Greater Rhode Island Consumer Study

Research Company



Acadia is a team of highly experienced and skilled consultants whose work focuses on research based strategic marketing, working with clients around the country primarily in the Health Care, Financial Services, Energy, Education, Law and Non-Profit sectors.


Don Kienz
President, Acadia
Consulting Group

Don founded Acadia Consulting Group over twenty years ago.  During that time, he has provided management and marketing consulting to organizations in a broad range of industries across the country. He has been responsible for developing and implementing strategic plans, new product feasibility studies, research studies and marketing/advertising campaigns.

Prior to starting Acadia Consulting, Don worked for eleven years in the strategic planning and marketing areas of several prominent banks, including Fleet Financial Group and Maryland National Bank. He also worked as a senior urban planner for the Oneida County Planning Department in Utica, New York.  Don sits on the Board of several companies and organizations and is extremely active in the community.  He has taught various marketing courses at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and Johnson & Wales University. Don received his BA from Hartwick College and his MBA from Syracuse University Maxwell School of Management.

Don Keinz founded Acadia Consulting Group just over 20 years ago. Prior to that he worked in the fields of strategic planning, market analysis and market research for various financial institutions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. He holds a BA from Hartwick College in NY, a MBA from Syracuse University, and completed work at The Graduate School of Bank Marketing at The University of Colorado at Boulder.