratives, Saltmark helps organizations tell stories that build trust and understanding.

Navigate

Some challenges don’t fit neatly into a category. Saltmark serves as a trusted advisor on special initiatives, organizational transitions, communications challenges, and emerging opportunities.


Meet Kate

Saltmark is led by Kate Dabbs, a communications strategist and advisor with experience spanning philanthropy, nonprofits, education, faith communities, public affairs, and mission-driven organizations.

Known for asking thoughtful questions and bringing clarity to complex challenges, Kate helps organizations align their messaging, strengthen stakeholder relationships, and communicate with confidence.