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Please list your prior experience serving on a Board, Commission, etc.*
<br />When my daughters were in preschool (2021-2023), I participated in the early childhood parent advisory council in Saint
<br />Anthony. As an outgrowth of those meetings, I launched and now lead the annual Buy Nothing Toy Store event. As a political
<br />consultant to 3 direct candidates and 10+ campaigns, I have provided policy oversight, strategy, and communications services.
<br />Currently, I serve on the Executive Board of the World Federation of Friends of Museums (WFFM), the global representative of
<br />2M+ museum-goers: preserving, curating, and celebrating cultural heritage. I will be presenting a report on membership,
<br />technology, engagement, and strategic initiatives at the WFFM General Assembly in Luxembourg this May.
<br />The rest of my experience is in the education and corporate world. I have pasted my most recent resume highlights below.
<br />MISSION PROPELLE – Co-Founder, President (June 2020 - May 2023)CHICAGO, IL
<br />A consulting firm focused on the retention and wellbeing of working parents. Clients included American Medical Association,
<br />Relativity, Jane Club, Teach For America, and more. Featured on CBS Evening News, BBC, Chicago Tribune, and WTTW.
<br />- Led, mentored, and supported internal and external teams, including executive cohorts
<br />- Built evidence-based coaching curriculum and consulting methodology to grow the firm’s strategic direction and impact
<br />- Fortified strategic partnerships and coalitions with nonprofit leaders, stakeholders in the feminist community such as Chicago
<br />Foundation for Women, community leaders, and politicians
<br />- Conducted market research to develop and deploy internal and external brand standards, voice, and marketing campaign
<br />design
<br />- Conducted full-scale, cross-departmental HR policy reviews for corporate clients
<br />- Ghostwrote for the CEO to strategically elevate her visibility and presence as a respected and trustworthy public figure and
<br />elected official who serves as a go-to source for media coverage on women’s issues
<br />- Provided administrative oversight of the budget
<br />- Consulted with HR and business officers to run diagnostics on organizational wellbeing and decision-making processes across
<br />national, regional, local, and departmental teams
<br />- Consulted with start-ups and nonprofits to establish organizational models to prioritize financial stability, employee wellbeing,
<br />and effective employee models (ie. role-based vs. goal-based work)
<br />- Conducted in-depth analyses of multiple data sets and metrics on employee wellbeing and retention
<br />- Established longitudinal benchmarking strategy for key metrics on employee retention, investment, and engagement to
<br />determine recommendations for policy revisions
<br />BURN-IN MINDSET — Positive Psychology Coach (December 2020-Present) NY, NY
<br />A psychology-based burnout mitigation and professional development program for educators
<br />Partner with schools to retain their best educators; 100+ clients include: KIPP, Mastery Charter Schools, Denver Public Schools
<br />- Train and support new coaches
<br />- Coach teachers and principals in 1:1 sessions that deliver a research-based, positive psychology program that trains
<br />educators/leaders to manage the psychological state of burnout and grow its opposite – a burn-in mindset.
<br />- Develop website and coordinate media coverage resulting in 45% increase in traffic
<br />- Create marketing one-pagers and program impact reports that support steady increase in partnerships, doubling year after
<br />year since joining in 2020
<br />YOUTH ALLIANCE YOGA – President (January 2013-SOLD in May 2023) CHICAGO, IL
<br />The midwest region’s largest children’s yoga company; official professional development partner of Chicago Public Schools’
<br />Office of Student Health and Wellness. Featured on WGN, Chicago Tribune, and Built in Chicago.
<br />- Led, mentored, and supported a high-performance team of 40-70 instructors
<br />- Led professional development workshops on social-emotional learning for 3,000+ educators and administrators at annual
<br />Ready, Set, Teach Conferences between 2013-2018
<br />- Led justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts; established an annual BBIPOC scholarship fund and promoted four BBIPOC
<br />instructors to lead YAY’s Registered Children’s Yoga School (RCYS)
<br />- Trained and certified 300+ children’s yoga instructors as the RCYS director
<br />- Winner of the 2015 Points of Light Civic Accelerator; Finalist for the 2019 James Tyree Emerging Business Leadership Award,
<br />presented by the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
<br />- Developed Yoga Alliance-approved curriculum – the international standard for RCYS approval
<br />- Provided policy guidance on certification standards as a consultant for Yoga Alliance from 2018-2020
<br />- Authored and illustrated curriculum of 100+ feminist storybooks aligned to the Illinois Social Emotional Learning Standards
<br />- Served on board of Socially Engaged Yoga Network, a non-profit dedicated to bringing yoga to underserved communities
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