Carty Webster Advisors
Human Continuity. Organizational Resilience.
Human Continuity. Organizational Resilience.
Human Continuity. Organizational Resilience.
Human Continuity. Organizational Resilience.

Every K-12 school and higher education institution will face a crisis. A violent incident. A sudden staff loss. A mental health emergency that ripples through an entire building. The question isn't whether it will happen — it's whether your organization will be ready. Most emergency plans address logistics, timelines, and protocols. But they rarely address what happens to the humans inside — the staff who witnessed it, the students who can't stop thinking about it, the administrators holding everything together while falling apart themselves. That's the gap Carty Webster Advisors was built to fill.
Kimberly Carty, Ph.D. and Sherri Webster, LCSW, C-SWHC Between the two of us, we’ve spent decades inside the systems that are supposed to hold people together when everything falls apart — and we’ve seen firsthand where those systems break down. Kimberly has worked alongside organizations navigating the operational reality of crisis: the coordination failures, the …
Read MoreMost K–12 districts and higher education institutions have incident response plans — but few have a strategy for supporting staff, students, and families through the human aftermath. Carty Webster Advisors brings together emergency management expertise and trauma-informed human systems consulting to help your school community not just survive a crisis, but recover from one.
Every institution that comes to us is navigating a different landscape — different size, different history, different gaps, different goals. That’s why we don’t offer packages or one-size-fits-all solutions. Every proposal we build is shaped by what we learn about your organization, and every service we deliver is designed around what your people actually need. The services below represent what’s possible — your proposal will reflect only what makes sense for you. Explore each service listed below in depth on our Services page.
1. Consult Call A free 30-minute conversation to understand where your institution is, what’s keeping you up at night, and whether CWA is the right fit. From there, we build a proposal tailored to what you actually need.
2. Discovery We go deeper. Through structured interviews and a review of your existing protocols, we map your institution’s current state — what’s working, what’s missing, and where your greatest vulnerabilities lie.
3. Human Continuity Audit For organizations where it’s indicated, we conduct a comprehensive assessment of your institution’s capacity to support staff, students, and families before, during, and after a crisis — with a detailed findings report and prioritized recommendations.
4. Implementation & Training We build with you, not just for you. From customized crisis response plans to staff trainings and tabletop exercises, this is where the framework becomes something your people can actually use.
5. Follow-Up & Check-In After implementation, we don’t disappear. We circle back to assess progress, answer questions that have come up in practice, and make adjustments as needed.
6. Retainer Partnership For institutions that want ongoing support, our retainer model keeps CWA in your corner — available for real-time guidance, continuous readiness planning, and as a trusted resource when something unexpected happens.
Explore how Carty Webster Advisors supports schools and districts before, during, and after a crisis.
The schools and districts that navigate crisis best aren’t the ones that responded perfectly — they’re the ones that prepared before anything went wrong. The best time to contact Carty Webster Advisors is before a crisis occurs: when your institution has the bandwidth to assess vulnerabilities, build a crisis response plan, and train staff without the pressure of an active incident driving every decision. Proactive crisis preparedness planning reduces risk, protects staff and students, and positions your institution to respond with confidence when the unexpected happens. If your school or district doesn’t have a human continuity plan in place, now is the time to start.
That said, we know that’s not always how it happens. If your institution is in the aftermath of a critical incident — a sudden staff loss, a violent event, a student or staff suicide, or a mental health crisis that has shaken your school community — post-incident recovery support is available. Wherever your school or district is in the crisis preparedness cycle, there is a place to begin. Contact Carty Webster Advisors today to start the conversation.
Your organization deserves a plan for the people. Let's build it together.