Consulting Team

Susan Dlouhy is the Chief Executive Officer of Creative Abundance Consulting.  She has worked for more than 35 years in a variety of administrative and executive roles supporting people with disabilities. She served as the director of two  non-profit agencies in Ohio and has consulted with organizations in more than 20 states. She was the Operations Director for Passion Works Studio in Athens, Ohio until her recent retirement. 

Susan Dlouhy worked as the administrator for a statewide association for twelve years, where she developed training and provided technical assistance to sheltered workshops and day programs across Ohio.  She was also a Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities surveyor for more than 25 years. 

She is the Managing Director of Norwich Consulting Services, which provides technical assistance and training in the areas of community employment, early childhood, strategic planning, and executive leadership mentoring.  She has served as the interim director for numerous organizations and has helped transform programming to the Creative Abundance Model. 

Susan Dlouhy obtained her Bachelor’s Degree from Kent State University and her Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from The Ohio State University.    

Patty Mitchell is a Senior Artistic Consultant for Creative Abundance Consulting.  She has worked for more than 25 years as an artist and social innovator, specializing in  collaborations between artists with and without perceived differences.  

 She founded one of the first collaborative art studios in the country  in 1998 - Passion Works Studio in Athens, OH (www.passionworks.org)  After a ten-year hiatus, she recently returned as the CEO/Executive  Director.  

Patty Mitchell received a Distinguished Alumna Award  from Ohio University’s College of Fine Art. In 2010, she received  an Ohioana Citation for Art and Education, which recognizes outstanding  Ohioans in a variety of fields.  She has also received an Individual  Artist Award from the Ohio Arts Council, Citizen of the Year from Athens  Civitan, and The Keystone Award from Ohio University for outstanding  community service. 

Patty Mitchell received her BFA and MFA from Ohio  University's Fine Art Photography program. She is currently a Community  Fellow at Ohio University with the Barbara Geralds Storytelling  Institute. 

 Anna Kibenko is the Senior International Consultant for Creative Abundance Consulting. She works at the intersection of inclusion, education, and art.
Having  received her Bachelor's in Language Studies (2012) from Ural Federal  University, she taught English to children and adults. She has extensive  experience with student-centered learning and curriculum development.

Her interest in inclusion as  a civil rights process evolved from volunteering in various countries  (The Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, South Korea, Belgium). This  interest also motivated her to enroll in the Special Education Master's  program offered by Ural Pedagogical University (2013-2015). Realizing  that the program implemented the medical model of disability, she  started looking for professional growth opportunities elsewhere.

Anna  Kibenko won the Fulbright scholarship in 2017 and completed another Master's in  Special Education, this time at Ohio University. This program allowed  her to research inclusion awareness strategies in innovative ways: Anna  created a 360-degree video teacher training and an art exhibition.

Anna Kibenko worked as an  Educational Impact Coordinator in Chicago (2019-2020) with the  Sunshine Method tutoring organization allowing Anna to share her  knowledge while consulting with over 600 tutors on how to work with  vulnerable children.

Since 2020 Anna Kibenko has been producing various  equity in education projects. Her online Inclusion Lab platform  connected education and art professionals from various countries and  offered specific inclusive strategies. The platform has engaged over  1500 people. Another project, an online interdisciplinary English for  Art program is a melting point of education, social work and art. This  inclusive program creates opportunities to make art in collaboration with American artists and learn English along the way.