Darryl Savell

About Darryl Savell

I am the Founder of Savell Consulting — a mission-driven consulting practice rooted in lived experience, strategic engagement, and systems change.My work is informed by firsthand experience navigating homelessness as a father—an experience that evolved into leadership. I also bring lived experience in substance use and recovery, mental health, and family reunification.These intersecting experiences shape how I understand systems—and where they fall short.Today, I partner with organizations, agencies, and policymakers to strengthen family-centered systems, ensuring parent voice is not symbolic, but structurally integrated into decision-making.In 2025 alone, this work has included:• Certification in Parental Advisory Committee Training.• Secretary, Parental Advisory Committee at Positive Tomorrows.• Strategic Sharing Certification through the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth.• National panelist for the BUILD Initiative representing Oklahoma on trauma informed awareness in youth homelessness.• Organizer and lead of the first Community Resource & Information Fair through the Positive Tomorrows Parental Advisory Committee.• Speaker at the Oklahoma State Capitol for an interim study hosted by Representative Daniel Pae to discuss the importance of cross collaboration through services to accommodate homeless children, youth, and families.• Leaders Panel Speaker at the 2025 Oklahoma Fatherhood Summit.• Member, 2025 Oklahoma Fatherhood Summit planning body.• Ongoing service on the OCCY Homeless Children and Youth Steering Committee.• Nominated for the 2025 Anne Roberts People’s Choice Award for Children’s Advocacy.• Contributor to an Emmy-nominated documentary focused on family testimony and stakeholder influence.Through Savell Consulting, I specialize in:• Strategic community engagement• Parental advisory board development• Lived-experience leadership integration• Policy-informed storytelling• Stakeholder alignment across public and nonprofit sectors• Fatherhood and family stability initiativesThis work exists for one reason: systems function better when the people most impacted help design them.Savell Consulting bridges the gap between policy and lived reality — translating experience into strategy, credibility into influence, and community voice into measurable action.If your organization is serious about authentic engagement, family-centered policy, and sustainable impact, let’s build it the right way.

Experience

1. Committee Secretary

   Positive Tomorrows

   Apr 2025 — Present

   Co-founded the first-ever Parental Advisory Committee to influence school-based decision-making.Organized the first annual Community Resource Event, securing participation from major partners including Oklahoma DHS, City Rescue Mission, TRUE Dads, and Dress for Success.Coordinated outreach and logistics to engage families and local organizations, demonstrating event management and development skills.Contributed to long-term strategies that elevate family voice in education policy and resource allocation.